May 24 (Reuters) – The following were the top stories in The
Wall Street Journal on Thursday. Reuters has not verified these
stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
* European Union leaders came up with few new responses to
the euro crisis, as officials stepped up planning for a possible
Greek exit from the euro zone.
* Nearly 20 months after completing their $3.2 billion
merger, United Airlines and Continental Airlines are grappling
with the messy business of stitching together two sprawling
operations.
* HP also said its quarterly profit slumped 31
percent amid relatively flat revenue in its PC business and
lower printing sales.
* Spain will provide about $11.4 billion to cover Bankia’s
needs, the nation’s finance minister said.
* Chesapeake is ramping up drilling on the Utica
Shale, a promising but unproven oil field, at a time when the
embattled natural-gas giant is under financial stress and facing
heightened scrutiny from investors.
* Zynga is trying to provide some answers for its
controversial acquisition of “Draw Something,” a mobile game
that was released only six weeks earlier and has since lost
popularity.
* A startup is aiming to create a trading platform that
protects mutual-fund managers from high-speed traders.
