Wal-Mart hires former head of Russia's X5 as VP (Reuters)

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N) has appointed Lev Khasis, the former head of Russia's biggest food retailer X5 (PJPq.L), as a senior vice-president, a company spokeswoman said on Thursday. Khasis confirmed his appointment but declined to give any details about his intended role at the world's biggest retailer. Wal-Mart has been talking about entering the Russian market for years but appeared to have given up in December when it closed its Moscow office due to a lack of acquisition opportunities. "We still believe the Russia market has promise and we'll continue, as we do in markets all over the world, to watch for the right market-entry opportunity," the spokeswoman said. Khasis, 45, built up X5 through acquisitions into a Russian market leader with $11 billion in annual...

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Exclusive: U.S. probes Liechtenstein bank on tax dodge work (Reuters)

(Reuters) – Federal prosecutors in New York are building a criminal-fraud case against Liechtenstein's oldest bank, Liechtensteinische Landesbank, that could result in charges it helped wealthy Americans evade taxes, according to persons briefed on the matter. These persons said an investigation has been under way for at least six months. "We do not wish to comment on this matter," Cyrill Sele, a spokesman for Liechtensteinische Landesbank, said on Friday when asked about the investigation. Carly Sullivan, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of New York, said the office never confirmed or denied the existence of investigations and declined to comment. The U.S. Justice Department has ramped up an investigation of Swiss and Swiss-style banks with private banking...

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Obama tries to sell jobs plan, end gridlock (Reuters)

RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) – President Barack Obama began an uphill battle on Friday for support for a $447 billion jobs plan he hopes will rescue a faltering economy and his own re-election prospects. A day after unveiling his proposals for tax cuts and public works spending on Capitol Hill, he pitched the plan directly to Americans with a speech in Virginia, kicking off a months-long campaign to promote it across the country. "Everything in it will put more people back to work and more money in the pockets of those who are working. Everything in it will be paid for," he told nearly 9,000 supporters at University of Richmond at an event dotted with "2012" signs. "Next week, I will send it to Congress. They should pass it right away," he said, calling on people to email, tweet, fax, visit,...

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Top German quits ECB over bond-buying row (Reuters)

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The top German official at the European Central Bank resigned unexpectedly on Friday in conflict with the bank's policy of buying government bonds to combat the euro zone's debt crisis. The ECB confirmed Executive Board Member Juergen Stark, the central bank's chief economist, would leave "for personal reasons" by the end of the year once a replacement was found, after Reuters reported exclusively that he had quit. The euro fell and shares tumbled in Europe and on Wall Street on the shock development, which laid bare a rift inside the central bank over the handling of the worsening debt crisis, and could undermine German public support for the euro. While Stark gave no public explanation for his resignation, he sent an article to German financial daily Handelsblatt...

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Wall Street tumbles as ECB discord stirs broad fears (Reuters)

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks tumbled more than 2 percent on Friday after the top German official at the European Central Bank resigned in protest of the bank's bond-buying program, which has been a major tool in fighting the region's debt crisis. The resignation of Juergen Stark from the ECB throws into question policymakers' ability to deal with Europe's debt crisis, a problem that could engulf a world economy already teetering on the brink of recession. Investors' rising fears were highlighted by a 12 percent jump in the market's main measure of expected turbulence, the VIX volatility index (.VIX). The VIX neared 40, close to its highest level this year, as it marked its biggest jump in three weeks. "Stark's resignation is suggesting that there is a lot of pressure being built in the senior...

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Pay debate slows auto talks as deadline approaches (AP)

DETROIT – Contract talks between the United Auto Workers union and General Motors and Chrysler slowed Friday as the union seeks more money and the companies insist on cost cuts to offset pay increases, three people briefed on the negotiations said. Although the talks are progressing, the slowdown over pay comes just five days before the union's national agreements with General Motors Co., Chrysler Group LLC and Ford Motor Co. expire, at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday. "There is still lots to do," said one of the people, who added that negotiators are expected to work at least one of the days this weekend. The contract talks will determine wages and benefits for 111,000 union workers at the companies, and they also set the bar for wages at auto parts companies, U.S. factories run by foreign automakers...

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IMF says policymakers should use all measures (Reuters)

LONDON (Reuters) – Policymakers in advanced economies should use all available tools to boost growth, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said on Friday, calling for bold action to weather a "dangerous new phase" of recovery. Speaking in London, Lagarde also welcomed a $447 billion plan presented by President Barack Obama to boost a sluggish economy and create jobs. Lagarde said countries facing market pressures must press ahead with urgent fiscal consolidation, while there was scope for slower action in other countries not at the mercy of market forces. Economic policymakers had to act with "conviction and urgency" in supporting a faltering global economy, she said, giving her blessing to further quantitative easing. "Policymakers should stand ready, as needed,...

