  | | | Wall Street falls for second day on weak data | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell for a second day on Thursday as labor market data showed more signs of weakness while a warning from Qualcomm and poor results from Stanley Black & Decker discouraged investors. | | |  | | | Lagarde sees deal in the making on IMF funding | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde said on Thursday she expects to win a big boost in funding to help the lender contain damage from the euro-zone debt crisis now that Europe has taken significant steps on its own. | | | | | RIM's hiring of banker wouldn't signal sale: source | | TORONTO (Reuters) - If Research In Motion Ltd were to hire an investment bank it would be to help it license its BlackBerry software or to negotiate a strategic investment, not to help it sell the company, a source close to RIM said on Thursday. | | | |  | | | With new board, Olympus looks to draw a line under scandal | | TOKYO (Reuters) - Peering from a hotel window 50 floors above Japan's bustling capital, Michael Woodford eyes the Olympus Corp building where he was fired six months ago. To the right, he sees the flat he had to quit that day before he was told to take a bus to the airport. | | | |  | | | Existing home sales fall 2.6 percent in March | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Home resales fell in March but the supply of properties on the market tightened and prices inched higher, giving mixed signals about the pace of recovery in the still-struggling housing sector. | | | |  | | | Jobless data suggests slowdown in job creation | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans claiming unemployment benefits for the first time fell only slightly last week, suggesting that job growth in April will not improve much after March's disappointing performance. | | | |  | | | Strong eBay results bode well for Amazon | | SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - EBay Inc's strong first quarter bodes well for Amazon.com Inc's results next week - especially Amazon's own online Marketplace business and e-commerce in general, analysts said on Thursday. | | | |  | | | Morgan Stanley bond trading unexpectedly strong | | (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley won market share in bond trading in the first quarter after years of investments in the business, allowing the Wall Street bank to post results that beat many analysts' expectations. | | | |  |  | | | 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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