IBT Staff Reporter

With earnings continuing to surprise on the upside and minimal technical resistance ahead, the bears may have to wait a bit longer for the much-anticipated end to the current stock rally.

Global oil prices could exceed $110 a barrel if political unrest in Egypt continues, a member of Kuwait's Supreme Petroleum Council said on Sunday.

Google Inc wants to avoid a lengthy legal battle with European Union regulators investigating its market dominance, the Sunday Telegraph quoted its chief executive as saying.

Ireland has received a first tranche of 3.6 billion euros ($4.9 billion) from the euro zone rescue fund, slightly more than the initial amount agreed, a fund source told Reuters on Sunday.

In the highlight fixture of the weekend, especially given the events during the week, Liverpool will travel to Stamford Bridge to face a Chelsea side who boast their ex-idol Fernando Torres.

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development wants Switzerland to make the international hunt for tax evaders easier, a Swiss newspaper reported on Sunday.

Swiss bank UBS AG will pay out less money in form of bonuses in 2010 than in the previous year, Swiss weekly Sonntag reported on Sunday.

NBC has clipped 'Chase' mid-season after it tanked in its new time slot of Wednesday 9 p.m.

Liverpool travel to Stamford Bridge to face a Chelsea side boasting ex-Liverpool idol Fernando Torres in the English Premier League.

Swiss bank UBS AG will pay out less money in form of bonuses in 2010 than in the previous year, Swiss weekly Sonntag reported on Sunday.

Afghanistan's central bank expects an Islamic banking law to be enacted by September, drawing billions in deposits from citizens wary of the conventional banking system, a senior official said.

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Research at the University of Connecticut exposes the risks inherent in the current student generation's excessive reliance on and faith in the Internet.

A pre-Super Bowl Prince concert in Dallas was cancelled on Friday due to the inability of the organizers to provide him with transportation, according to a Digital Spy report.

Instead of sending team leaders of a company to management training courses, it would probably be more beneficial to send the entire team and this produces better results, says a new study.

The player who led the New Orleans Saints team to its first NFL title last year has expressed a desire to enter politics at the end of his playing career.

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The boards of Genzyme Corp and Sanofi-Aventis SA are scheduled to meet on Sunday to discuss Sanofi's proposed acquisition of Genzyme, according to sources with knowledge of the situation.

U.S. regulators will propose on Monday that executives at the largest financial institutions have half of their bonuses deferred for at least three years as part of efforts to curb excessive risk taking, according to two people familiar with proposal.

Manchester United was stunned at Wolves and Arsenal shocked at Newcastle as the Premier League set a new scoring record after Saturday's fixtures with 41 goals scored - the highest in a single day in the Premier League.

Cuba fears the United States is encouraging dissent through social media such as Facebook and Twitter with the goal of toppling the government, according to the video of what appears a meeting of Cuban officials posted on websites this week.

The operator of the Nasdaq Stock Market said it found suspicious files on its U.S. computer servers and determined that hackers could have affected one of its Internet-based client applications.

Exchange operator Nasdaq OMX Group Inc found suspicious files on its U.S. computer servers and determined one of its Internet-based client applications was potentially affected by hackers, the Nasdaq Stock Market's parent company said on Saturday.

Bank of America Corp has agreed to pay $410 million to settle lawsuits accusing it of charging customers with excessive overdraft fees, court documents show.

Bank of America Corp has agreed to pay $410 million to settle lawsuits accusing it of charging customers with excessive overdraft fees, court documents show.

Europe should relieve Greece of some of its debt burden as its savings program would only stifle economic growth, the head of the world's biggest bond fund was quoted as saying in a German magazine on Saturday.

Egypt's exports fell six percent in January because of the mass protests and curfew, Trade Minister Samiha Fawzi Ibrahim said on Saturday.

Ahead of the Sunday spectacle, curiosity over new Super Bowl commercials has taken over. Here is a list of most awaited Super Bowl Commercials 2011

Fernando Torres has broken Anfield hearts by saying he never loved Liverpool and that his only true love is Atletico Madrid.