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Gov't mulls expanding mortgage refinance program (AP)

WASHINGTON – The federal government is looking at how it could help a greater number of homeowners who owe more than their house is worth refinance at today's historically low rates. The Federal Housing Finance Agency said Friday that it has been reviewing a program launched two years ago to see if it could be expanded so more homeowners could qualify. The announcement was made in a statement released a day after President Barack Obama mentioned the idea in a speech to Congress. The Home Affordable Refinance Program, or HARP, allows people whose homes are underwater by as much as 20 percent to refinance their mortgages at lower interest rates. Banks typically require that homeowners have some equity before approving a refinance loan. The program gives homeowners a chance to reduce their...

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Europe eyes merits of boosting growth to cut debt (AP)

MARSEILLE, France – After months of talk that Europe can only be saved by slashing its spending, a growing chorus of voices is calling for a new tack, encouraging governments to instead stimulate growth — even if that means spending money. As a slowdown in the global economic recovery threatens to undo Europe's austerity efforts, experts are reviving a fundamental debate on how best to dig out of the crisis of high debt and low growth. One view has been to cut debt regardless of short-term consequences on growth. But as slower growth eats away at those austerity plans' progress, economists have been reconsidering the merits of boosting growth to lower debt. Germany, which is shouldering much of the cost of propping up its weaker eurozone neighbors, has been one of the most fervent advocates...

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New York prosecutors widen Goldman probe: report (Reuters)

(Reuters) – New York prosecutors are widening their investigation into the manner in which Goldman Sachs (GS.N) marketed certain mortgage-linked securities before the financial crisis, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The Manhattan district attorney's office began its probe into Goldman following the release in April of a U.S. Senate subcommittee report into the causes of the financial crisis, the paper said. The district attorney's office has issued subpoenas to Morgan Stanley (MS.N) and other investors in the deals. The prosecutor's requests to investors, including some hedge funds, concern how Goldman sold the deals, the Journal said. Subpoenas do not indicate wrongdoing. They are formal requests for information and do not necessarily mean charges...

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Yahoo CEO Bartz fired over the phone, rocky run ends (Reuters)

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Yahoo Inc Chairman Roy Bostock fired CEO Carol Bartz over the phone on Tuesday, ending a tumultuous tenure marked by stagnation and a rift with Chinese partner Alibaba. Chief Financial Officer Tim Morse will step in as interim CEO, and the company will search for a permanent leader to spearhead a battle in online advertising and content with rivals Google Inc and Facebook. Shares in Yahoo jumped 6 percent in after-hours trading. They are scarcely higher than where they were when Bartz first took the reins in January 2009 with hopes of reviving stalled growth and competing with up-and-coming rivals. On Tuesday, her efforts were abruptly halted after Bostock called with the bad news. "I am very sad to tell you that I've just been fired over the phone by Yahoo's Chairman...

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Obama to propose $300 billion jobs package: report (Reuters)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, facing waning confidence among Americans in his economic stewardship, plans to lay out a $300 billion job-creation package on Thursday, CNN reported, citing Democratic sources. The proposed new spending, to be announced by Obama in a nationally televised speech to Congress, would be offset by budget cuts, the report said, signaling that the Democratic president hopes to mollify the concerns of Republican fiscal hawks resistant to his jobs ideas. There was no immediate comment from the White House. Obama's aides have refused to go public with the estimated cost of Obama's package or provide many specifics in advance, except to say that the proposals will have a "quick and positive" impact on boosting jobs at a time of stubbornly high U.S. unemployment....

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Wall Street down on Europe; bear market fears grow (Reuters)

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street fell for a third day on Tuesday on fears Europe still has failed to tackle its debt crisis, prompting worries the market is headed to new lows for the year. Investors channeled cash into less risky assets as doubts resurfaced over the political will of Italy and Greece to push through tough budget measures and as Germany hardened its stand against providing more aid. The worries over the European debt crisis renewed fears that the global economy could fall into recession. The S&P 500 is now down 14.5 percent from its highest point in 2011, reached at the end of April. Though investors have periodically taken heart from signs that Europe has carved out a plan to deal with its festering crisis, confidence has been repeatedly walloped every time there is...

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S&P met with bond investors before U.S. debt downgrade: report (Reuters)

(Reuters) – Ratings agency Standard & Poor's officials privately met with large bond investors weeks before the firm's U.S. debt downgrade, leaving some believing the chance of a rating downgrade was higher than they had previously thought, the Wall Street Journal said. In the run-up to the debt downgrade, S&P officials had visited large bond firms including Allianz SE's Pacific Investment Management Co (Pimco), TCW Group Inc, Legg Mason Inc's Western Asset Management and BlackRock Inc, the Journal said, citing people who either attended the meetings or were briefed on them afterwards. Some of the investors say they came away with a stronger sense the nation's debt rating would be cut, according to the Journal. An S&P spokesman told the Journal that its analysts "are in contact...

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