Business Today: Wall Street ends lower on jitters over upcoming Crimea vote

	Click to View in Browser 03/14/2014 Wall Street ends lower on jitters over upcoming Crimea vote NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street ended lower on Friday with all three major stock indexes down for the week, as concerns over tensions between Ukraine and Russia escalated ahead of a referendum in Crimea this weekend. U.S. regulator sues 16 banks for rigging key interest rate NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation sued 16 of the world's largest banks on Friday, accusing them of colluding to suppress interest rates. IBM says it has not given client data to the U.S. government NEW YORK (Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp has not relinquished its customers' data to the U.S. government and would challenge any orders to do so, the company said in a blog post on Friday. U.S. consumer sentiment slips; bad weather eyed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer sentiment weakened in early March as an unusually harsh winter appeared to dim views on the economy's prospects. Mexico telecoms reform could take years to unseat Slim MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Tycoon Carlos Slim, under fire from regulators in his home country, has spent the last two years sniffing out deals in Europe to offset an impending regulatory shake-up of Mexican telecoms. Canada investigating fatal crash for possible link to GM defect OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's transport ministry said on Friday it is investigating a fatal car crash that appears to be related to an ignition defect in cars recalled last month by General Motors Co <GM.N. Target warns data breach could be worse than reported so far BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Target Corp warned that last year's massive security breach could have been more extensive than reported so far, leading to further losses at the No. 3 U.S. retailer. Delaware court upholds Perelman-M&F ruling, may alter buyouts (Reuters) - Ronald Perelman's buyout of a company he controlled was not subject to heightened court review because the billionaire acted as if he were an outside buyer, according to a Delaware Supreme Court ruling that could affect future insider deals. Western banks cold-shoulder Iran trade finance scheme LONDON/ANKARA (Reuters) - Despite a diplomatic thaw, Western banks are steering clear of attempts by Iran to get them involved in financing humanitarian transactions, fearing they could be penalized under U.S. sanctions, bankers and government officials told Reuters. Vodafone close to deal to buy Spain's Ono: sources MADRID/LONDON (Reuters) - Shareholders of telecommunications company Ono are close to agreeing a deal with Britain's Vodafone which has offered to buy the Spanish group for about 7.2 billion euros ($10 billion) including debt, two sources familiar with the matter said. Related Video Russian economy hurts as sanctions loom Has copper reached a bottom? Economic News U.S. consumer sentiment slips; bad weather eyed Eyes turn to Russia on record drop in U.S. bond holdings A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend