More

• UPDATE 2-California gov urges budget restraint despite rebound Thursday, 24 Jan 2013 | 6:26 PM ET

  *Brown turning his attention to education funding reforms. SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan 24- Governor Jerry Brown, hailing what he described as a hard-fought rebound in California's fortunes, used his annual State of the State address on Thursday to urge fiscal discipline to avoid a return to budget deficits and cycles of "boom and bust."

• Obama climate push to tie environment, jobs -White House adviser Thursday, 24 Jan 2013 | 6:13 PM ET

  WASHINGTON, Jan 24- President Barack Obama will renew his push to spur investment in renewable energy projects that create jobs as a key part of his second-term strategy for tackling climate change, a top White House policy adviser said on Thursday.

• UPDATE 1-Whitman Capital founder gets 2 years for insider trading Thursday, 24 Jan 2013 | 6:12 PM ET

  *Doug Whitman convicted on Google, Marvell, Polycom trades. NEW YORK, Jan 24- California hedge fund manager Doug Whitman was sentenced on Thursday to two years in prison, after he became the first defendant in a broad U.S. crackdown on insider trading to take the stand to convince jurors of his innocence.

• Apple Needs China, Now More Than Ever Thursday, 24 Jan 2013 | 6:04 PM ET

  

  Apple's third straight disappointing quarter signals an urgent need for the global technology leader to drum up new revenue - and China may provide the answer.

• U.S. senators worried US-EU trade talks may not address agriculture Thursday, 24 Jan 2013 | 6:03 PM ET

  WASHINGTON, Jan 24- Four Republican farm state U.S. senators on Thursday expressed concern that possible free trade talks between the United States and European Union may not dismantle longstanding EU barriers to U.S. pork, beef, poultry and other farm products.

• UPDATE 1-E*Trade posts wider-than-expected 4th-quarter loss Thursday, 24 Jan 2013 | 5:47 PM ET

  NEW YORK, Jan 24- E* Trade Financial Corp, which last week named a new chief executive to help shed bad loans and return it to its online brokerage roots, reported a fourth-quarter 2012 loss on a higher-than-expected cost in refinancing its debt. The New York- based company reported a loss of $186 million, or 65 cents a share, for the fourth quarter.

• COLUMN-Davos prescriptions for the U.S economy-Chrystia Freeland Thursday, 24 Jan 2013 | 5:45 PM ET

  For a long time, the conventional wisdom among this crew has been that the deficit and the debt were the United States' chief economic problems. One of the most convincing signs of that switch came from an interview I did here with Lawrence H. Summers, a Harvard University economist.

• Judge sides with bankrupt Alabama county in documents dispute Thursday, 24 Jan 2013 | 5:43 PM ET

  Jan 24- A U.S. judge overseeing America's biggest municipal bankruptcy on Thursday turned down a request by Wall Street creditors for documents used by policymakers in Alabama's Jefferson County to set sewer-system rates creditors say are too low.

• Raymond James CEO: Post-intergration, new name for Morgan Keegan Thursday, 24 Jan 2013 | 5:42 PM ET

  Jan 24- Raymond James Financial Inc Chief Executive Officer Paul Reilly expects more advisers to join the firm once it finishes the integration of its Morgan Keegan brokerage unit next month.

• COMMODITIES-US oil up on pipeline news; copper up too, gold down Thursday, 24 Jan 2013 | 5:42 PM ET

  *Copper rises after strong US, China manufacturing data. NEW YORK, Jan 24- U.S. oil prices rose on Thursday, as news that a troubled crude pipeline could be restored soon triggered a rebound from the previous session's losses, while copper closed higher due to strong global economic data.

• U.S. groups fear big price hikes, trade war over Mexican tomatoes Thursday, 24 Jan 2013 | 5:40 PM ET

  MIAMI, Jan 24- U.S. business groups warned on Thursday of skyrocketing tomato prices and a damaging trade war if President Barack Obama's administration follows through on a preliminary decision to end a long-standing tomato trade agreement with Mexico.

• UPDATE 1-Netflix wins back Wall Street, shares jump 42 pct Thursday, 24 Jan 2013 | 5:38 PM ET

  Jan 24- Netflix Inc impressed Wall Street with a surprisingly strong holiday quarter that eased near-term concerns about its costly international expansion and its movie and TV bill, sending its shares skyrocketing 42 percent.

• UPDATE 1-California gov urges restraint despite state's riches Thursday, 24 Jan 2013 | 5:34 PM ET

  *Brown turning his attention to education funding reforms. SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan 24- Governor Jerry Brown, hailing what he described as a hard-fought rebound in California's fortunes, used his annual State of the State address on Thursday to urge fiscal discipline to avoid a return to budget deficits and cycles of "boom and bust."

• U.S. Treasury and Japan agree to amend tax treaty Thursday, 24 Jan 2013 | 5:32 PM ET

  WASHINGTON, Jan 24- The United States and Japan on Thursday signed an amended tax treaty that includes a tax dispute resolution process that benefits multinational corporations. The deal, signed by Treasury Deputy Secretary Neal Wolin and Japanese Ambassador Kenichiro Sasae, must be ratified in both countries.

• UPDATE 1-Obama urged to use broad powers to act on climate change Thursday, 24 Jan 2013 | 5:26 PM ET

  WASHINGTON, Jan 24- Several Democratic lawmakers on Thursday urged President Barack Obama to use his broad powers to curb carbon emissions through federal agencies, saying Congress may be unable to agree on action to address climate change.

• UPDATE 3-China's Lenovo sees RIM as M&A option, CFO says Thursday, 24 Jan 2013 | 5:24 PM ET

  *Lenovo says has talked to RIM about strategic ventures. TORONTO, Jan 24- A senior Lenovo executive said on Thursday that the Chinese computer maker may consider Research in Motion as a takeover target, sending the Blackberry maker's shares up 2 percent just a week before it launches a make-or-break line of redesigned smartphones.

• UPDATE 5-Obama picks former federal prosecutor as SEC boss Thursday, 24 Jan 2013 | 5:15 PM ET

  *In recent private practice, White represented Wall Street. WASHINGTON, Jan 24- The White House on Thursday nominated former federal prosecutor Mary Jo White to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, selecting a hard-nosed enforcer who also has experience defending Wall Street figures.

• Soros favors US monetary policy, warns of "currency war" -CNBC Thursday, 24 Jan 2013 | 5:11 PM ET

  NEW YORK, Jan 24- Billionaire investor George Soros said on Thursday that he favors U.S. monetary easing policy, but warned of a "currency war" because of differences in how countries manage national deficits. "I think the policy, basically, pioneered by Bernanke is actually the right policy," Soros told CNBC in an interview from Davos, Switzerland.

• US public wants deficit reduction but not programs cuts -polling Thursday, 24 Jan 2013 | 5:04 PM ET

  *Opposition to cuts in education, Social Security, Medicare. WASHINGTON, Jan 24- Most Americans want President Barack Obama and Congress to reduce the federal deficit without cutting Medicare, Social Security and education, according to polling data released Thursday.

• Whitman Capital founder gets 2 years for insider trading Thursday, 24 Jan 2013 | 5:03 PM ET

  *Doug Whitman convicted on Google, Marvell, Polycom trades. NEW YORK, Jan 24- California hedge fund manager Doug Whitman was sentenced on Thursday to two years in prison, after he had become the first defendant in a broad U.S. crackdown on insider trading to take the stand to convince jurors of his innocence.