Deal forestalls five executives retrial on accounting fraud charges, according to filing.

Merkel resists push for debt plan; growth plan to total about 1% of regions output.

European Central Bank relaxes its rules on collateral for loans it makes to banks.

Moodys cuts to bank ratings have companies reviewing their bank relationships.

Bee colonies handle too-big-to-fail by swarming; employ distributed decision making.

Just 1% of small companies say the JOBS Act makes it more likely theyll go public.

Japan and Switzerland negotiate with U.S. on procedures for sharing information on U.S. account holders.

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