Updated throughout the day.

The hedge fund industry brought in $4.6 billion in December (Eurekahedge)

Barclays (NYSE:BCS) may face a $27 billion deficit (Credit Suisse).

JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) is in exclusive talks to buy the RBS Sempra commodities operation.

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is considering putting Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Bing on the iPhone as the default browser  (Bloomberg)

Douglas A. McIntyre