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LONDON (Reuters) - Dead pigs in China, evil factory farms in Mexico and an Al Qaeda plot involving Mexican drug cartels are a few wild theories seeking to explain a deadly swine flu outbreak that has killed up to 176 people.

DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chrysler LLC — battered for the past two years by disappearing global auto sales and the credit crisis — filed for bankruptcy on Thursday and announced an industry-changing deal with Fiat after talks to restructure its debt broke down.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose on Thursday, but were well off session highs, as investors sought to reconcile upbeat corporate profits and reassuring job market data with anxiety about Chrysler LLC’s bankruptcy filing.

LONDON (Reuters) - The oil and gas industry showed resilience to a collapse in crude prices, with most producers and service companies reporting better-than-expected profits on Thursday, leaving only Exxon Mobil to disappoint.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Procter & Gamble Co trimmed its fiscal 2009 outlook and did not offer a 2010 forecast on Thursday at a time when investors are searching for clarity amid the recession, and its shares fell about 2 percent.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Industrial conglomerate Tyco International Ltd posted a net .57 billion quarterly net loss as it wrote down assets in light of the weak economy, but earnings before special items beat Wall Street expectations.

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. securities regulators charged an investment firm and one of its executives in connection with a multimillion-dollar kickback scheme involving New York’s largest pension fund, the Securities and Exchange Commission said on Thursday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for unemployment aid fell unexpectedly last week, suggesting the pace of layoffs was easing, even as benefit rolls in mid-April swelled to another record high.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cell phone maker Motorola Inc posted a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss thanks to cost cuts that helped offset a sharp drop in cellphone sales.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil fell on Thursday as rising inventories and Chrysler’s bankruptcy filing weighed on markets.