• Morgan Stanley made big bet on Facebook May 19, 2012
  NEW YORK, May 18 (Reuters) - Lead Facebook Inc underwriter Morgan Stanley took a bet earlier this week when it increased the size of the social networking firm's $16 billion initial public offering and it boosted the price.
• UPDATE 7-Historic Facebook debut falls flat May 19, 2012
  * Analysts blame large float, advertising revenue concerns
• UPDATE 1-SEC joins probe of Chipotle hiring practices May 19, 2012
  May 18 (Reuters) - Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc received a subpoena from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as part of an expanding investigation into its alleged hiring of undocumented workers.
• California woman burned by flaming beach stones May 19, 2012
  SAN DIEGO, May 18 (Reuters) - A California mother suffered severe burns from a handful of beach rocks that burst into flames in her pocket, and authorities on Friday said they are trying to determine why the stones appear to have been coated with flammable phosphorus.
• Mexican crime reporter kidnapped and murdered May 19, 2012
  CIUDAD OBREGON, Mexico, May 18 (Reuters) - The corpse of a crime reporter was found stuffed into a garbage bag in a suspected gangland killing in the northern Mexican state of Sonora, prosecutors said Friday.
• Ford to start shipping Focus Electric to dealers May 18, 2012
  DETROIT, May 18 (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co, the second-largest U.S. automaker, will start shipping its first electric passenger car to dealers this weekend, people familiar with the matter said.
• Wall St Week Ahead: The market is oversold, but major signs say "sell" May 18, 2012
  NEW YORK, May 18 (Reuters) - Normally a big decline would set up Wall Street for a technical rebound. But that may not be the case next week, even after the market posted its worst weekly loss for the year and the S&P fell for six straight sessions.
• UPDATE 2-Intelsat Global files for $1.75 bln IPO May 18, 2012
  May 18 (Reuters) - Intelsat Global Holdings S.A., the world's biggest operator of satellite services, filed with U.S. regulators on Friday to raise up to $1.75 billion in an initial public offering of its common stock.
• Maliki, in charm offensive, invites scholars to Baghdad May 18, 2012
  * Effort spurred by increasing US concern over Maliki rule
• UPDATE 2-GM passes on running TV ads during 2013 Super Bowl May 18, 2012
  DETROIT, May 18 (Reuters) - General Motors Co will not advertise in next year's Super Bowl because it is too expensive, the top marketing executive for the U.S. automaker said three days after the company announced it was dropping paid ads on Facebook Inc.

• Is U.S. economic patriotism hurting? May 15, 2012
  Any Americans believing that their country is being bought up by the Chinese might want to think again, according to the Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment.
  Jeremy Gaunt
• M & A wrap: Glencore and Xstrata in mega merger talks February 2, 2012
  The day's most interesting deals.
  Alice Hung
• M & A wrap: Can Facebook live up to the hype? February 1, 2012
  The day's most interesting deals.
  Alice Hung
• M & A wrap: Owners, insiders jockey ahead of LME sale January 27, 2012
  The day's most interesting deals.
  Alice Hung
• M & A wrap: Illumina unveils poison pill to stave off Roche January 26, 2012
  The day's most interesting deals.
  Alice Hung
• M & A wrap: Roche goes hostile for gene firm Illumina January 25, 2012
  The day's most interesting deals.
  Alice Hung
• M & A wrap: NYSE-Deutsche Boerse deal faces tough vote January 24, 2012
  The day's most interesting deals.
  Alice Hung
• M & A wrap: Takeover talk swirls around BlackBerry maker January 23, 2012
  The day's most interesting deals.
  Alice Hung
• M & A wrap: Kodak files for bankruptcy January 19, 2012
  The day's most interesting deals.
  Alice Hung
• M & A wrap: “Chief Yahoo” resigns January 18, 2012
  The day's most interesting deals.
  Alice Hung

• UPDATE 3-PJM secures capacity at base price of $136 per MW May 18, 2012
  May 18 (Reuters) - U.S. power grid operator PJM said Friday its capacity auction secured a record amount of new generation, demand response and energy efficiency resources for the 2015/2016 delivery year to keep the grid reliable as dozens of coal plants retire.
• AEP seeks coal for U.S. plants, burns more gas May 18, 2012
  May 18 (Reuters) - Ohio power company American Electric Power Co Inc said on Friday it seeks up to two million tons of Northern Appalachian coal per year to supplement its existing commitments.
• TEXT-Fitch may cut Transmissora Alianca de Energia Eletrica S.A. ratings May 18, 2012
  (The following statement was released by the rating agency) May 18 - Fitch Ratings has placed the following ratings for Transmissora Alianca de Energia Eletrica S.A. (Taesa) on Rating Watch Negative: --Foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) of 'BBB'; --Long-term national rating of 'AAA(bra)'. This rating action follows the announcement, on May 17, 2012, that Taesa signed an agreement with Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais (Cemig) and Cemig Geracao e Transmissa
• Search still on for 'holy grail' of hurricane forecasting May 18, 2012
  * Significant gains might be years away, forecasters warn
• Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions May 18, 2012
  May 18 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian companies were reported by 2100 GMT on Friday:
• BRIEF - Moody's raises NV Energy ratings May 18, 2012
  May 18 (Reuters) - Moody's raises NV Energy ratings
• Argentina's Petersen Group in default-US SEC filing May 18, 2012
  BUENOS AIRES, May 18 (Reuters) - Petersen Group has been declared in default of loans it took out to help buy a stake in Argentine oil company YPF, and been ordered to repay what it borrowed immediately, a U.S. regulatory filing shows.
• UPDATE 3-Warm forecast sends US natgas futures to 3-1/2-mth top May 18, 2012
  * Front month hits highest since late Jan on warm forecasts
• China solar stocks slump again after U.S. trade move May 18, 2012
  May 18 (Reuters) - Solar stocks slumped to fresh lows on Friday as investors continued to punish Chinese solar companies a day after the United States said it would impose new duties on imports from the world's leading solar manufacturer.
• TEXT-Fitch revises Emgesa outlook to positive May 18, 2012
  (The following statement was released by the rating agency) May 18 - Fitch Ratings has affirmed Emgesa's foreign and local currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'BBB-'. The Rating Outlook is revised to Positive from Stable. Fitch has also affirmed Emgesa's long-term national scale rating at 'AAA(col)' with a Stable Outlook, as well as the debt listed at the end of this release. Emgesa's Positive Outlook reflects the company's strong financial profile and Fitch's expectation t

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