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Late Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs' biological sister Mona Simpson has shared the final words of her genius brother in the eulogy she delivered at his Oct. 16 memorial service at Stanford University. The surprising last words that Jobs uttered from his deathbed were, Oh wow, oh wow, oh wow.

Stock index futures pointed to a weaker open for equities on Wall Street on Monday, with futures for the S&P 500, the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq 100 down by between 0.6 and 0.9 percent.

World equities fell on Monday with commodities retreating as the dollar rose to a three-month high against the yen after Japan intervened to weaken its currency, spurring some profit-taking after last week's rally.

Consumer electronics giant Sony Corp said on Monday it will split its television business into three divisions to make operations more accountable as part of efforts to turn around the loss-making business.

Asian shares fell Monday and commodities slipped as the dollar spiked to a three-month high against the yen following Japan's intervention, prompting investors to book profits after last week's rally.

Barclays Plc's underlying quarterly profit rose 5 percent from a year ago as lower charges for bad debt at the British bank offset a third consecutive sharp fall in investment banking revenue.

Japanese electronics maker Panasonic Corp slashed its annual outlook to a $5.5 billion net loss on Monday, its worst in a decade, as restructuring costs soared and weak demand in the United States and Europe eroded income.

Japanese electronics maker Panasonic Corp slashed its annual outlook to a $5.5 billion net loss on Monday, its worst in a decade, as restructuring costs soared and weak demand in the United States and Europe eroded income.

Swiss bank Credit Suisse will announce the loss of another 1,000 jobs when it presents third-quarter results on Tuesday, a Swiss newspaper reported without revealing its sources.

In early April, Jon Corzine was in a tough spot. MF Global, the company he had run for the previous year, was about to post a fourth-quarter loss, marking its fourth successive fiscal year of red ink.

Japanese electronics maker Panasonic Corp slashed its annual outlook to a 420 billion yen ($5.5 billion) net loss on Monday, hit by restructuring costs and sluggish economies in the United States and Europe.

Ask senior European Union policymakers in private what can stop the euro zone's festering sovereign debt crisis and the answer is the European Central Bank.

Troubled brokerage MF Global Holdings Ltd was nearing a deal late on Sunday night to file for bankruptcy protection and sell assets to Interactive Brokers Group , media reports said.

For some countries around the world, it's time to turn the clocks back, marking the end of the Daylight Saving Time (DST). But for the U.S. and Canada, there is yet another week to go. The practice of DST has been criticized and reported to cause problems for farming and other occupations tied to the sun. What about its impact on human health? Is it healthy or harmful?

$100,000 in cherry sales within 30 minutes of advertising on a Chinese TV network

Gold prices dropped about 2 percent on Monday, after Japan's intervention in the currency market triggered a rapid rally in the dollar, spooking precious metals investors.

Kyrgyzstan's Russian-backed prime minister was poised to become president of the strategically important former Soviet republic Monday, with nearly all votes counted in an election set to be disputed by disgruntled rival candidates.

U.S. small businesses added fewer jobs in October than in the previous month and reduced working hours for employees, a survey showed on Sunday.

In a compassionate eulogy for her brother, at one point who was long lost, Mona Simpson revealed the final words of Steve Jobs and painted a picture of the night he died.

It’s convenient to think that the economic and social problems in the United States that Occupy Wall Street has given voice to will go away by passing a flat tax, cutting taxes again on upper-income groups, or perhaps by just ignoring everything. But the economic and social problems are there, Occupy Wall Street or not.

Television and radio host Montel Williams told the Associated Press Sunday that he admires Israel's liberal attitude toward medical marijuana and believes all of the U.S. should legalize it.