U.K. Factory Index Falls More Than Forecast on Export Slump - Bloomberg

A U.K. manufacturing index fell more than economists forecast in April to show its weakest growth this year as export orders declined the most since May 2009.
A gauge of factory output, based on a survey by Markit Economics and the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply, dropped to 50.5 from a revised 51.9 in […]

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Morgan Stanley stock jumps on earnings

Morgan Stanley reported better-than-expected quarterly results Thursday helped by a steep run up in its stock and bond trading activity.
Excluding certain accounting changes, trading revenue increased in the first quarter to $4.14 billion, up 18% from a year earlier, and double from the fourth quarter. Those gains came even as stock trading volume slowed […]

IMF Says European Banks May Have to Sell $3.8 Trillion in Assets - Bloomberg

European banks could be forced to sell as much as $3.8 trillion in assets through 2013 and curb lending if governments fall short of their pledges to stem the sovereign debt crisis or face a shock their firewall can

Dole recalls bagged salad for salmonella risk

Dole Food Co.’s fresh vegetables division is recalling 756 cases of bagged salad, because they could be contaminated with salmonella.
The salads were distributed in Alabama, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin.
Dole said late Saturday that it’s coordinating with regulatory officials and that no illnesses […]

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The Sound Room entered a partnership with Lombardo Homes to pre-wire eight subdivisions in St. Louis County and St. Charles County.
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Networking Plus LLC added new business networking sites at Bridgeton and WingHaven.
Karpel Solutions, a south St. Louis County-based computer software company, started selling and delivering ShoreTel Unified Communication products.
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Peter A. Racen of Northwestern Mutual […]

Raymond James wins bidding war to buy Morgan Keegan

After more than six months on the auction block, Florida-based Raymond James Financial emerged as the winning bidder to acquire Morgan Keegan & Co., a Memphis-based brokerage that’s a powerhouse in municipal bond underwriting.
Raymond James was competing with St. Louis-based Stifel Financial in the final days leading up to Wednesday’s sale announcement, but Stifel’s bid […]

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Financier Theodore Forstmann dies

Theodore J. Forstmann, a longtime financier who counted the iconic baseball card company Topps and business jet company Gulfstream Aerospace among his buyouts, died Sunday at the age of 71.
The cause was brain cancer, according to a statement from sports agency IMG. Forstmann was the chairman and CEO of IMG and was the senior founding […]

US stocks edge down as investors weigh jobs, Spain

Stocks are opening slightly lower as investors balance spiking bond yields in Spain with signs of growth in the U.S. economy.
An auction of 10-year bonds in Spain left the country paying interest rates of nearly 7 percent. That is the highest rate since 1997 and a level that economists see as unsustainable.
In the U.S., applications […]

Murdoch tabloid spied on hacking victims’ lawyers

Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper company spied on two lawyers who represent alleged victims of phone hacking by its tabloid News of the World, the firm acknowledged Monday.
News International said lawyers Mark Lewis and Charlotte Harris “were subject to surveillance,” a practice it called “inappropriate.”
The BBC and The Guardian newspaper reported Monday that Lewis and Harris […]