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Sanofi-Aventis SA plans to continue discussions this week with takeover target Genzyme Corp, aiming to finalize a deal worth more than $19 billion in the next few days, sources familiar with the situation said on Sunday.

Al Gore's Generation Investment Management LLP is starting a $500 million fund to invest in Asian stocks, Bloomberg reported on Sunday.

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will try to persuade a British judge Monday to block his extradition to Sweden to face trial for sex crimes, arguing he could end up facing execution in the United States.

Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman met with representatives of about 50 opposition groups on Sunday, including the Muslim Brotherhood as well as liberal parties Wafd and Ahrar, however results of the meeting inconclusive, with a wide divide on whether President Hosni Mubarak should step down immediately.

News that computer hackers had infiltrated the operator of the Nasdaq Stock Exchange is the latest blow for Wall Street as it works to repair an image with investors and traders dented by last year's flash crash.

For a Federal Reserve chairman who is worried about politics interfering with monetary policy, Ben Bernanke is taking on some awfully heated political topics.

Fox Sports has rejected a proposed Super Bowl ad featuring a Christian bible verse.

The Italian government's website came under attack from computer hackers on Sunday, police said, after opponents of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said they would target the site to protest against curbs to media freedom.

The boards of Sanofi-Aventis SA and Genzyme Corp are scheduled to hold separate meetings on Sunday to discuss a potential deal, but talks may linger into the week, sources familiar with the situation said on Sunday.

A top White House economic advisor said U.S. businesses should plow more of their profits into job-creating investment.

With earnings continuing to surprise on the upside and minimal technical resistance ahead, the bears may have to wait a bit longer for the much-anticipated end to the current stock rally.

Global oil prices could exceed $110 a barrel if political unrest in Egypt continues, a member of Kuwait's Supreme Petroleum Council said on Sunday.

Google Inc wants to avoid a lengthy legal battle with European Union regulators investigating its market dominance, the Sunday Telegraph quoted its chief executive as saying.

Ireland has received a first tranche of 3.6 billion euros ($4.9 billion) from the euro zone rescue fund, slightly more than the initial amount agreed, a fund source told Reuters on Sunday.

In the highlight fixture of the weekend, especially given the events during the week, Liverpool will travel to Stamford Bridge to face a Chelsea side who boast their ex-idol Fernando Torres.

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development wants Switzerland to make the international hunt for tax evaders easier, a Swiss newspaper reported on Sunday.

Swiss bank UBS AG will pay out less money in form of bonuses in 2010 than in the previous year, Swiss weekly Sonntag reported on Sunday.

NBC has clipped 'Chase' mid-season after it tanked in its new time slot of Wednesday 9 p.m.

Liverpool travel to Stamford Bridge to face a Chelsea side boasting ex-Liverpool idol Fernando Torres in the English Premier League.

Swiss bank UBS AG will pay out less money in form of bonuses in 2010 than in the previous year, Swiss weekly Sonntag reported on Sunday.

Afghanistan's central bank expects an Islamic banking law to be enacted by September, drawing billions in deposits from citizens wary of the conventional banking system, a senior official said.

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Research at the University of Connecticut exposes the risks inherent in the current student generation's excessive reliance on and faith in the Internet.

A pre-Super Bowl Prince concert in Dallas was cancelled on Friday due to the inability of the organizers to provide him with transportation, according to a Digital Spy report.

Instead of sending team leaders of a company to management training courses, it would probably be more beneficial to send the entire team and this produces better results, says a new study.

The player who led the New Orleans Saints team to its first NFL title last year has expressed a desire to enter politics at the end of his playing career.

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The boards of Genzyme Corp and Sanofi-Aventis SA are scheduled to meet on Sunday to discuss Sanofi's proposed acquisition of Genzyme, according to sources with knowledge of the situation.