| | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures fell on Wednesday, with investors again taking their cue from Europe as political uncertainty hung over Greece and concerns arose over the frail state of Spanish banks. | | | | | | (Reuters) - In the weeks before Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon was stripped of his chairmanship over his personal financial dealings, he arranged an additional $450 million loan from a longtime backer, according to a person familiar with the transaction. | | | | | | | CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Demonstrators are expected to swarm Bank of America Corp's annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday to voice anger over a range of issues from foreclosures to corporate taxes to financing for the coal industry. | | | | | | | (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co's shareholders meeting has been a less colorful affair since Daniel Karpen stopped attending. | | | | | | | MADRID (Reuters) - Spain will demand banks set aside another 35 billion euros ($45 billion) against loans to the ailing building sector, financial sources said, raising the possibility more public cash will be needed to rescue the country's lenders. | | | | | (Reuters) - AOL Inc reported better-than-expected quarterly revenue and profit on Wednesday, although lower premium ad sales in the United States and subscriptions dragged total revenue down. | | | | | PARIS (Reuters) - General Motors put its gearbox plant in Strasbourg, France, up for sale for a second time in four years, pledging to seek bidders to keep the factory running. | | | | | | | BERLIN (Reuters) - Volkswagen's luxury car brand Audi outsold market leader BMW for the first time in more than a year in April as continued high demand from China, the United States and Russia boosted vehicle sales. | | | | | | LONDON (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline will take its $2.6 billion bid for Human Genome Sciences direct to shareholders this week, after its takeover offer was rejected last month by the U.S. biotech group's board. | | | | | | TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Electric Power Co , Japan's biggest utility and the owner of the devastated Fukushima nuclear plant, will be taken over by the government after the country's trade minister on Wednesday approved a $12.5 billion capital injection. | | | | | | | 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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