UNITED STATES

Global economic integration could come apart if rich countries continue to hoard its benefits from the developing world, economist and Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz said in an interview.

U.S. and Chinese standards groups are collaborating to launch a standards Web site designed to boost trade between the two countries.

Yahoo Inc. plans a new integrated marketing campaign in U.S. and overseas markets that includes television, radio, cinema and online advertising, the Internet media company said on Monday.

Euro zone government bonds tumbled and the euro edged higher on Monday after hawkish comments from European Central Bank officials, while European stocks tracked Asian markets higher.

The world's asset managers and pension funds do not see eye to eye on the type of investment products that are most needed to deal with the rising cost of a greying population

The Nikkei average sagged 0.47 percent on Friday as a government downgrade of its view on private consumption and exports spurred selling, but Advantest Corp. and other chip stocks rose, curbing market losses.

U.S. shares are expected to rise again on Monday, underpinned by hopes that the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates unchanged at its policy-setting meeting on Wednesday, and as oil prices stayed below $64 a barrel.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Monday a strong U.S. dollar was in the interest of the United States and he was not seeking any quick fixes on China's currency situation.

UK stocks edged up on Monday, led by mining stocks based on higher commodity prices.

Investors who have seen energy prices rocket due to scarce supplies are starting to wager that forecasted shortages will cause the value of water to skyrocket

They are jumping ship or receiving the pink slip. America's real estate agents and mortgage lenders, that is.

Computer hardware group Radstone said on Monday that it was recommending a 130.4 million pound bid from U.S. based GE Fanuc

Finance ministers on Monday backed a controversial new World Bank strategy for tackling corruption in developing countries but insisted on overseeing how it is implemented

Stocks edged up on Monday, led by mining stocks based on higher commodity prices.

Oil prices nudged higher for a second day on Monday, struggling to end their steepest slump in more than a decade amid robust winter fuel stocks and easing geopolitical and weather risks to oil supplies. NYMEX crude for October delivery

Oil giant BP has denied misleading a U.S. environmental regulator about having installed safety equipment at its Texas City refinery

European investors will focus on the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision next week and clues about the U.S. economy, while a smattering of company results will also roll on in Europe and the United States.

Leading mobile operator, Idea Cellular, has tied up with U.S.-based cellular phone manufacturer, Motorola Inc. to provide user-ready Motorola handsets at economical price.

A consortium of India's leading electronics and energy major, Videocon Industries Limited and US fund Ripplewood Holdings has emerged as the preferred bidder to buy South Korean appliances maker Daewoo Electronics.

Cyber scams are increasingly being committed by organized crime syndicates out to profit from sophisticated ruses rather than hackers keen to make an online name for themselves, according to a top U.S. official.

U.S. consumer prices and costs excluding food and energy both rose a modest 0.2 percent last month, the government said on Friday in a report that could reassure the Federal Reserve that inflation pressures are easing.