General News

Wal-Mart to keep stores open to ease Black Friday (AP)

Wal-Mart Stores said Wednesday it will keep its stores open 24 hours and take new crowd-control measures Thanksgiving weekend after a temporary employee was trampled to death in a Black Friday rush last year.

AIGs Benmosche tells employees he plans to remain (AP)

American International Group Inc.s CEO Robert Benmosche said Wednesday he plans to stay in his job at the embattled insurer.

UPDATE - BoEs King says MPC, not politicians, decides on QE (at Reuters)

FOREX-Dollar hits 15-month low; sterling tumbles (at Reuters)

Van Eck Global launches junior gold miners ETF (at Reuters)

US gold hits record high, near $1,120 an ounce (at Reuters)

U.S. yuan critics urge Obama keep campaign promise (at Reuters)

Hard to Treat Diseases (HTDS.PK) Update on Various Business Activities (PR Newswire)

Motorola eyes $4.5 billion home/networks unit sale: sources (Reuters)

Motorola Inc is in the early stages of looking into a potential sale of its $4.5 billion television set-top box and network equipment business, two sources said on Wednesday.

ImmunoGen Chairman Mitchel Sayare steps down (AP)

Biotechnology company ImmunoGen Inc. said Wednesday that Stephen McCluski is replacing Mitchel Sayare as chairman of the board.