25-Dec-2012 00:01

Push for Cheaper Credit Hits Wall - Wall Street Journal :: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324660404578197782701079650.html

Truly Last-Minute Holiday Shopping Options for Deal Hunters – Or the Merely ... - TIME :: http://business.time.com/2012/12/24/truly-last-minute-holiday-shopping-options-for-deal-hunters-or-the-merely-desperate/

JC Penney's Holiday Strategy Deserves Kudos, Analyst Says - Wall Street Journal (blog) :: http://blogs.wsj.com/marketbeat/2012/12/24/j-c-penneys-holiday-strategy-deserves-kudos-analyst-says/

Dockworker strike looms at Eastern Seaboard and Gulf Coast ports - Los Angeles Times :: http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-potential-ports-strike-20121224,0,4557775.story

New Jersey pension fund sues NYSE Euronext over ICE deal - Fox Business :: http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/12/24/new-jersey-pension-fund-sues-nyse-euronext-over-ice-deal/

Wheat, corn, oat and soybean futures rise of the CBOT; beef prices fall - Washington Post :: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/wheat-corn-and-soybean-futures-rise-on-the-cbot-beef-prices-fall/2012/12/24/53533754-4de7-11e2-835b-02f92c0daa43_story.html

Japanese Yen falls to 20-month low following Shinzo Abe's remarks - Washington Post :: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/yen-weakens-to-20-month-low-on-abes-boj-pledge-euro-declines/2012/12/24/d0d3a848-4e0b-11e2-835b-02f92c0daa43_story.html

Bill Ackman Takes on Herbalife - Forbes :: http://www.forbes.com/sites/helaineolen/2012/12/24/bill-ackman-takes-on-herbalife/

UPDATE 2-Dockworkers at 4 US Northwest ports reject pact offer - Reuters :: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/24/usa-ports-northwest-idUSL1E8NO52220121224

Oil prices drift lower in quiet holiday trading; US gasoline price edges up - Washington Post :: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/oil-prices-fall-with-us-budget-talks-stalling-just-8-days-before-fiscal-cliff/2012/12/23/6bb2f180-4d84-11e2-835b-02f92c0daa43_story.html