Reuters Money: Google set to face Intellectual Ventures in landmark patent trial

	Click to View in Browser 01/20/2014 Google set to face Intellectual Ventures in landmark patent trial SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intellectual Ventures is set to square off this week against Google Inc's Motorola Mobility unit in the first trial that the multibillion-dollar patent-buying firm has undertaken since it was founded. Insight: Shorts set to pounce as stocks seen pricey, Fed pulls back NEW YORK (Reuters) - After years of hiding under their desks, short sellers are re-emerging - slowly. BRIC or MINT? Investors suffer acronym anxiety LONDON (Reuters) - Which investment takes your fancy: BRIC, MINT or CIVETS? For many fund managers seeking the next big thing in emerging markets, the answer is none. Hedge funds' top five currency bets for 2014 LONDON (Reuters) - Hedge funds think 2014 could be the year their currency bets finally pay off, after getting burned last year on trades ranging from the Australian dollar to the greenback. Morgan Stanley profit beats estimate; raises margin target (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley posted stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter results, as its retail brokerage and asset management businesses won more assets from clients and benefited from rising stock markets. Wells, U.S. Bancorp to stop contentious short-term loans (Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Co and U.S. Bancorp said on Friday they would stop offering customers a type of small, short-term loan that has come under regulatory scrutiny. BNY Mellon's fourth-quarter profit shows modest gain (Reuters) - BNY Mellon Corp said on Friday its fourth-quarter profit rose slightly, meeting Wall Street expectations, but higher staff expenses weighed on results even as a buoyant stock market lifted investment management and performance fees. Financial advisers changing approaches for women CHICAGO (Reuters) - Financial adviser Khloe Karova counsels her mostly female clients on a lot more than investments: career strategy, salary negotiations, budgeting - even life goals. She has been known to make house calls to keep them on track, questioning big-ticket purchases such as cars that haven't been accounted for ahead of time. Swiss central bank to sell shares of 'unethical' companies ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss National Bank will sell securities in companies that do not meet its ethical standards, including those of firms that commit serious human rights abuses, the central bank said on Friday. Investors bet big on stock hedge funds, snub traditional funds BOSTON (Reuters) - Big investors fueled by rallying equity markets made large, fresh bets on hedge fund managers that pick stocks late last year, while shunning traditional long-only stock funds, data group eVestment said on Friday. Related Video Home prices will rise at a slower pace in 2014--UBS' Cummins Holiday sales will be weakest since 2009- IHS' Christopher Business News China cheer muted as Deutsche Bank sets European nerves jangling Brewer AB InBev grows in Asia with $5.8 billion Korea return The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. 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