MAJOR PAPERS:

• The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) highlighted Apple Inc's (NASDAQ: AAPL) ongoing options probe among its headlines.
• Federal Authorities are "actively" investigating backdated stock-option grants awarded to Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO.
• The NYSE Group's (NYSE: NYX) New York Stock Exchange is planning a pilot program later this year that may bring real-time stock price data to investors via web sites such as Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Yahoo Inc (NASDAQ: YHOO).
• The Financial Times (subscription required) highlighted Britain's announcement to pull troops out of Iraq as the U.S. adds more to Iraq.
• Siemens AG's (NYSE: SI) ex-CFO Heinz-Joachim Neuburgerwas named in a bribery probe.
• British Prime Minister William Blair is set to announce an Iraq troop pullout of 2,600 soldiers.
• Regulators in Britain say that stem cell work with animals may be legal, despite a proposal to ban on hybrid embryo experiments.

• The Economic Times reports that Reliance Industries may make a bid for General Electric Company's (NYSE: GE) Plastics Operations.
• The Chicago Tribune reports that McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD) may put its Boston Market chain up for sale.
• CNet.com reports that Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) has lost its top executive in China, Li Gong.
• Investor's Business Daily's "New America" column said that Middleby Corp (NASDAQ: MIDD) should profit from the trend away from trans fats with their new Rocket Fryer.
• BusinessWeek's "Inside Wall Street" column mentioned Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT), Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE) and Thermage Inc (NASDAQ: THRM) positively.

Newspaper wrap-up 1-12-07: Apple in news for options probe originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.