  | | | Wall Street falls after 3 days of muted trade | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell on Thursday after several days of muted trading as investors took a defensive posture before Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's much-awaited speech on Friday. | | |  | | | Fed's Plosser says no point in launching risky QE3 | | (Reuters) - One of the U.S. Federal Reserve's most prominent policy hawks said on Thursday there is no point in launching a third round of asset purchases known as quantitative easing (QE3), in part because it risks future inflation. | | | | | August good for retailers, third quarter looks bright | | (Reuters) - Nearly all retailers posted better-than-expected sales gains in August at stores open at least a year as parents and students wrapped up back-to-school purchases, setting the stage for a strong third quarter. | | | |  | | | Exclusive: Google, Apple CEOs in talks on patent issues | | SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc CEO Larry Page and Apple CEO Tim Cook have been conducting behind-the-scenes conversations about a range of intellectual property matters, including the ongoing mobile patent disputes between the companies, according to people familiar with the matter. | | | |  | | | Barclays picks retail banker to replace Diamond | | LONDON (Reuters) - Barclays named retail banker Antony Jenkins as chief executive on Thursday, signaling a shift from riskier investment banking as it tries to recover from the interest rate-rigging scandal that brought down his predecessor. | | | |  | | | ECB's Asmussen: IMF must be involved in conditions for new bond buys | | POTSDAM, Germany (Reuters) - The European Central Bank should buy sovereign bonds of troubled euro zone states only if the International Monetary Fund is involved in setting the economic reform programs that should be a condition for the intervention, a top ECB policymaker said. | | | |  | | | ECB rescue plan underpins Italian bond auction | | MILAN/BEIJING (Reuters) - A successful Italian bond auction on Thursday pointed to confidence among investors that the European Central Bank will keep its word and take measures dramatic enough to get a grip on the euro zone's debt crisis. | | | | |  |  | | | A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today | | |  | |  | | | The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today | | | | | | » MORE NEWSLETTERS | |
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