GM board moving fast on CEO, CFO hires
DETROIT (Reuters) - The board of General Motors Co will get an update on the search for a new chief executive by next month as a recruiting firm compiles a short list of candidates, a person familiar with the process said.
- CIT could be out of bankruptcy within days
- Recovery begins, but corporate America wary
- TI sees Q4 earnings at high end but shares fall
- Morgan Stanley shuffles execs ahead of CEO switch
- Microsoft at EU hearing on Oracle/Sun deal: sources
- JPMorgan sees consumer losses rising
- GE sees flat 2010 profit at finance arm
- Wall St rattled by recovery uncertainty | Video
- China demands more from rich to unlock climate talks | Video
Issues in Depth
Sowing seeds of corruption
Corruption, whether it's crooked officials, financial fraudsters or philandering sports stars, is the country's No. 1 criminal threat, says the FBI. Full Article
No price tag on jobs boost
"There are those who claim we have to choose between paying down our deficits on the one hand, and investing in job creation and economic growth on the other. But this is a false choice." Full Article
Selling in a "world of hurt"
Retailers are struggling this holiday season but a few of them are innovating, including one brand that a fund manager described as the "Leonardo da Vinci" of the industry. Full Article
Learning from John Gotti
Tiger Woods, who is being pummeled by the press, could learn a thing or two from the "Teflon Don". The godfather of the Gambino crime family knew how to play the media. Commentary
The human factor
Climategate or not, the United Nations stands firm on who is to blame for the acceleration of climate change. Full Article
Pictures that defined a decade
The raising of the flag to mark China's first Olympic Games and cardinals caught in the wind at Pope John Paul II's funeral are among the indelible Reuters images of the last 10 years. Slideshow
- Obama pushes plans for more job creation
- U.S. commander, envoy unite behind Afghan strategy
- Car bombs kill 112 in coordinated Baghdad attacks | Video
- China demands more from rich to unlock climate talks | Video
- Job-creating bill could cost up to $200 billion
- Tiger Woods' mother-in-law hospitalized in Florida
- Iran says will show no mercy to opposition protesters
- Corruption threatens "soul and fabric" of U.S.: FBI
- Hunger, family homelessness on rise in U.S. cities
- China executes rogue trader, millions still missing
today
- U.S. special envoy visits North Korea
- McChrystal testifies before Congress on Afghanistan
- Obama economic speech at the Brookings Institution
tomorrow
- Time Warner to spin off its AOL unit
- Data: Wholesale inventories for October
- NASA to launch WISE space telescope
Later in the week
- Thursday: FOMC interest rate decision
- Thursday: Obama receives Nobel Peace Prize
- Friday: Retail sales data for November







