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European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet urged Ireland and Greece to live up to commitments made in return for financial help and said a broader European safety fund should be beefed up.

Time Warner Cable has reached a tentative agreement to end its dispute with SinclairBroadcast Group to continue carrying Sinclair local stations in Time Warner Cable markets, and said late on Saturday it hoped to reach a final deal within a week.

An upward sloping consolidation in Gold that began in October has, despite a lack of any real losses, been enough to improve various sentiment indicators.

OPEC's leading oil price hawk Iran joined Venezuela and Libya on Sunday to say it saw no need for the cartel to consider raising crude supplies to rein in crude prices now near $100 a barrel.

A former Swiss private banker who was one of the first whistleblowers to use WikiLeaks by publishing internal bank documents on the site has pledged to hand over new data on offshore bank account holders on Monday, a newspaper said.

The offshore bank account details of 2,000 high net worth individuals and corporations - detailing massive potential tax evasion - will be handed over to the WikiLeaks organisation in London on Monday by the most important and boldest whistleblower in Swiss banking history, Rudolf Elmer, two days before he goes on trial in his native Switzerland.

Arizona shooting victim James Eric Fuller was arrested on disorderly conduct and threat charges on Saturday after an incident at a television taping.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday any measure to stabilize the euro should come within a complete strategic package, dampening hopes for a quick decision on moves to tackle the euro zone debt crisis.

Europe needs to do a new round of stress tests on banks after Ireland's flawed vetting of lenders in 2010 raised doubts about a parallel Europe-wide health check, a European Central Bank executive board member was quoted as saying.

Goldman Sachs Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein went to Chicago to pitch Groupon executives on hiring his bank to underwrite the online coupon company's initial public offering, Bloomberg reported on Friday.

Chief financial officers from U.S. multinational companies met with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Friday to air gripes about the tax code under which they pay the steepest rate in the industrialized world.

Jeffrey Saut simply looks up to remind himself which tech stocks will be hot in 2011.

U.S. companies want a lot out of Chinese President Hu Jintao when he visits Washington next week. They have a long list of moans and desires.

The U.S. economy needs a far better footing before the Federal Reserve reverses its current policy, and even more stimulus may be needed if the housing market hampers the rebound, a top Fed official said on Friday.

In a sign Washington will not press China too hard for more rapid appreciation of the yuan, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Friday the Chinese currency had already seen a substantial real rise.

The recapitalization of bailed-out insurer American International Group Inc closed on Friday, leaving the government with a 92 percent stake that it plans to sell quickly.

U.S. bank stocks are flying high, and next week's earnings could give investors more reason to be optimistic about the sector.

The U.S. economic recovery is picking up steam and the Federal Reserve should continuously reevaluate its policy of buying government bonds to support growth, Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker said on Friday.

Two rival bidders for Baffinland Iron Mines have united in a C$590 million ($595 million) joint takeover offer for the iron ore explorer, ending a four-month fight to control its huge deposit in the Canadian Arctic.

The recapitalization of bailed-out insurer American International Group Inc closed on Friday, leaving the government with a 92 percent stake and plans to sell its shares quickly.

The recapitalization of bailed-out insurer American International Group Inc closed on Friday, leaving the government with a 92 percent stake and plans to sell its shares quickly.

Jim Rogers, the famous commodity bull, currently favors rice over gold as an investment.

Intel Corp doesn't look like the market bellwether it once was.

The S&P 500 ended a seventh straight week of gains with a banks-led rally amid healthy volume after encouraging financial results from JPMorgan.

U.S. companies want a lot out of Chinese President Hu Jintao when he visits Washington next week. They have a long list of moans and desires.

A group of hedge funds have appealed a court ruling that billions of dollars of Washington Mutual Inc -related securities were now owned by JPMorgan Chase & Co , a key decision to ending the Washington Mutual bankruptcy.

The Treasury on Friday said it completed a massive recapitalization of bailed out insurer American International Group , paying off the New York Federal Reserve Bank and giving the U.S. government a 92 percent equity stake in the company.

JPMorgan Chase & Co reported a greater-than-expected 47 percent increase in quarterly earnings and struck an upbeat tone that lifted the shares of major U.S. banks reporting next week.

The U.S. economy still needs support from the Federal Reserve even if growth prospects appear firmer, top Federal Reserve officials said on Friday.