April 30- The following are the top stories in the Wall Street Journal. *The Service Employees International Union is locked in battle in California with an unusual opponent- another union- even as organized labor has withered in the U.S.
April 29- Morgan Stanley and two ratings agencies have agreed to pay about $225 million to settle lawsuits claiming they concealed risks in two mortgage-related deals that collapsed during the financial crisis, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
April 29- Morgan Stanley and two ratings agencies have agreed to pay about $225 million to settle lawsuits claiming they concealed risks in two mortgage-related deals that collapsed during the financial crisis, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
*Apple rises, sets groundwork for first-ever debt sale. *Moody's, McGraw-Hill rally after settling lawsuits. NEW YORK, April 29- The S&P 500 index ended at an all-time high on Monday as growth-oriented stocks, including energy and technology, lead the way to the index's sixth rise in the past seven sessions.
NEW YORK, April 29- U.S. stocks rose on Monday, extending a recent rally as Italy formed a government and relieved a two-month-long overhang of geopolitical uncertainty from the market.
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**ORCHARD SUPPLY HARDWARE STORES, $2.11, up 42 pct. Telular said it may solicit superior proposals from third parties through may 29, 2013. Germany's Bayer AG has agreed to buy the U.S. contraceptive devices maker for $1.1 billion, aiming to underpin its position as the world's largest women's healthcare provider.
Germany's Bayer AG has agreed to buy the U.S. contraceptive devices maker for $1.1 billion, aiming to underpin its position as the world's largest women's healthcare provider. **SINA CORP, $59.74, up 19 pct** YAHOO INC, $24.72, up 0.3 pct.
**MOODY'S CORP, Friday close $55.12, up 5 pct premarket. Moody's Investors Service and Standard& Poor's on Friday said they have settled two long-running lawsuits seeking to hold them responsible for misleading investors about the safety of risky debt vehicles that they had rated.
**MOODY'S CORP, Friday close $55.12, up 3 pct premarket. Moody's Investors Service and Standard& Poor's on Friday said they have settled two long-running lawsuits seeking to hold them responsible for misleading investors about the safety of risky debt vehicles that they had rated.
NEW YORK, April 26- Moody's Investors Service and Standard& Poor's on Friday said they have settled two long-running lawsuits seeking to hold them responsible for misleading investors about the safety of risky debt vehicles that they had rated.
*Rating agencies, Morgan Stanley reach settlements* Investors said to lose money on structured investments By Nate Raymond and Jonathan Stempel.
NEW YORK, April 26- Settlements have been reached in two long-running lawsuits seeking to hold Moody's Investors Service and Standard& Poor's responsible for misleading investors about the safety of risky debt vehicles that they rated.
NEW YORK, April 26- Settlements have been reached in two long-running lawsuits seeking to hold Moody's Investors Service and Standard& Poor's responsible for misleading investors about the safety of risky debt vehicles that they rated.
April 26- Settlements have been reached in two long-running lawsuits seeking to hold Moody's Investors Service and Standard& Poor's responsible for misleading investors about the safety of risky debt vehicles that they rated.
*Lawsuits against Moody's corp, Mcgraw Hill Companies Inc. -Morgan Stanley related to cheyne, rhinebridge vehicles. dismissed with prejudice-- court records.
April 25- A federal judge handed a legal defeat to Standard& Poor's, ruling that a lawsuit in which Connecticut accused it of fraudulently inflating credit ratings to win business should be moved back to the state court where it began.
April 25- Standard& Poor's suffered a legal defeat late on Wednesday when a Connecticut federal judge said that state's lawsuit accusing the credit rating agency of inflating its ratings to win business belongs in state court, not federal court.