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Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:BAC) said it agreed to sell about 10.4 billion common shares of China Construction Bank Corp. (CCB) through private transactions with a group of investors, in a move that will result in an after-tax gain of about $1.8 billion.

Profits at Italian bank UniCredit have all but evaporated and capital has shrunk to dangerous levels, results due on Monday will show as the bank prepares a $10 billion rights issue and 5,000 job cuts to get back on track.

Lonmin, the world's third-largest platinum producer, beat expectations with a 59 percent jump in full-year earnings, even though a strike at its Karee operations drove up unit costs and forced the miner to cut its output target.

Stock index futures fell on Monday after strong gains going into the weekend and as Italy and Greece rushed to form technocrat-led governments in a bid to stave of the euro zone's debt crisis.

Despite economic growth predicted to slide in the near future, U.S.-based tour operators estimate an increase in the outbound travel. The latest report by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the European Travel Commission (ETC), the number of tourists to Europe, from the U.S. is expected to grow.

Chinese police arrested a mine boss who smeared coal oh his face just to show he had been in the mine where at least 34 miners lost their lives and nine are still struggling to come out.

Stock index futures pointed to a mixed open on Wall Street on Monday, with futures for the S&P 500 flat, Dow Jones futures up 0.2 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures down 0.2 percent at 0945 GMT.

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The tragedy of India is its political system. This admission by a minister captured the frustration of delegates at this week's India's World Economic Forum.

Several Indonesian Islamists held rallies in central Jakarta, to protest against the visit of U.S. President Barack Obama, scheduled for later this week.

President Barack Obama pressed China on Sunday to recognize it is now a grown up economy and start behaving more responsibly on currency and trade issues hurting American companies.

President Barack Obama told China Sunday that the United States was fed up with its trade and currency practices, as he turned up the heat on America's biggest economic rival at an Asia Pacific summit.

President Barack Obama told China on Sunday that the United States was fed up with its trade and currency practices, as he turned up the heat on America's biggest economic rival at an Asia Pacific summit.

Canada and Mexico want to join talks to forge a free trade area in the Asia-Pacific region, giving a significant boost to the U.S.-led initiative to foster economic growth by tearing down trade barriers.

The delay in a massive Canada-Texas pipeline project will inflame opposition to other export options for crude from Canada's oil sands and threaten the nation's aim of becoming a top global energy supplier.

Canada will try to sell more of its energy products to Asia after Washington delayed a decision on whether to approve the Keystone XL Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline project, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said.

Asia-Pacific leaders sought a united front on Sunday to prop up economic growth despite divisions over trade and currency policies as they face a common threat from Europe's debt crisis.

As copper prices soar, the Lincoln Tomb is robbed of a 3-foot-tall sword.

Canada wants to join talks on a proposed U.S.-led free trade agreement in the Asia-Pacific region that also may open its membership to Japan, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Sunday.

At a summit expected to produce at least the new outline of free trade agreements with key Asian markets, Middle East geopolitics took center-stage, at least initially, as the United States and Russia reaffirmed their intention to work and shape a common response regarding Iran's nuclear program.

Eli Lilly and Co has hit a tough spot with the pharmaceutical company's top treatment now facing competition from cheaper generic brands and the looming loss of patent protection on other drugs.