AP – On civil rights and campaign cash, the Supreme Court earned an “incomplete” grade in the term that just ended. There is a good chance the court will have a new member but the same right-of-center tilt when the justices return in late summer to deal with unfinished business.
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AFP – Britain’s biggest retailer Tesco is a potential bidder for nationalised bank Northern Rock, which the government is reportedly considering selling later this year, The Times newspaper has reported.
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Politico – A close vote after intense debate.
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Reuters – Asian stock markets struggled to gain ground on Wednesday as economic data showed the process of turnaround to recovery was likely to be a slow grind, and the dollar capitalized on that more cautious sentiment.
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AP – U.S. troops are out of Iraq’s cities but not its future. Even a best-case scenario is likely to feature an American role there for years militarily as well as diplomatically.
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Reuters – A U.S. patent research group says it has uncovered evidence that could be used to declare AstraZeneca Plc’s patent for its cholesterol fighter Crestor invalid.
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Reuters – General Motors Corp’s chief executive told a U.S. bankruptcy court on Tuesday that the sale of GM’s main assets to government-backed “New GM” must win court approval in order for the automaker to survive.
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AP – Specialty glass maker Corning Inc. said Tuesday it is getting a big lift from rising sales of flat-screen televisions, most notably in China.
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Reuters – A monthly gauge of online labor demand in the United States fell a touch in June and its decline slowed on a year-over-year basis, suggesting stabilization in the jobs market, a private research group said on Wednesday.
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AP – In a rare reversal, China’s government gave in to domestic and international pressure and backed down Tuesday from a rule that would have required personal computers sold in the country to have Internet-filtering software.
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