Payback Time: Avalanche of Maturing Junk Bonds Looms for Markets
More than $700 billion of high-yield debt will mature over a three-year period beginning in 2012, raising worries about new loans, defaults and bankruptcies.

Moody’s Warns U.S. Debt Could Test Triple-A Rating
The ratings of the United States, Britain, Germany and France are stable, but “their ‘distance-to-downgrade’ has in all cases substantially diminished,” Moody’s Investors Service said.

Finance Ministers Stand Ready to Help Greece
Officials said that they were ready to pledge financial assistance to Greece, but that the country had not asked for help.

Deutsche Telekom Plans to Appoint More Women as Managers
Europe’s largest telecommunications company set a five-year goal for women to hold 30 percent of management jobs.

Mobile Fees Under Pressure With Network Rollout
The introduction of faster Long-Term Evolution networks could lower costs for operators and potentially unleash a new price war in the industry in Europe.

Chile Braces for a Major Economic Slowdown
Several key industries face hardship in the aftermath of last month’s 8.8-magnitude earthquake.

Reform Bill From Senate Democrats Calls for More Oversight
Senate Democrats put forward a plan, with the backing of the Obama administration, that calls for Washington to play a more active role in policing Wall Street.

Sony and Michael Jackson Estate Sign Sweeping Contract
The deal gives Sony the rights to sell the artist’s back catalog and draw on a large vault of unheard recordings.

Toyota Questions Case of Runaway Prius
Safety regulators and Toyota were unable to recreate the sudden unintended acceleration reported by a California owner of a Prius.