News Links 12-05-11

The day's most important news links follow, covering U.S. & world news, and economic, investment & corporate topics of interest. The day's stories highlight the desperate measures of the U.S. Postal Service, the European Union, Vladimir Putin and Iran. Please find the hottest news links here below.

News Links

• Keeping the Postal Service Afloat


• Merkel, Sarkozy Agree Treaty Should be Rewritten


• Fed May Fund Euro Zone through IMF


• Monti Takes Austerity Plan to Italian Lawmakers


• No Sign Iran Shot Down Drone


• Biden Jokes About Bringing Funds with to Bail Out Greece


• Gingrich Riding High in Iowa


• Putin Barely Clings to Power in Parliament


• Cloud Stocks Soar on SAP (NYSE: SAP) Bid for SuccessFactors (Nasdaq: SFSF)


• Commercial Metals (NYSE: CMC) Rejects Icahn Bid


• Toyota (NYSE: TM) to Export US Made Camry’s


• Gold Lower as Tensions Ease


• European Banks Rise on Italian Budget (NYSE: DB)


• Activists Invade Nuclear Plant Site in France


• Child Suspended for Calling Teacher Cute


• Oil Rises on Iran


• Cyber Week Holiday Spending hit All-Time High


• EU Second Guesses Iran Oil Ban


• Dollar General (NYSE: DG) Lifts Guidance and Plans Repurchases


• MetLife (NYSE: MET) Sees Higher Profit


• eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) Gets an Upgrade


• Factory Orders Slipped in October


• Service Sector Falls Short in November


• Obama Taking 17 Day Holiday


• CFTC Limiting Use of Brokerage Client Funds


• Entergy (NYSE: ETR) to Spinoff Electric Transmission Unit


• Iran has Missing US Drone


• 2 Reports Hint US Economy Slowing


• Kepler Finds Earth-Like Planets


• Yahoo! Earnings Calendar

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