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The International House of Pancakes is giving away free pancakes this Tuesday in honor of National Pancake Day.

Time Warner Inc. (NYSE:TWX) will report fourth-quarter and full-year results on Wednesday at 10:30 am EST. Analysts expect EPS of $1.10.

Libor fine hammers UBS' fourth-quarter net income, but operating profit climbs 6 percent.

As other central banks continue printing money, the European Central Bank seems to be moving in the opposite direction.

Zynga Inc, ARM Holdings plc, Research In Motion Ltd, BP plc, Rio Tinto plc, Nokia Corporation, Yum! Brands Inc and STMicroelectronics N.V are among the companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading Tuesday.

Kingfisher spent 4.01 billion rupees on finance costs and 1.82 billion rupees on aircraft leasing charges during the quarter.

The U.S. stock index futures point to a slightly higher open ahead of the Institute for Supply Management’s non-manufacturing PMI.

India's service sector continued to expand in January due to rapid and steady growth in new export orders.

China's service activity expanded in January at a faster pace than in December, according to the HSBC Services PMI.

The board of Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) was to meet Monday night to vote on an offer to take the company private for about $24 billion, Bloomberg reported, citing “people with knowledge of the matter.”

Canada is dropping the use of its penny today. And some economists believe the United States should be following its neighbor's example.

The power outage and Beyoncé's halftime performance helped Super Bowl XLVII become one of the biggest events ever on Twitter.

The Japanese auto giant sees little mainstream demand for electric vehicles right now, or possibly ever.

China is undergoing a demographic shift that will have profound economic and social consequences.

S&P will be charged by federal and state authorities for alleged wrongdoing in its ratings of mortgage-backed securities that it issued before 2008.

China's government is cutting back on its officials' lavish receptions. Great for the treasury, bad for people who do banquets for a living.

The Walt Disney Company will report first-quarter 2013 earnings on Tuesday, Feb. 5, at 4:15 p.m. EST after an eventful three-month period.

A dramatic video shows more than a dozen Iranian natural gas workers jumping into the Persian Gulf to escape a rapidly sinking production rig.

After the great power outage in New Orleans' Superdome, the recriminations begin.

Court filings suggest America’s second-largest bank gave lending relief to homeowners at the expense of investors.

Harmony Gold Mining Co, Randgold Resources Ltd, Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Trina Solar Ltd, Deckers Outdoor Corp, Herbalife Ltd, Anheuser-Busch InBev NV, Banco Santander and Nokia Corporation are among the companies whose shares are moving in premarket trading Monday.

The U.S. housing market remains a challenging one, but there are several tactics sellers can deploy that should help sell their home quicker.

U.S. stock index futures point to a flat open Monday ahead of the Commerce Department's factory orders report.

The country’s monetary base advanced 10.9 percent in January from an 11.8 percent rise in December.

Just days before East Coast and Gulf Coast dockworkers were about to go on strike, negotiators reached a tentative labor pact.

The top after-market NYSE gainers Friday were Susser Petroleum Partners LP, LIN TV Corp, Centrais El and Frontline Ltd. The top after-market NYSE losers were Sensata Technologies Holding NV, Roundy's Inc, Pebblebrook Hotel Trust and Ball Corporation.

The top after-market Nasdaq gainers Friday were Concurrent Computer Corporation, PDF Solutions Inc, iRobot Corporation, Frontier Communications Corporation and TeleCommunication Systems Inc. The top after-market Nasdaq losers were magicJack VocalTec Ltd, Primoris Services Corporation, The Medicines Company and SHFL entertainment Inc.

Having just weathered a blizzard of economic reports, investors and traders can look ahead to a fairly light calendar next week.

Most of the Asian markets rose for the week as investor confidence was lifted amid encouraging economic indicators from China.