GM reports 16 pct
January US sales
increase

 

• Ford's US sales up 22 pct in January

• Detroit, Toyota see big US sales gains in January

• Kraft suing Cracker Barrel restaurants over name

• US construction hiring jumps as housing rebounds

• Measure of US manufacturing jumps in December

• US consumers' outlook improved in late January

• Bank of America's online banking crashes

• BBVA Compass: Online banking 'system
  issues' fixed

• Boeing engineers begin vote on strike next week

International

Germany warns
euro crisis
not over

 

• Google to set up $82M fund for French publishers

• US firm raises stake in Itay's UniCredit

• Myanmar aims to leave least-developed status

• CEO of scandal-hit Barclays gives up 2012 bonus

Energy

• Oil up on US jobs report; gas jumps most in 2 years

• US rig count increases this week by 11

• Dow ends above 14,000 for 1st time since Oct. 2007

• KaloBios Pharma edges higher following IPO

• Pfizer's animal health unit, Zoetis, soars in IPO

Other

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• Illinois grain prices in country elevators

• USDA announces important updates on the MILC program

• New vendor space and expanded hours for Illinois Horse Fair, March 1-3

• Logan County FSA February newsletter

• Agriculture news elsewhere:

• USDA Trade Policies Preserve $4B in Ag Exports

• Farm Lending Accelerates at Commercial Banks

• Farmdoc

• Recent Rural Review News Index