Reuters

Pfizer said it proposed a takeover to AstraZeneca in January worth 58.8 billion pounds ($98.9 billion), or nearly 47 pounds per share.

The decision brings to 48 the number of people the EU has put under sanctions for, it argues, helping undermine Ukraine's territorial integrity.

MasterCard said it's suspending services to Russia's SMP bank and InvestCapitalbank, which were sanctioned on Monday by the U.S.

A Russian diplomat said the measures were illegitimate/uncivilized and that restrictions on U.S. high-tech exports are "Cold War" practices.

The Department of Homeland Security advised computer users to seek alternatives until Microsoft fixes a flaw hackers have embraced.

Grimm, a New York Republican, was arrested on Monday by FBI agents following a federal criminal investigation into his campaign finances.

Templeton Group's Mark Mobius said his emerging markets fund holds about $200 million in Ukrainian stocks and $500 million in Russian equities.

This is the latest in a series of healthcare deals that have been structured to either gain scale or build up expertise in specific disease areas.

BofA said it will suspend its $4 billion stock buyback and a dividend hike because it miscalculated capital after buying Merrill Lynch.

Ukraine has been trying to secure alternative supplies to those from Russia's Gazprom since Moscow annexed Crimea last month.

Two people from the Russian president's inner circle are among the seven whose U.S. assets have been frozen, in this third round of sanctions.

Comcast has offered to sell 1.4 million pay-TV subscribers to Charter Communications for $7.3 billion, to help win regulatory approval.

The heavyweight champion knocked out his opponent in the fifth round in Germany.

The European Union is also expected to add targets to its Russia sanctions list on Monday.

The acquisition would be the biggest-ever foreign takeover of a British company and one of the largest-ever pharmaceuticals deals.

Budapest's 'March of the Living' commemorates the deaths of around half a million Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust.

Microsoft advises Windows XP users to upgrade to one of the most recent versions of Windows 7 or 8.

Obama continues to seek unity - and stronger measures - vs. Moscow.

France is encouraging European alternatives to GE's offer for the troubled power company.

Global markets on alert, with the crisis in Ukraine to euro zone inflation and beyond.

Regardless of outcome, the U.S. and the West look forward to a more engaged post-Karzai relationship.

"Special hiring consideration" spurs inquiry of China banks' practices.

The case marks the first time the SEC reached a so-called "non-prosecution" agreement with an individual - an unnamed trader.

A U.S. appeals court Friday revived patent claims Apple made against Google subsidiary Motorola Mobility over mobile phone technology.

President Obama and Japan Prime Minister Abe had been seeking to show that the alliance was strong in the face of a rising China.

U.S. consumer sentiment is trending higher, but survey professionals caution that backslides have occurred in the past few years.

Merkel added that the EU and G-7 nations would consider part two of a potentially three-stage sanction punishment process.

So far, second-quarter outlooks for S&P 500 companies are much more optimistic than the previous two quarters.

President Barack Obama said he will press European allies to impose more sanctions if Russia steps up action in Ukraine.