• Student loan rates double without Congress' action

US construction spending up 0.5 pct
in May

 

• US factory activity expands in June, jobs decline

• Fannie and Freddie make $66.3B payment

• States join US antitrust review of airline merger

• SEC: Illegal stock trades before Dow-Rohm '08 deal

• Disney board extends Iger's CEO and chairman post

Bank of England's new governor starts work


 

• Spain's jobless figure drops 4th month in a row

Greek government, creditors to resume talks

 

• Hachette Book Group to acquire Disney's Hyperion

• Oil gains amid protests in Egypt; pump price drops

Oil thefts threaten Nigeria's economy, environment

 

Markets  

• US stocks advance as stimulus concerns fade

• Rates fall at weekly US Treasury bill auction

• ARCP buying ARCT IV in $3.1B cash-and-stock deal

Steinway accepts $438M buyout from Kohlberg & Co.
 

• Tribune bulks up in broadcasting in $2.73B deal

• Intuit sells financial services business

• IRS disallows $2.86B in deductions taken by Tyco

• Merck: FDA wants more studies of insomnia drug

• Citigroup agrees to pay $968M to Fannie Mae

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