(Reuters) - Auto parts maker TRW Automotive Holdings Corp (TRW.N) said it received a subpoena from the U.S. Department of Justice regarding an antitrust investigation. The company, which is valued at about $6.9 billion, said it cannot estimate the financial impact resulting from this.

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(Reuters) - A deeper-than-expected recession caused Greece's central government deficit to widen by almost one third in the first half of the year, widely missing an interim budget target under the country's bailout plan, the finance ministry said on Monday. Budget slippages amid the recession caused the government last month to agree even harsher austerity measures in a bid to qualify for its second EU/IMF rescue package in one year. "The current shortfall of revenues is expected to be covered in the second half of the year, as a result of the tax measures of the 2011-2015 mid-term budget plan," said the finance ministry.

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(Reuters) - European aircraft builder Airbus (EAD.PA) aims to win a large plane order from AMR Corp's (AMR.N) American Airlines by offering $6 billion in preferential financing to woo the American carrier away from rival Boeing (BA.N), according to the Wall Street Journal. Airbus wants to break Boeing's monopoly at American Airlines and has assembled a team of lenders and leasing firms to help the European company win the deal, people familiar with the proposal told the newspaper. Airbus's offer has a catalog value of almost $23 billion, but that is being heavily discounted, the people told the paper.

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(Reuters) - Stocks climbed on Thursday after a sharp rise in private-sector jobs raised expectations of a solid U.S. employment report for June. Thursday's data from payrolls processor ADP showed U.S. private hiring increased by more than double the expected 68,000, while Labor Department data showed new claims for unemployment benefits fell slightly more than expected last week.

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(Reuters) - U.S. private employers stepped up hiring in June and the number of Americans filing for jobless benefits fell last week, strengthening views the economy is positioned for a pick-up in the second half. Payrolls processor ADP said on Thursday private sector employment increased 157,000 after a modest 36,000 gain in May, and beating economists' expectations for a 68,000 rise.

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(Reuters) - The European Central Bank raised interest rates for the second time this year Thursday and signaled further policy tightening to come to tackle inflation despite the euro zone's intensifying debt crisis. But it offered help to hard-pressed Portugal after ratings agency Moody's downgraded its debt to junk status this week, committing to keep providing it with liquidity.

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(Reuters) - The European Central Bank raised interest rates for the second time this year Thursday and signaled further policy tightening to come to tackle inflation despite the euro zone's intensifying debt crisis. But it offered help to hard-pressed Portugal after ratings agency Moody's downgraded its debt to junk status this week, committing to keep providing it with liquidity.

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(Reuters) - The New York Stock Exchange, an icon of American capitalism, moved closer to ceding control to a German company on Thursday after investors threw their support behind a $9.4 billion takeover by Deutsche Boerse AG (DB1Gn.DE). Now the deal's fate lies across the Atlantic, where the transaction requires approval from 75 percent of Deutsche Boerse shareholders by Wednesday of next week and then must survive a thorny European Commission antitrust review that could run through the rest of the year.

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(Reuters) - International financiers and European Union officials failed to make progress on Thursday in securing a private sector contribution to a second bailout of Greece, as bond yields continued to climb because of concern about the scheme. The managing director of the Institute of International Finance, a group representing around 400 banks and financial organizations, met representatives from the European Central Bank, the Greek government and the euro zone in Rome to try to break a deadlock over how private creditors might voluntarily maintain their exposure to Greek sovereign debt.

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(Reuters) - After weeks of impasse, President Barack Obama and top congressional leaders are aiming for "something big" as they resume budget talks on Thursday to avert an imminent default. With Republicans showing new flexibility on taxes, Democrats say Obama will push negotiators to double their target to $4 trillion in budget savings over 10 years. That would be an ambitious goal, but there have been a few hints of progress since talks hit a brick wall two weeks ago.

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