IBT Staff Reporter

Moviegoers will have a lot to choose from under the big box office tree this Christmas holiday -- in fact, they might even have too many choices.

Score one for ABC News in the ratings department.

Greece wants to move fast in bailout talks with the EU, IMF and bankers, Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos said on Monday, reaffirming the aim of clinching a voluntary debt restructuring deal by end-January before the country heads to elections.

Oscar winner George Clooney -- a current awards season favorite with The Descendants -- has added another project to his packed upcoming movie slate: Clooney and Smokehouse Pictures partner Grant Heslov will produce a movie about the Smothers Brothers and their groundbreaking TV series.

The whistleblower in a $1.7 billion accounting scandal at Japan's Olympus Corp, ex-CEO Michael Woodford, plans to meet ruling-party lawmakers in Tokyo this week as he lobbies for reforms to Japanese boardrooms, a source said on Monday.

Euro zone borrowing costs dipped at sales of short-term debt on Monday but Italian yields stayed close to record highs as investors viewed measures agreed at an EU summit to tackle the debt crisis were not bold enough.

OPEC began negotiations on Monday on a new production deal aimed at healing the rift caused by a bad-tempered failure to agree an output target when it last met in June.

Oil and natural gas producer Rosetta Resources forecast an increase in production for next year, but disappointing results from its exploratory well program in the Southern Alberta Basin sent its shares down as much as 11 percent.

AT&T seeks a review of the FCC decision on the grounds that it exceeds the Commission's authority; is contrary to the Communications Act of 1934, as amended by the Telecommunications Act of 1996; and is arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, and otherwise contrary to law.

The Dallas Cowboys squandered a 12-point lead in the final six minutes to suffer a gut-wrenching 37-34 defeat to the New York Giants on Sunday that left the teams tied atop the NFC East.

President Barack Obama struck a pious tone on Sunday at a Christmas concert featuring teen pop star Justin Bieber and other singers that the president attended with his wife and daughters.

Rick Perry says he hasn't memorized the names of the nine Supreme Court justices, and if voters want a robot who can spit out that kind of information, they should look elsewhere. He struggled to remember the name of Justice Sonia Sotomayor, eventually coming up with Montemayor.

OPEC began negotiations on Monday on a new production deal aimed at healing the rift caused by a bad-tempered failure to agree an output target when it last met in June.

Intel Corp warned that fourth-quarter results would miss its previous forecast due to hard disk drive supply shortages caused by floods in Thailand.

Prime Minister David Cameron can expect a hero's welcome from his Conservative party but faces a backlash from Liberal Democrat allies on Monday when he explains a European Union veto that has cast Britain adrift from its continental partners.

Activision Blizzard, the biggest U.S. video game publisher by market capitalization, said its game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 crossed $1 billion in sales since its launch on November 8.

Canada's resource-heavy main stock index was set to open lower on Monday, dragged down by falling commodity prices as the initial enthusiasm over a European Union deal to tackle its debt crisis faded.

Stocks fell on Monday on lingering concerns over a deal for economic integration in Europe and after Intel cut its revenue outlook.

NEW YORK - Four months after U.S. financial regulators opened a whistleblower office, more than three-quarters of polled Americans said they would blow the whistle under the protections and incentives now offered by the government.

Italian one-year borrowing costs stayed close to a record high at an auction on Monday, in an early sign that last week's EU summit failed to reassure investors European leaders can take the urgent steps required to stem the euro zone debt crisis.

As the Iowa caucuses draw closer, Mitt Romney's opponents are hammering him for making a $10,000 bet with Rick Perry at a Republican debate on Saturday: a move critics say highlighted Romney's disconnect with voters who are struggling to make ends meet.

Stock index futures extended losses on Monday after Intel Corp cut its fourth quarter revenue expectations.

Wall Street stocks were set to fall at the open on Monday on lingering concerns a deal over economic integration in Europe will not be enough to keep the region's two-year sovereign debt crisis from spreading further.

For years, a group of about 20 guys would gather in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park or the neighboring Presidio Park for weekend games of soccer. Among them was a man whose 5-foot 6-inch stature belied his ruthless competitiveness and who was usually accompanied by his American bulldog, Zinga.

Stock index futures fell on Monday on lingering concerns a deal over economic integration in Europe will not be enough to keep the region's two-year sovereign debt crisis from spreading further.

Japan is unlikely to make sweeping reforms to rules on corporate governance in the wake of the Olympus Corp accounting scandal because of a largely hostile business lobby and a lack of political will to clip the wings of top executives.

Prime Minister David Cameron proved the British political right is the world's stupidest by refusing last week's European summit deal on fiscal reform under pressure from narrow financial lobby interests, the head of France's financial sector regulator said Monday.

Stock index futures fell on Monday on lingering concerns a deal over economic integration in Europe will not be enough to keep the region's two-year sovereign debt crisis from spreading further.

Prime Minister David Cameron can expect a hero's welcome from his Conservative party but faces a backlash from his Liberal Democrat allies on Monday when he explains a European Union veto that has cast Britain adrift from its continental partners.