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For Bernanke, no escaping politics now

For a Federal Reserve chairman who is worried about politics interfering with monetary policy, Ben Bernanke is taking on some awfully heated political topics.

Anti-Berlusconi hackers block Italy government website

The Italian government's website came under attack from computer hackers on Sunday, police said, after opponents of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said they would target the site to protest against curbs to media freedom.

Genzyme, Sanofi boards meet to discuss deal

The boards of Sanofi-Aventis SA and Genzyme Corp are scheduled to hold separate meetings on Sunday to discuss a potential deal, but talks may linger into the week, sources familiar with the situation said on Sunday.

Market could rally on profits, technical

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.

Managers' importance overestimated, says study

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.

U.S. to force Wall Street to defer half of bonuses

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.

Video shows Cuban fears of Internet, social media

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.

Hackers breach Nasdaq's computers

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.

Nasdaq finds suspicious files in hacker probe

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.

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