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Banks led European shares lower on Monday, giving up some of last week's hefty gains as demand for detail on the recent euro zone debt deal teed up a weak end to a bumper month, with the broader market on course to snap a five-month losing streak.

Health Insurance major Humana Inc. reported better-than-expected earnings for the third quarter as it generated higher revenues from premium and services.

Why spend a ton of money on Halloween costumes for your pet when your dog will most likely tear it to shreds within the first ten minutes? Here are some of the best do-it-yourself Halloween costume ideas for pets.

If you've been adamantly waiting to get your paws on an HP Touchpad during the $99 sale, the terms of how to snag a discounted tablet computer may come as a buzz kill for you: Best Buy announced the last TouchPad sale will be available exclusively in November...eligible for the discount price only with the purchase of a new PC.

I am the only woman in the establishment and yet I barely notice, so at home do I feel. I've just perched myself in one of the lounge's lion-armed chairs, newspaper in hand, when, from across the room, a man bellows, Rocky Patel; toro; 1992; a Nicaraguan blend. I used to like those. Good smoke.

Prices for hard drives are jumping as flooding in Thailand creates a shortage of the major components used in personal computers, while one big customer is already complaining of price gouging.

Gitanjali said it envisions having 75 ATMs in shopping centers, retail, temples and airports

Mobile phone firm Nokia has launched Lumia 800 smartphone in a move to regain its lost smartphone market, which is currently dominated by Apple's iPhone and other Android smartphones.

The J. Crew president and creative director has been seeing a fellow fashion exec.

The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Logitech International, Akamai Technologies, Citrix Systems, Wilshire Bancorp, and Acme Packet. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: TriQuint Semiconductor, AXT, Plexus, 21Vianet Group, and FBR.

Inspired by Stieg Larsson's best-selling series of books, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Swedish retailer H&M has introduced a new women's clothing collection by costume designer Trish Summerville, who also designed costumes for the series of films based on the books.

The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Akamai Technologies, SonoSite, Green Plains Renewable Energy, Web.com Group, and InterDigital. The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: TriQuint Semiconductor, Electro Scientific Industries, AXT, LHC Group, and Ancestry.com.

The House Judiciary Committee unveiled new legislation Wednesday designed to crack down on online piracy.

Nokia's first-ever Windows Phone offers a bevy of apps and features built directly into the phone, but with a steep price tag, will it be able to battle Apple and Samsung?

Why does Washington seek to bar the $39 billion takeover of No. 4 wireless carrier T-Mobile USA by No. 1 carrier AT&T? The numbers tell the story.

The NL is a key member of Berlusconi’s ruling coalition government and thus far has not wanted to make many concessions to EU demands for reform.

Applications for home mortgages rose last week, recouping some of the steep decline a week before as demand for both purchases and refinancing perked up, an industry group said on Wednesday.

European stock index futures fell on Wednesday, after Asian shares traded lower for most part on growing concerns that the outcome from a key meeting of European policymakers to contain the debt crisis may fall short of expectations.

Many small investors in China have turned to gold as high inflation threatens to erode wealth in the world's second-largest economy, leading to small gold exchanges springing up all over the country.

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Asian shares declined on Wednesday ahead of a key meeting of European policymakers later in the session, with concerns heightening that the outcome to contain Europe's sovereign debt crisis could fall short of expectations.