Thu May 24, 2012 2:37am EDT
May 24 (Reuters) - The following were the top stories in The Wall Street Journal on Thursday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
* European Union leaders came up with few new responses to the euro crisis, as officials stepped up planning for a possible Greek exit from the euro zone.
* Nearly 20 months after completing their $3.2 billion merger, United Airlines and Continental Airlines are grappling with the messy business of stitching together two sprawling operations.
* HP also said its quarterly profit slumped 31 percent amid relatively flat revenue in its PC business and lower printing sales.
* Spain will provide about $11.4 billion to cover Bankia's needs, the nation's finance minister said.
* Chesapeake is ramping up drilling on the Utica Shale, a promising but unproven oil field, at a time when the embattled natural-gas giant is under financial stress and facing heightened scrutiny from investors.
* Zynga is trying to provide some answers for its controversial acquisition of "Draw Something," a mobile game that was released only six weeks earlier and has since lost popularity.
* A startup is aiming to create a trading platform that protects mutual-fund managers from high-speed traders.
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