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General Motors GMGMQ.PK on Tuesday named Edward Whitacre,
Jr. to become the chairman of new GM. Whitacre was previously
the chairman and chief executive officer of AT&T Inc (T.N).
Kent Kresa, the current interim chairman of the bankrupt automaker, will continue to serve in his position until the launch of new GM.
For details, see [ID:nWNAB8028]
Reuters Messaging: ryan.vlastelica.reuters.com@reuters.net 1047 ET 09June2009-Pep Boys jumps after earnings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pep Boys-Manny, Moe and Jack (PBY.N) shares jumped on
Tuesday after reporting first-quarter results that were well
above Wall Street estimates. [ID:nBNG390713]
The auto parts and service chain reported profit of 21 cents per share, aided by promotion-driven store traffic and cost reductions, topping the 7 cents a share estimate of analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters.
Shares climbed 8.7 percent to $9.15. Fellow auto parts retailers AutoZone Inc (AZO.N) added 1.4 percent to $160.59; while Advance Auto Parts Inc (AAP.N) gained 1.1 percent to $44.45.
Reuters Messaging:rm://Charles.mikolajczak.reuters.com@reuters.net 1039 ET 09June2009-Source names banks to repay TARP, including JPM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A source familiar with the matter on Tuesday named the ten banks that were approved to repay the federal bailout money they received under the TARP program.
According to the source, the banks are: Dow component JPMorgan Chase (JPM.N), Northern Trust Corp (NTRS.O), BB&T Corp (BBT.N), Morgan Stanley (MS.N), State Street Corp (STT.N), US Bancorp(USB.N), American Express Co (AXP.N), Capital One Financial Corp (COF.N), Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (BK.N).
The source spoke on condition of anonymity because the Treasury Department did not disclose the list of names.
Reuters Messaging: ryan.vlastelica.reuters.com@reuters.net 1026 ET 09June2009-Dow, S&P turn negative on TARP concerns ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Dow and S&P 500 turned negative on Tuesday, erasing earlier gains on concerns that banks' repayment of government bailout money may hurt the economic recovery.
For details, see [ID:nN09371143]
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 0.2 percent to 8,748.62 while the S&P 500 .SPX lost 0.1 percent to 938.94 and the Nasdaq .IXIC rose 0.4 percent to 1,849.99.
Reuters Messaging: ryan.vlastelica.reuters.com@reuters.net 1013 ET 09June2009-Wholesale inventories fall for 8th straight month ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
U.S. wholesale inventories shrank for the eighth month in a row in April, dropping to $405.4 billion, their lowest since September 2007, government data showed on Tuesday.
The 1.4 percent drop in inventories was greater than the 1.1 percent decline analysts polled by Reuters had expected. The Commerce Department also said that March's fall was revised to 1.8 percent from the 1.6 percent drop reported last month.
For details, see [ID:nN09323340]
Reuters Messaging: ryan.vlastelica.reuters.com@reuters.net 1004 ET 09June2009-10 banks approved to repay bailout funds ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
U.S. officials on Tuesday gave 10 of the nation's biggest banks approval to pay back a combined $68 billion of taxpayer money pumped into them to combat the credit crisis.
The Treasury Department didn't name the banks, but many of them are likely to announce they are making repayments and their names eventually will be published in routine Treasury reports.
For details, see [ID:nTRU000386]
The KBW Banks index .BKX slid 0.3 percent to 37.49 on Tuesday.
Reuters Messaging: ryan.vlastelica.reuters.com@reuters.net
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