• Morgan Stanley reported a 60% drop in second-quarter net income [WSJ]
  • Icahn's alternate board slate for Yahoo! has a few new fans. [Reuters]
  • LinkedIn has picked up $53 million from venture capitalists in a deal that values the company at $1 billion. [WSJ]
  • Pfizer has settled its patent dispute over the cholesterol drug Lipitor. [CNN]
  • More chatter that Sumner Redstone should take Viacom private. [Dealbook]
  • SocGen has bought a 37 percent stake in Rockefeller Financial Services. [NYT]