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MEXICO CITY, Dec 5- Two companies in Mexico which won a surprise $2.7 billion preliminary judgment against Yahoo Inc in a contractual dispute said on Wednesday they are willing to settle for less money, which might avoid a long legal battle.
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WASHINGTON, Dec 5- U.S. securities regulators charged a Wells Fargo investment banker and nine others with fraud on Wednesday in connection with their alleged role in an insider-trading ring that earned more than $11 million by trading on tips about impending mergers.
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*Washington urges dialogue to end crisis. CAIRO, Dec 6- Islamists battled with protesters outside Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi's palace on Thursday, after his vice president suggested amendments could be agreed to the draft constitution that has divided the nation.
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TOKYO, Dec 6- Japan's main opposition Liberal Democratic Party looks to be on course to win a solid majority in the Dec. 16 parliamentary election and return to power for the first time since 2009, media polls showed on Thursday. The LDP calls for radical monetary easing by the Bank of Japan to beat persistent deflation and the strong yen.
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TOKYO, Dec 6- Sentiment among Japanese manufacturers has edged up for the first time since July, a Reuters' poll showed on Thursday, in a sign that the economy may have bottomed out even as sluggish global demand continues to weigh on business confidence.
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SEOUL, Dec 6- LG Electronics said on Thursday it will appeal against the decision by the European Commission to impose its biggest antitrust fine ever on the South Korean company and five others for running two cartels for nearly a decade.
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TOKYO, Dec 6- Japan's Nikkei average is expected to open higher on Thursday, building on gains after marking a seven-month closing high in the previous session, buoyed by a weaker yen on persistent speculation the central bank will adopt bolder action.
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SEOUL, Dec 6- Following are details of South Korea's revised gross domestic product data for the July-September period, released by the Bank of Korea on Thursday: OVER PREVIOUS QUARTER, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED. Revised* Estimated Gross domestic product 0.1 0.2. 2011 3.6 2010 6.3 2009 0.3 2008 2.3 2007 5.1* Advance estimates released on Oct. 26.
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SEOUL, Dec 6- South Korea's economy grew just 0.1 percent in the July-September period from the previous quarter, revised data showed on Thursday, a slight downgrade from an earlier estimate and the slowest in three and a half years.
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CHICAGO, Dec 5- A top Iowa State University agricultural scientist predicted on Wednesday that the United States would see below-trend yields for a fourth straight year in 2013 and spotlighted long-term climate risks for farmers in the years ahead.
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*Dow up 0.6 pct, S&P 500 up 0.2 pct, Nasdaq off 0.8 pct. NEW YORK, Dec 5- A volatile trading session ended with U.S. stocks mostly higher on Wednesday, even as Apple, the most valuable company in the United States, suffered its worst day of losses in almost four years.
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NEW YORK, Dec 5- Standard& Poor's on Wednesday cut Greece's sovereign long-term foreign currency credit rating to "selective default" from an already low "CCC" rating. Last week Greece and its international lenders reached a deal to lower the country's debt burden, which included a debt buyback.
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*Hits likely for Medicare beneficiaries and care providers. *Medicare changes could be politically safe for lawmakers.
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WASHINGTON, Dec 5- Contrary to what you may have heard, new retirees are doing better financially than previous generations, according to research being published on Wednesday by a mutual fund industry trade group.
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*Washington urges dialogue to end crisis. CAIRO, Dec 6- Islamists battled with protesters outside Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi's palace on Thursday, after his vice president suggested amendments could be agreed to the draft constitution that has divided the nation.
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NEW YORK, Dec 5- Oil prices fell again on Wednesday as a sluggish global economy has traders worried about demand, but most other commodities had slight gains as investors awaited progress on U.S. budget talks or other news that could bring vigor back to the markets.
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NEW YORK, Dec 5- Freeport McMoRan Copper& Gold Inc Chief Executive Richard Adkerson is known for taking big risks- building his company around mines in Asia, spending nearly $26 billion to take over larger mining rival Phelps Dodge and now shelling out $9 billion to take over two oil and gas companies.
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WASHINGTON, Dec 5- The United States expects countries that buy oil from Iran to further reduce their purchases if they want to avoid U.S. sanctions, a State Department source said on Wednesday. China, India, Japan and South Korea and other countries got six-month "exceptions" to the sanctions in June for reducing oil shipments from Iran.
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WASHINGTON, Dec 5- Two Democratic lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced legislation on Wednesday aimed at bolstering federal oversight of compounded drugs like the tainted steroid injections blamed for a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak.
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The website names have soared to 8,800 from fewer than 900 in January, according to the North American Securities Administrators Association, a Washington- based group of state securities regulators.