On the Fly: Periodicals Wrap-Up

WALL STREET JOURNAL: There are new signs of a global slowdown affecting the economic outlook. The U.S. reported that businesses were slowing their orders of long-lasting goods. Measures of business sentiment in Europe declined, and reports from purchasing managers at manufacturers worldwide turned down, the Wall Street Journal reports...Lending declined in Q1 after about a year of growth, deepening questions about the recovery and confidence of borrowers and bankers, the Wall Street Journal reports...Toyota Motor (TM) will look to sharply increase its sales in emerging markets by rolling out new subcompact models, as competition intensifies in the fast growing countries, the Wall Street Journal reports...REUTERS: Claims by four of Wall Street's main market makers against Nasdaq (NDAQ) over Facebook's (FB) IPO are likely to exceed $100M, as they and other traders continue to deal with thousands of problems with customer orders, Reuters reports...Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.A) may join a Gazprom (OGZPY) led initiative to extract gas from the Arctic seabed off Russia's coast, sources say, in an attempt to inject new impetus into the project delayed by years of talks over financing, Reuters reports...BLOOMBERG: Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, the 87-year-old former head of AIG (AIG), plans to seek outside investors to help fund private-equity deals lasting a decade or more. His Starr Cos. Starr Principal Holdings LLC plans to raise money as needed from institutional investors and ultra-high-net-worth family offices, Bloomberg reports.