IBT Staff Reporter

A Chinese steel executive detained along with four Rio Tinto employees is being investigated for leaking China's bottom line on iron ore prices, a source with knowledge of the probe said on Friday.

U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Friday after Chevron warned about second-quarter earnings, raising the specter of a weaker-than-expected second-half economic recovery and anemic corporate profits.

'New GM' may launch today, Officials to meet with detained Rio exec, Small-Cap earnings

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is set to propose on Friday giving securities and futures regulators authority to police the over-the-counter derivatives market, according to a document obtained by Reuters.

UBS AG Chief Executive Oswald Gruebel sent a memorandum to the bank's top executives on Thursday saying the bank could not comply with a U.S. government request to disclose the identity of 52,000 secret account holders, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters.

U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Friday after Chevron Corp warned about its second-quarter earnings, raising the specter of a weaker-than-expected second-half economic recovery and anemic corporate profits.

Russia's Kemerovo region has notified ArcelorMittal that it will seize two of the world's largest steel maker's coal mines if production levels do not increase, the Siberian region said in a statement.

Anglo American Plc appointed veteran industrialist John Parker as chairman on Friday, moving to bolster its leadership as it seeks to fend off an unwanted merger proposal by rival Xstrata Plc .

* U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Wall Street on Friday, as investors turned cautious after oil major Chevron Corp warned over its second-quarter earnings.

The price of nearly one in four U.S. homes for sale on July 1 had been sliced at least once since landing on the market, data compiled by real estate website Trulia.com showed on Friday.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is set to propose on Friday giving securities and futures regulators authority to police the over-the-counter derivatives market, according to a document obtained by Reuters.

UBS cannot comply with a U.S. request to disclose the identity of 52,000 U.S. secret account holders, the bank's chief executive Oswald Gruebel said in an internal memorandum, according to a source familiar with the situation.

UBS AG Chief Executive Oswald Gruebel sent a memorandum to the bank's top executives on Thursday saying the bank could not comply with a U.S. government request to disclose the identity of 52,000 secret account holders, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters.

(Corrects spelling of UBS chief executive throughout to 'Gruebel' from 'Grubel')

Infosys Technologies Ltd beat expectations with a 17 percent rise in quarterly profit and raised its full-year forecast at the lower end on hopes for a pick up in outsourcing demand from overseas clients.

UBS AG Chief Executive Oswald Grubel sent a memorandum to the bank's top executives on Thursday saying the bank could not comply with a U.S. government request to disclose the identity of 52,000 secret account holders, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters.

General Motors on Friday prepared to exit bankruptcy with the message that a leaner and meaner automaker ready to win back American consumers and pay back taxpayers has emerged from its failure.

Media executives were unusually somber at their annual retreat in Sun Valley, Idaho this week, with News Corp Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch surprised at what he described as the very bearish mood.

American International Group is preparing to pay next week millions of dollars more in bonuses to dozens of corporate executives, a source familiar with the development said.

Google Inc Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said he will discuss with Apple Inc how his role on its board might change after Google's move to launch a new operating system.

A Los Angeles Councilman is asking AEG Live to pay some of the estimated $1.4 million cost for policing Michael Jackson's memorial service that took place on Tuesday at the Staples Center.

Google Inc Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said there may be announcements later this year about netbook PCs running its new Chrome operating system, as the Internet giant makes its deepest push into Microsoft Corp's business.

American International Group is preparing to pay millions of dollars more in bonuses to several dozen top corporate executives, after an earlier round of payments set off a national furor, The Washington Post reported on Thursday.

The Federal Reserve on Thursday launched a robust defense of its independence and warned that efforts in Congress to put monetary policy under political sway would hurt the economy.

The death certificate of Michael Jackson issued on 7 July, 2009 has been obtained by Extra TV and uploaded to the internet.

The United States spends more on healthcare than any other country in the world but has higher rates of infant mortality, diabetes and other ills than many other developed countries.

Lobbyists for drugmakers, insurance companies, hospital chains and others are trying to protect lucrative businesses threatened by U.S. healthcare reforms.

Real estate agent Lisa DeWaal serves coffee at a Starbucks outlet for four hours every morning before she goes to the office to start her

Citadel Investment Group, one of the world's most successful hedge fund firms, sued a former top executive in its highly successful quantitative trading unit and two others for setting up their own firm.