Daily Investor Briefing: Wall St. ends higher with help from...

	Click to View in Browser 08/4/2014 Wall St. ends higher with help from Berkshire NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks finished modestly higher on Monday, boosted by Berkshire Hathaway's results and other earnings, though gains were offset by declines in high-dividend payers in the utilities sector. GM unit gets subpoena over subprime auto loans WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. government is investigating General Motors Co's auto financing arm over subprime auto loans it made and securitized since 2007, the company disclosed on Monday. McDonald's says China food scandal hurting regional results (Reuters) - McDonald's Corp said its business has been hurt by China's latest food scare that forced restaurants in the region to temporarily pull meat items from menus. AIG profit beats estimates on strong overall growth (Reuters) - American International Group Inc reported a better-than-expected 12.5 percent rise in quarterly profit, helped by strong performance across all its key businesses, and the insurer said it would expand its buyback program by $2 billion. Murdoch's Fox expected to push for Time Warner deal on Wednesday (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's Twenty-First Century Fox Inc is expected to make an aggressive case for merging with Time Warner Inc during its quarterly earnings call on Wednesday, though people familiar with the company's plans have said it would not use that forum to raise its bid. HP, Autonomy trade barbs as lawsuit against ex-CFO looms (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co said it would sue former Autonomy Chief Financial Officer Sushovan Hussain as he seeks to block HP's settlement of three shareholder lawsuits over its troubled purchase of the British software company. Deutsche Telekom unimpressed by Iliad bid for US mobile unit: sources FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Telekom has serious doubts about the overall attractiveness of a bid by French telecom group Iliad for its U.S. mobile unit, despite lower regulatory hurdles than a rival offer, said two people close to the company. LinkedIn to pay nearly $6 million in U.S. Labor Department settlement WASHINGTON (Reuters) - LinkedIn Corp has agreed to pay nearly $6 million to more than 350 current and former employees after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found the online career-networking company violated the country's wage law. WTO failure points to fragmented future for global trade GENEVA (Reuters) - India has dealt a potentially fatal blow to the World Trade Organization's hopes of modernizing the rules of global commerce and remaining the central forum for multilateral trade deals. Citigroup loses North America head of Treasury and Trade Solutions NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc North America head of Treasury and Trade solutions, Andrew Gelb, leaves- memo Related Video Greece returns as tourist hotspot Iraq and Libya: new oil concerns? Related News Pimco Total Return Fund suffers 15th month of outflows: Morningstar Pershing Square Holdings fund up 27.2 percent year to date through July 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 - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend