IBT Staff Reporter

Mitt Romney continues to be treated as Republican nominee by the Democratic party. This week they've launched a new ad campaign pitting Romney against himself in a mock action movie called Mitt v. Mitt.

Customers purchased four times as many Kindle devices as they did last Black Friday, the Seattle-based company reported Monday.

Stocks jumped about 3 percent on Monday on hopes that fresh proposals may emerge out of Europe to help solve the region's debt crisis.

TOKYO/HONG KONG - Documents unearthed by Reuters show a new link between Japan's Olympus Corp and a veteran banker at the center of an accounting scandal engulfing the firm, as attention focuses on the role he played in the company's deal-making.

Online gaming firm Nexon Co said on Monday it would raise up to 98 billion yen ($1.3 billion) in an initial public offering this month, pushing ahead with its planned listing even as a massive hacking attack threatens to dampen excitement for the stock.

Traditional paper business cards are still the status quo but a redesigned iPhone app is helping them go digital.

Online retail sales in the United States on the post-Thanksgiving shopping day known as Black Friday jumped 26 percent this year, led by Amazon.com Inc, comScore said on Sunday.

James Murdoch will probably survive a row with investors to be re-elected as chairman of BSkyB with the support of News Corp but that link to his father's firm, tainted by the phone hacking scandal, could spell more problems with the regulator.

Stocks extended their gains on Monday, with the S&P and Nasdaq rising 3 percent on hopes that fresh proposals may emerge out of Europe to help solve the region's debt crisis.

TOKYO/HONG KONG - Documents unearthed by Reuters show a new link between Japan's Olympus Corp and a veteran banker at the center of an accounting scandal engulfing the firm, as attention focuses on the role he played in the company's deal-making.

Germany and France stepped up a drive on Monday for coercive powers to reject national budgets in the euro zone that breach EU rules, as a market rout of European debt eased temporarily on hopes of outside help for Italy and Spain.

Stocks were set for a sharply higher open on Monday on hopes that fresh proposals could be emerging out of Europe to help solve the region's debt crisis.

Honda Motor Co <7267.T> said all of its North American plants will resume normal production by the start of next month, following improvement in overall parts supply, which was hit by the Thailand floods.

Annual compensation for employees at big Wall Street firms could fall 27-30 percent from a year earlier to the lowest level since the 2008 financial crisis, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing a compensation study conducted by the Options Group.

The escape route from risky peripheral euro zone debt into higher-yielding emerging markets is becoming increasingly tortuous, as the debt crisis marries the performance of all assets closer together.

The escape route from risky peripheral euro zone debt into higher-yielding emerging markets is becoming increasingly tortuous, as the debt crisis marries the performance of all assets closer together.

Stock index futures soared on Monday on optimism over the latest round of proposals out of Europe designed to corral the growing euro zone debt crisis.

World No. 1 Internet search engine Google is seeking EU regulatory clearance of its planned purchase of handset maker Motorola Mobility Holdings, the European Commission said on its website on Monday.

Honda Motor Co said all of its North American plants will resume normal production by the start of next month, following improvement in overall parts supply, which was hit by the Thailand floods.

Germany and France stepped up a drive on Monday for intrusive powers to reject national budgets in the euro zone that breach EU rules, as a market rout of European debt eased temporarily on hopes of outside help for Italy and Spain.

Stock index futures jumped on Monday on optimism over the latest round of proposals out of Europe designed to corral the growing Eurozone debt crisis.

Germany and France stepped up a drive on Monday for intrusive powers to reject national budgets in the Eurozone that breach EU rules, as a market rout of European debt eased temporarily on hopes of outside help for Italy and Spain.

Online gaming firm Nexon Co said on Monday it would raise up to 98 billion yen ($1.3 billion) in an initial public offering this month, pushing ahead with its planned listing even as a massive hacking attack threatens to dampen excitement for the stock.

The German finance ministry denied on Monday a media report of plans for the joint issuance of bonds by member countries of the euro zone with a triple-A credit rating.

The German finance ministry denied on Monday a media report of plans for the joint issuance of bonds by member countries of the euro zone with a triple-A credit rating.

Stock index futures pointed to a sharply higher open for equities on Wall Street on Monday, with futures for the S&P 500, the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq 100 rising 2.2 to 2.6 percent.

The global economic recovery is running out of steam, leaving the euro zone stuck in a mild recession and the United States at risk of following suit, the OECD said on Monday, sharply cutting its forecasts.

Loss-making mobile chip venture ST-Ericsson said on Monday its operations chief Didier Lamouche would replace its Chief Executive Gilles Delfassy from the start of December.

Moody's Investors Service warned on Monday the rapid escalation of the euro zone sovereign and banking crisis threatens the credit standing of all European government bond ratings.