A history of Intel and AMD's legal battles (AP)

Intel Corp. says it will pay $1.25 billion to Advanced Micro Devices Inc. in a settlement announced Thursday. The following is a look at the legal battles between Intel and AMD, which supply essentially all of the microprocessors for today's personal computers:

Dow Chemical to divest more assets in 2010 (AP)

Dow Chemical Co. said Thursday it plans to sell more assets in 2010 as it continues to work toward paying off debt from its $16.5 billion acquisition of Rohm and Haas in April.

RPT-FACTBOX-Trade deals in the Asia Pacific region (at Reuters)

Nikkei may be trapped by weaker yen, Wall St fall (at Reuters)

FOREX-Dlr clings to gains after bear-market bounce (at Reuters)

Japan govt to extend CP buys to bolster economy-media (at Reuters)

UPDATE - No McDonald's $1 breakfast menu decision yet -exec (at Reuters)

U.S. piles pressure on Afghan leader (at Reuters)

Fed did not intervene in FX market in Q3: NY Fed (Reuters)

U.S. monetary authorities did not intervene in the foreign exchange markets in the third quarter as the dollar fell broadly against major and emerging market currencies, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said.

Fed did not intervene in FX market in Q3-NY Fed (at Reuters)