June 5 | Wed Jun 5, 2013 1:04am EDT
June 5 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the New York Times business pages. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
* Led by Lei Jun, China's Xiaomi Technology, known for its popular and inexpensive smartphones, sold $2 billion in handsets in China last year, and he has carefully cultivated an image in the Steve Jobs mold. ()
* Jefferson County's $4.2 billion municipal bankruptcy is the largest such filing in the history of United States, and it is being closely watched for the precedent it might set. ()
* United States President Barack Obama, in a series of executive actions, asked the patent office to take steps to block frivolous lawsuits filed by so-called patent trolls. ()
* Seven months before the core provisions of President Obama's health care law are to take effect, most television advertising that mentions the law continues to come from its opponents. ()
* The glowing assessments of the Chinese poultry plant where more than 100 people were killed in a fiery explosion suggested government officials had missed problems. ()
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