No links – just headlines. If you subscribe to The Wall Street Journal in print, online, or by Kindle and don’t have time to read the whole paper, here’s a list of some of today’s articles you shouldn’t miss.

GM Weighs Layoffs, Sale of Brands

Merrill May Sell Bloomberg Stake, Some of BlackRock

Glaxo Seeks Guidance from Health Systems

Immelt Defends GE’s Wide Reach

Firms Train for EU Raids Amid Price-Fixing Probes

Pay Your Own Way: Firm Lets Workers Pick Salary

Gas Stations Hit Skids

Retro Ploy on Wall Street

Why Bother?

GM Weighs Layoffs, Sale of Brands

Only if you’re interested in General Motors (GM) or automakers. The branding thing has always baffled me, not just for GM but for carmakers generally. It seems poorly done, confusing, bound to lead to cannibalization, etc. – but I’m not a marketer.

By the way, John Bethel’s Controlled Greed is the best blog for GM shareholders.

Merrill May Sell Bloomberg Stake, Some of BlackRock

Shows the cost of being in a position where you need to make a deal. Who will buy the Bloomberg stake? Don’t know. Probably not Berkshire – it’s likely Bloomberg will be too expensive for Buffett’s taste, though I imagine it’s the kind of company he’d like to own at the right price (it’s also sized right).

Glaxo Seeks Guidance from Health Systems

Read for a sense of the trends in government and medicine.

Immelt Defends GE’s Wide Reach

Combine with 24/7 Wall St’s post and enjoy a GE twofer.

Firms Train for EU Raids Amid Price-Fixing Probes

Funnier than fiction.

Pay Your Own Way: Firm Lets Workers Pick Salary

Neat idea.

Gas Stations Hit Skids

Can you believe it? An article involving gas prices that contains info you probably didn’t know.

Retro Ploy on Wall Street

Because I’ve always thought rights offerings were underutilized and overstigmatized.

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