IBT Staff Reporter

Panasonic Corp will tie up with the top U.S. electronics chain Best Buy Co to market and boost the sales of its 3D TVs in the United States, the Nikkei business daily reported on Sunday.

Some Chileans were still waiting for government aid on Saturday, a week after one of the strongest earthquakes on record and a roaring tsunami killed hundreds and ravaged cities and villages along the South American country's south-central coastline.

Iraqis vote on Sunday in a parliamentary election that will help to determine whether their shaky democracy can end sectarian conflict and defeat insurgents who are trying to plunge Iraq back into broader bloodshed.

Prudential Plc CEO Tidjane Thiam will attempt to charm leading shareholders on Monday, moving to quell disquiet over the British insurer's $35.5 billion bid for AIA, the Asian arm of American International Group , the Financial Times reported on its website.

Icelandic voters vented their fury on Saturday at the bankers and politicians who ruined the economy, overwhelmingly rejecting a $5 billion deal to repay debts to Britain and the Netherlands.

Commercial banks will come to resemble hedge funds over time unless new rules are introduced setting limits on proprietary trading, White House economic adviser Paul Volcker said on Saturday.

Icelandic voters overwhelmingly rejected a $5 billion deal on Saturday to repay debts to Britain and the Netherlands, according to partial official results.

Pork producers attending their annual meeting here are looking for China to be the next major market to open fully to U.S. pork following word this week that certificate problems with Russia have been solved and exports could start soon to that country.

Portugal's Socialist government approved guidelines of a long-term budget austerity plan on Saturday, but will release details sought by markets demanding commitment to deficit and debt cuts, only next week.

Pakistan said a senior Pakistani Taliban commander with al Qaeda links may have been killed when helicopter gunships attacked a building he was in, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Saturday.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday called the September 11 attacks on the United States a big fabrication that was used to justify the U.S. war on terrorism, the official IRNA news agency reported.

Greeks are divided over the government's increasingly harsh austerity measures, polls showed Saturday, a day after thousands marched in Athens to protest against steps to rein in the country's swollen budget deficit.

Deutsche Bank on Saturday denied a magazine report that its financing of a Greek trade deal seven years ago was questionable.

Icelanders voted in a referendum on Saturday on a $5 billion deal to repay Anglo-Dutch loans, with an expected resounding No set to delay foreign aid, hopes for economic recovery and possibly EU aspirations.

China's huge and fragmented steel sector is facing a painful period of restructuring and only the best companies will survive, the head of one of the country's biggest mills said on Saturday.

The crisis in Greece affects the whole of Europe and requires a political solution, which could even include a role for the International Monetary Fund , Italy's Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti said on Saturday.

U.S. energy reform has stalled now that the Democrats have lost their filibuster-proof majority in the Senate and Republicans drift to a more negative position, a top industry executive said on Saturday.

Icelanders vote in a referendum on Saturday on a $5 billion deal to repay Anglo-Dutch loans, with an expected resounding No set to further delay foreign aid and hopes for economic recovery.

China is pushing for the yuan to be added to the basket of currencies that comprise the IMF's special drawing rights, aiming for its inclusion in 2015, Japanese daily Sankei Shimbun said on Saturday.

U.S. bank regulators closed four banks in as many states on Friday, bringing the number of failures so far this year to 26 as deteriorating loans continued taking a toll on financial institutions.

U.S. bank regulators on Friday closed Centennial Bank of Odgen, Utah, bringing the number of failed banks so far this year to 26.

China's central bank pledged on Saturday to keep the yuan's exchange rate basically stable in 2010 and said it will enhance coordination with its foreign counterparts on major policy issues.

Barclays Capital Real Estate sought a summary judgment against hedge fund D.E. Shaw, saying it was owed $15 million stemming from a loan default, according to court documents seen on Friday.

Toyota Motor Corp has failed to support statements of top executives that the automaker has rigorously evaluated electronic throttles in its vehicles, Democratic leaders of a congressional committee said on Friday.

A Delaware court declined on Friday to disqualify a law firm that Air Products and Chemicals Inc is using in its $5.1 billion bid to acquire rival Airgas Inc .

Maurice Hank Greenberg, the former chief executive of American International Group Inc , believes he no longer faces possible criminal charges over a sham transaction involving the insurer and a unit of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc .

Apple Inc said the first iPads will be in U.S. stores on April 3 and hit nine international markets later in the month, easing concerns that manufacturing constraints could delay launch.

Total U.S. consumer credit rose $4.96 billion in January, its first rise in a year and the largest for any month since mid-2008, Federal Reserve data showed on Friday.

Bulls may get more room to run next week on the anniversary of the March 2009 lows -- if U.S. stock investors see more signs of stability after Friday's rally on smaller-than-expected job losses.