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"We're seeing some life-threatening temperatures in Minnesota and Northern Wisconsin," said meteorologist Mike Sowko of the National Weather Service. Winds blasting across the Great Lakes over the past few days into Tuesday also resulted in up to 18 inches of snow dumped over northeast Ohio, northwest Pennsylvania and upstate New York.
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*Christmas Day openings, McRib schedule boosted U.S. in December. Jan 22- McDonald's Corp is running out of quick-fix strategies for stemming declines in U.S restaurant sales inflicted by tougher competition for customers who are pinching pennies in a weak economic recovery. McDonald's posts December sales and fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday.
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*Sierra Club threatened suit last July. Jan 22- Utility company MidAmerican Energy Co said it has reached a settlement with the Sierra Club over power plant emissions, which includes a pledge to stop burning coal at certain plants over the next few years.
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Jan 22- Delta Air Lines reported a lower fourth-quarter profit on Tuesday but said it expected better results this year as it makes targeted investments in operations and products to drive revenue.
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*German govt says German utilities, UK govt ready to sell. BERLIN/ AMSTERDAM, Jan 22- Germany gave the green light to its utilities' plans to sell their stakes in Urenco, clearing the way for a long-awaited tender for the world's second-largest maker of nuclear fuel.
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MADRID, Jan 22- Foreign investors piled into Spain's new 10- year bond on Tuesday and the country also beat targets at a short-term debt sale as it made the most of renewed appetite for lending to the euro zone's weaker economies.
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*Novartis seeks to sell Bexsero as soon as possible. ZURICH, Jan 22- Novartis won European approval for the first vaccine against meningitis B and is seeking to persuade cash-strapped governments to add it to routine vaccination programs to ensure the drug's commercial success.
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FRANKFURT/ BERLIN, Jan 22- General Motors said on Tuesday it may close a German factory at its Opel subsidiary earlier than proposed adding restructuring talks with unions must be wrapped up by February, as the U.S. carmaker seeks deep cuts to save its ailing brand. "I have asked the Opel management and labour to reach a solution in February.
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Jan 22- Verizon Communications Inc posted a weaker-than-expected wireless operating profit margin due to hefty costs from smartphones like Apple's iPhone, but the U.S telephone company promised a big improvement this year as it cuts costs.
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WASHINGTON, Jan 22- The U.S. Supreme Court refused on Tuesday to consider how much authority the Environmental Protection Agency should have to set air quality standards, leaving intact a tough new limit on sulfur dioxide emissions.
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NEW YORK, Jan 22- Gold rose on Tuesday as the Bank of Japan's pledge to launch an economic stimulus effort and a five-year high in U.S. equities prompted nervous investors to buy gold.
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*Sierra Club threatened suit last July. Jan 22- Utility company MidAmerican Energy Co said it has reached a settlement with the Sierra Club over power plant emissions, which includes a pledge to stop burning coal at certain plants over the next few years.
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WASHINGTON, Jan 22- The White House on Monday welcomed signals by Republican leaders in the House of Representatives that they aim to pass a nearly four-month extension of the U.S. debt limit, saying the move defuses fears of a damaging U.S. debt default.
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*Traders worry about coffee damage from fungus in Central America. NEW YORK/ LONDON, Jan 22- Coffee and cocoa prices in New York were on track Tuesday for their biggest one-day drop in over two months on profit taking, and sugar hovered near a 2010 low as investors exited longs amid signs of a growing surplus.
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GENEVA, Jan 22- Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said investment in the country's oil industry was falling because of delays to its landmark energy bill.
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WASHINGTON, Jan 22- The U.S. State Department does not expect to make a decision on Transcanada Corp' s Keystone XL pipeline proposal before the end of the first quarter of 2013 even though Nebraska's governor has approved the plan, a department spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
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Jan 22- Freeport-McMoRan Copper& Gold Inc's move into energy and gas will place the miner into a heavier weight class of resource companies and offers new opportunities for it to get even bigger, the company said on Tuesday.
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*U.S. retail FX accounts fall to below 90,000 in 4th qtr. NEW YORK, Jan 22- Retail currency trading, which had grown in popularity over the past decade, has cooled off in the United States in recent months as prolonged low market volatility and strict regulations dampened enthusiasm.
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"We're seeing some life-threatening temperatures in Minnesota and Northern Wisconsin," said meteorologist Mike Sowko of the National Weather Service. Winds blasting across the Great Lakes over the past few days into Tuesday also resulted in up to 18 inches of snow dumped over northeast Ohio, northwest Pennsylvania and upstate New York.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 22- Ribbit Capital, a firm founded by financial-services entrepreneur Micky Malka, has closed its inaugural $100 million fund, Malka said on Tuesday.