WellPoint CEO to Obama: Attacks 'must end' The CEO of WellPoint Inc., the largest U.S. health insurer, told President Obama that attacks on health insurers "must end" in order to make the new health care law work. In a letter to Obama sent Sunday, WellPoint CEO Angela Braly said the country has a history of coming together after tough debates and "the implementation of the new health care reform law should be no different."

Sprint won't offer Google's Nexus One phone Sprint Nextel has had a change of heart and has scrapped its plans to back Google's Nexus One mobile phone. Sprint Nextel's reversal comes less than two months after the wireless carrier announced it would support the Nexus One, a "super" phone that Google introduced at the beginning of the year. A spokeswoman said Sprint Nextel concluded another new phone called the Evo would be a better choice.

Flaw plays havoc with Twitter followers A Twitter glitch has allowed users to game the popularity contest by making it appear that celebrities had subscribed to read their mini-blog postings known as tweets. The flaw, which Twitter said Monday it has fixed, allowed users to add anyone else as a follower of their tweets. Normally, the other person has to initiate such "following." It's unclear how long the flaw existed and how many people took advantage of it.

Rising inflation puts more pressure on China China's inflation accelerated to 2.8 percent in April from a year ago, driven by a jump in politically sensitive food prices, adding to pressure for Beijing to cool its economic boom and a surge in living costs. Food price inflation accelerated to 5.9 percent over a year earlier, up from March's 5.2 percent rate, the National Bureau of Statistics said Tuesday.

McDonald's same-store sales up in April Icy coffee drinks and chicken nuggets lured McDonald's Corp. customers to spend more in April, boosting a key performance measure. Around the globe, sales in locations open at least a year rose 4.9 percent last month. In the U.S., the figure climbed 3.8 percent. That's slightly less than the gains made in March, when the measure rose 4.2 percent, but was still the second-best posting in a year for the U.S. business.

Car czar: GM, Chrysler better than expected Former U.S. auto task force head Steven Rattner said General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group have performed better than he expected they would a year ago. Rattner said both companies have exceeded the federal government's metrics in sales and restructuring. He made his remarks before speaking to a conference on the auto industry in Detroit.

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