• Microsoft says willing to restart Yahoo talks
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Monday it would be willing to reopen talks to buy all or part of Yahoo Inc, but only if a new Yahoo board is elected -- a big boost for financier Carl Icahn's board slate.

  

  

  
• SEC should investigate Bear collapse: JP Morgan CEO
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - JP Morgan Chase & Co Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said U.S. regulators should investigate whether people betting on Bear Stearns' stock falling deliberately brought down the investment bank.

  

  

  
• Financial worries weigh on Wall Street
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell on Monday on concerns that the top two mortgage providers would have to raise even more capital, severely devaluing existing shareholders' stakes, while big energy companies fell along with oil prices.

  

  

  
• Mazda confident will reach U.S. sales goal
  TOKYO (Reuters) - Mazda Motor Corp is confident it will achieve its U.S. sales target of 290,000 vehicles in the business year to next March despite a sharp downturn in that market, a top executive said on Tuesday. Daniel Morris, senior managing executive officer in charge of sales and marketing at Mazda, said despite a double-digit fall in the overall U.S. market so far this year the automaker had achieved a slight increase thanks to stronger-than-expected demand for smaller cars such as the Ma

  

  

  
• Ford H1 China sales rise 21 percent over year ago
  BEIJING (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co said on Tuesday it had posted a 21 percent gain in first-half China sales over the same period last year, with 172,411 vehicles sold.

  

  

  

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• Japan nuclear accident impact
  July 31 - Japan's killer earthquake left its biggest nuclear power company facing financial losses, supply questions, and demands for greater safety.
• Asia up as US fears ease
  July 31 - Asian stocks rose on Tuesday after a rebound on Wall Street, with the focus on earnings as credit fears eased.
• Transformers hit Japan
  Jul. 23 - The movie "Transformers" comes to Tokyo this week, a homecoming of sorts for the toy-robot film that earned over $260 million in three weeks in North America.
• Zoellick heads to Asia
  Jul. 26 - Newly appointed World Bank President Robert Zoellick will travel to Asia next week.
• Market's bumpy ride continues
  Jul. 30 - European markets experienced a up and down start to the week on Monday, while HSBC's results surprised.