IBT Staff Reporter

Research In Motion said on Thursday that it has isolated and resolved the issue that delayed email service for some North American BlackBerry customers this morning.

(Corrects after Dubai government clarifies earlier statement which it says was meant to refer to government departments only, not to state-related entities)

Opel labour leader Klaus Franz said talks with management over an upcoming plan from General Motors for the future of its European unit Opel should be finished by mid-February.

U.S. lithium-ion battery maker A123 Systems Inc said it is forming a joint venture China's top carmaker SAIC Motor Corp to develop, make and sell battery systems for electric vehicles.

The head of Japan's auto-making lobby said on Thursday he feared that the U.S. market would remain weak and would not reach total sales of 11 million vehicles next year.

Chrysler will keep open through 2011 its Sterling Heights, Michigan, plant near Detroit that it had once planned to close at the end of 2010, a United Auto Workers vice president said on Thursday

General Motors Co said on Thursday that Brian K. Sweeney would be the new general manager of its Buick and GMC brands after his predecessor lasted nine days on the job.

German carmaker Daimler AG expects to use short working hours in response to weak demand for passenger cars in the first quarter of next year, Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche told Reuters on Thursday.

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French carmaker Renault is in talks with German rival Daimler and others about partnerships to cut costs as the industry tries to become more efficient exiting the downturn.

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan on Thursday backed a call for creation of a bipartisan commission to make the tough calls needed to cut the record federal deficit.

Danish hosts revived climate talks on Thursday and Washington backed a $100 billion (62 billion pound) fund to aid poor countries as world leaders gathered on the eve of a U.N. deadline to reach a deal to slow global warming.

High unemployment and a fractious debate over healthcare have combined to push down President Barack Obama's job approval ratings and highlight the potential for political dangers ahead.

Trucking giant YRC Worldwide Inc said on Thursday it was changing the terms of a debt-for-equity exchange offer, including again extending the deadline for bondholder approval in a critical bid to stay afloat.

U.S. mortgage rates rose for a second consecutive week but remained below 5 percent, a closely watched mortgage survey showed on Thursday, a key level that may boost home loan demand and help the housing market recover.

Loss-making bank VTB (VTBR.MM) expects to return to the black next year, with full-year 2010 net profit seen at around 50 billion roubles ($1.66 billion), Chief Financial Officer Herbert Moos said on Thursday.

A U.S. court of appeals has stayed a bankruptcy court's decision that approved television station owner ION Media Networks Inc's (IIONQ.PK) reorganization plan, Cyrus Capital, a creditor of the company, said.

Savings and loan companies OceanFirst Financial Corp (OCFC.O) and Central Jersey Bancorp (CJBK.O) said they agreed to end their merger agreement, citing lack of regulatory approval, sending shares of Central Jersey down 26 percent to a new 8-year low.

Jitters in the financial sector prompted by tough new proposed regulations sent banks sliding on Thursday while commodity stocks also retreated on weaker raw material prices, pulling the FTSE 100 down 1.9 percent by close

Factory activity accelerated rapidly in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region in December, a survey showed on Thursday, hitting its highest in 4-1/2 years and assuaging some worries the industrial recovery is slowing.

U.S. stocks fell on Thursday as a rebound in the dollar dampened appetite for risk, while a FedEx forecast weighed on transportation shares and a prominent analyst cut estimates for two major banks, compounding losses for financials shares.

UAL Corp , parent of United Airlines, on Thursday said it expects its consolidated passenger unit revenue to be down between 6.25 percent and 7.25 percent in the fourth quarter.

Merger & acquisition (M&A) activity is set to pick up in European pharmaceuticals, mining and telecoms with deal volumes to climb in 2010 as balance sheets improve and borrowing costs stay close to long-term lows.

Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) is interested in bidding for commodity trading joint venture RBS Sempra as part of plans to strengthen its commodities business and is one of several suitors remaining, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

A fragile global economic recovery is underway, and a double-dip recession remains unlikely, the International Monetary Fund said on Thursday.

The Conference Board's gauge of future economic conditions rose in November, for its 8th straight monthly increase, boosted by improving financial conditions, employment and housing, the private research group said on Thursday.

For more stories on the Dubai crisisAs Dubai developers reassured the world their ambitious construction projects would go ahead, officials from the emirate were expected in New York to shore up confidence after a debt landslide threatened its top companies.

Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) said it can pull out of its $30 billion acquisition of XTO Energy (XTO.N) if U.S. lawmakers pass legislation on a controversial drilling technique used to tap oil and gas fields.

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