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Nokia Siemens Networks will buy Motorola's telecom network equipment business for $1.2 billion, in an effort to add mew customers in markets such as Japan and North America where it has been seeking growth.

Strong U.S. land drilling drove Halliburton's better-than-expected 83 percent jump in quarterly profit, sending its shares up nearly 5 percent and lifting the entire oilfield services sector.

Strong U.S. land drilling drove Halliburton's better-than-expected 83 percent jump in quarterly profit, sending its shares up nearly 5 percent and lifting the entire oilfield services sector.

Speech-recognition software maker Nuance is launching software apps for the Apple iPhone in Britain as the company grows more confident that its voice-to-text technology is ready for global markets.

The euro rose against the dollar on Monday after a fall in U.S. home-builder sentiment to its lowest level in more than a year added to worries about the U.S. economy. The euro traded near its recent two-month high against the dollar, rebounding from early lows hit after a downgrade of Ireland's sovereign ratings and the suspension of talks between Hungary and international lenders.

The euro hovered near a two-month high while U.S. stocks moved sideways on Monday as worries about the pace of a U.S. economic recovery kept markets cautious. After Friday's worst one-day drop since late June, the S&P and other U.S. stock indexes opened higher as earnings season kicked into high gear, but weak homebuilding data reminded investors of the delicate state of the economic recovery.

U.S. Treasury debt prices slipped on Monday, but volume was scant and analysts said the day's market action would be driven mostly by the stock market. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which had fallen to 2.93 percent by Friday's close as stocks suffered their worst one-day drop since June, was trading at 2.95 percent, while its price was off by 6/32.

Luxury homebuilder Toll Brothers Inc will launch an investment fund to buy up distressed real estate assets, including loan portfolios and land for development, the company said on Monday.

Apple Inc plans to start selling the iPad tablet PC, its latest hit product, in nine new international markets on Friday, making the device available in a total of 19 countries.

Car parts maker Tomkins Plc received a $4.5 billion bid approach from a Canadian consortium, the latest example of North American buyers eager to capitalize on sterling weakness to snap up British assets.

Stocks slipped on Monday as gains from Halliburton and Boeing were erased after a homebuilder index fell to its lowest point in more than a year, sparking new fears about the pace of a recovery.

Oil jumped more than $1 on Monday, lifted above $77 per barrel by equities markets after U.S. stocks opened higher on Wall Street. The move, supported by early signs of improving oil demand, put oil on track to break three straight days of lower settlements on concerns about slowing economic recovery and gloomy consumer sentiment.

Leasing legend Steve Udvar-Hazy kicked off a stampede of savvy financiers into the Farnborough Airshow on Monday, as aircraft lessors opened their cheque books to help pull the industry out of recession.

There is little need to worry about serious side effects if your toddler is getting vaccinated against whooping cough, researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.

Bill Clinton and Bill Gates urged AIDS activists on Monday to squeeze value out of every cent of funds to fight HIV, saying they could not expect donors to give more in hard times unless it was carefully spent.

Gold fell more than 1 percent to a two-month low at $1,178.40 an ounce on Monday as sharper appetite for assets seen as higher risk, like equities and industrial commodities, dented the metal's appeal as a haven.

Halliburton Co reported an 83 percent jump in second-quarter profit on Monday, on strong U.S. onshore drilling, but a ban on deepwater activity in the Gulf of Mexico is expected to hurt full year results.

Even as the investors are busy replenishing their portfolios as and when the gold prices dip, it is time for them to take note of other areas like platinum. According to a report in Telegraph, the upside in platinum prices over the next few years could be better than gold, and the general consensus is that a buying opportunity is likely to present itself in the next two months.

The euro hovered near a two-month high against the dollar on Monday, rebounding from lows hit after a downgrade of Ireland's sovereign ratings, as investors awaited results of European banks' stress tests.

Halliburton Co reported an 83 percent jump in second-quarter profit on Monday, on strong U.S. onshore drilling, but a ban on deepwater activity in the Gulf of Mexico is expected to hurt full year results.

Stocks were poised for a higher open on Monday, signaling the S&P 500 would bounce back from its worst one-day drop since June 29 on Friday, as earnings season kicks into high gear.