Putnam Chairman Charles “Ed” Haldeman stepping down
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Putnam Investments said Charles “Ed” Haldeman Jr. will step down on Tuesday as chairman of the Boston investment company, ending a turbulent seven-year run at the firm.

SEC may tighten executive pay rules: sources
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. securities regulators are considering changing how companies are required to disclose stock options awarded to executives, people familiar with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s thinking told Reuters on Tuesday.

Wall St brakes on confidence data, but has upbeat Q2
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks fell on Tuesday as an unexpected drop in consumer confidence cooled recent optimism about an economic recovery, but Wall Street still closed out its best quarter in a decade.

US Dataworks, Inc. Announces Profitable Fiscal 2009 Financial Results

Gannett laying off 1,000 as ad sales slide: report
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Gannett Co. Inc Co, which owns top-selling newspaper USA Today, is laying off more than 1,000 staff to try and combat persistent declines in revenue, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.

Monster U.S. online jobs index dips in June
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A monthly gauge of online labor demand in the United States fell a touch in June and its decline slowed on a year-over-year basis, suggesting stabilization in the jobs market, a private research group said on Wednesday.

Sealy Corporation Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2009 Results

Yellen says Fed should not rush to reverse policy
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Top Federal Reserve officials said on Tuesday the central bank should not rush to raise interest rates or remove other accommodative policies as soon as the U.S. economy climbs out of recession.