IBT Staff Reporter

Walgreen Co aims to offer the H1N1 vaccine shot in all 50 states by the end of December, a move that could help the largest U.S. drugstore chain bring more consumers into its stores and clinics.

Dell Inc (DELL.O) said the acquisition of Perot Systems will help the company tap new growth markets as it makes a deeper push into technology services.

Essilor (ESSI.PA), the largest maker of corrective eye lenses, plans to buy U.S. group FGX International (FGXI.O) for about $465 million to expand in the growing market for non-prescription reading glasses.

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK.L) took a further step to build up its non-prescription consumer health business on Wednesday with a small deal giving it rights to an experimental cold sore treatment from privately owned NanoBio.

Iconix Brand Group Inc is breaking off talks with Playboy Enterprises (PLA.N) after figuring it would be too complicated to separate the Playboy brand from other assets, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

The U.S. government filed suit against Intel Corp on Wednesday, accusing the chip giant of illegally using its market dominance to stifle competition for a decade.

The wife of philanderer Tiger Woods, Elin Nordegren, is planning to divorce the professional golfer after it was revealed he had numerous affairs during their marriage, according to media reports.

Japanese bank Nomura is to buy London-based corporate finance advisory firm Tricorn Partners, according to a memo, strengthening its foothold in the lucrative corporate broking business.

British confectioner Cadbury said on Wednesday it had insured 500 million pounds ($813 million) of pension liabilities in a deal allowing it to keep control of the scheme's assets.

China Shipbuilding Industry Co made a tepid Shanghai debut, and China Pacific Insurance raised $3.1 billion in a Hong Kong IPO, as Beijing steps up the pace of stock offerings to fend off a speculative market bubble.

U.S. consumer prices rose in line with expectations in November on a surge in energy costs, but prices were flat, excluding food and energy, a government report showed on Wednesday.

Stocks should score a second straight year of gains in 2010 as an economic recovery brightens the profit outlook, extending the market's rebound from the depths of a punishing financial crisis, a Reuters poll showed on Wednesday.

A surprise $536 million settlement by Credit Suisse to a U.S. probe over financial dealings with Iran should only do short-term damage to the Swiss bank, but others could now be in the line of fire.

Wells Fargo & Co (WFC.N) will buy Prudential Financial Inc's (PRU.N) minority stake in retail brokerage joint venture Wells Fargo Advisors for $4.5 billion, the companies said on Tuesday.

European Union carbon emissions futures fell on Wednesday as the market absorbed December 2009 contract deliveries and awaited an outcome from climate talks in Copenhagen.

The Federal Trade Commission announced Wednesday that it has sued Intel Corp., the world's largest chip maker, alleging it has “used its dominant market position for a decade to stifle competition and strengthen its monopoly.”

The current account deficit widened as expected in the third quarter to $108 billion, largely driven by a big trade shortfall, a Commerce Department report showed on Wednesday.

Brazil is blocking proposals to increase carbon finance for emerging nations at U.N. talks, and a spat with Saudi Arabia over forestry and carbon-burying projects could impede a new climate deal, a source close to the talks said on Wednesday.

The editors of Time magazine have selected current Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke as their Person of the Year 2009 for his decisions to loosen monetary policy in an effort to avoid another Great Depression.

People who had greater intellectual ability as children may have fewer heart disease risk factors in middle-age, a new study suggests.

Implanted heart defibrillators may help elderly heart failure patients live longer, a study released today suggests.

A single patient infected with the increasingly common superbug known as MRSA can cost a hospital $60,000, U.S. researchers reported Tuesday.

All nations should set tougher goals for combating global warming at a U.N. summit and the rich should spell out how much aid they will give the poor by 2020, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday.

Citigroup Inc said on Tuesday the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority filed an arbitration claim against it, accusing the U.S. lender of misrepresentation over a $7.5 billion investment by the sovereign wealth fund.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Wednesday that banks have been stabilized but lending remains too weak to support a healthy recovery.

The government filed suit against Intel Corp on Wednesday, alleging that the chip giant illegally used its dominance of the market for a decade to stifle competition and strengthen its monopoly.

If the U.S. Congress fails to agree on a healthcare bill soon, the opportunity for a sweeping overhaul of the $2.5 trillion system will be lost for a generation, Vice President Joe Biden warned on Tuesday.

The European Commission announced Wednesday that it has dropped long-standing antitrust charges against Microsoft Corp. after the company agreed to offer European users a selection browsers via its operating system.

President Barack Obama pushed fractious Senate Democrats on Tuesday to pass a broad healthcare overhaul and said he was cautiously optimistic they could iron out their differences to win the 60 votes needed.