IBT Staff Reporter

Jarden Corp , maker of Sunbeam appliances and other home products, expects to meet or exceed analysts' expectations for profit and sales when it reports second-quarter results later this week.

Investigators said Saturday Police are now focusing on the terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) responsible for Friday's bombing attacks.

The row over four Rio Tinto Ltd staff detained in China accused of spying has exposed Australia to Chinese wrath just when a Mandarin-speaking leader in Canberra had appeared to have wooed the country over.

An Indonesian television station on Monday named a likely suspect in the suicide bombings of two luxury hotels in Jakarta, saying he had school links to members of the radical Islamic group Jemaah Islamiah.

Johnson Controls Inc posted a 63 percent plunge in quarterly earnings as the weak economy pressured the diversified manufacturer's auto parts and building controls businesses, but its shares rose 7 percent as the results beat Wall Street forecasts.

Two retired Turkish generals went on trial on Monday in a group of 56 people accused of planning a coup in a case that highlights a power struggle over Islam's role in the European Union candidate country.

Iranian reformist former president, Mohammad Khatami, called for a referendum on the legitimacy of the government, challenging the supreme leader who has backed the result of the disputed June presidential poll.

The U.S. housing market is showing signs of stabilization, according to inventory data released on Monday by national real estate brokerage ZipRealty.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned senior officials on Monday not to help Tehran's enemies after two former presidents expressed defiant opposition to the result of June's disputed presidential poll.

Public support for President Barack Obama's handling of healthcare reform, the pillar of his legislative agenda, has fallen below 50 percent for the first time, a Washington Post-ABC News poll released on Monday said.

Deutsche Lufthansa could turn an airline sector slump to its advantage by negotiating lower prices and more cost cuts out of acquisitions it agreed last year that threaten to hurt its shares.

The world's population of older people is growing at the fastest rate ever seen and the old will soon outnumber the young for the first time, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.

Halliburton Co , the world's second-largest oilfield services company, reported a 47 percent drop in quarterly profit as spending on oil and natural gas projects in North America slumped sharply.

Magna and Sberbank have changed their offer for General Motors' former European unit Opel, a source familiar with the matter said.

Hasbro Inc , the No. 2 toy company, posted a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Monday, helped by lower costs and demand for toys linked to summer movies such as G.I. Joe and Transformers.

Samsung Electronics said on Monday it would invest 5.4 trillion won ($4.3 billion) in green research and development and facilities to make the world's largest memory chip maker a leading eco-friendly company by 2013.

Stocks were set to open higher on Monday, extending gains following Wall Street's best week in 4 months, after CIT Group Inc clinched a deal that could help avoid bankruptcy, removing some uncertainty as the financial sector recovers from a deep crisis.

A dual system of both national emissions caps and carbon trading schemes should play a central role in cutting global greenhouse gas emissions, a report commissioned by the British government said on Monday.

Stellar earnings from U.S. banks have raised expectations that European rivals will follow suit in the next month, although rising bad debts have the potential to douse that optimism.

Hasbro Inc , the No. 2 toy company, posted a higher second-quarter profit on Monday, boosted by demand for toys such as G.I. Joe and Transformers linked to popular summer movies.

Charles Schwab Corp , the largest U.S. online brokerage, denied allegations by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo of civil fraud in its marketing and sale of Auction Rate Securities .

The U.S. recession's grip on the economy appears to be easing but likely has not yet ended, according to a survey of economists released on Monday.

Apple, the iPhone maker, is scheduled to report their fiscal third quarter 2009 results after the market closes on Tuesday. Analyst estimate between $1.02 earnings per share to a high of $1.31, with a consensus estimate of $1.15.

U.S. and European IT budgets are expected to fall 2 percent over the next year, less than the 5 percent decline expected three months ago, according to a survey of 100 chief information officers carried out by UBS.

Stock index futures rose on Monday after CIT Group Inc clinched a deal that could avoid bankruptcy, removing some uncertainty as the financial sector recovers from a deep crisis.

The conference board's index for June will be released today at 10am EST. The June indicator is expected to show a slight gain after the number of housing permits rose. May indicators spiked 1.2 percent, topping the 1.1 percent jump in April that ended a long run of declines.

The following are highlighted earnings releases from Monday July 20 to Friday July 24, from Earnings.com

CIT Group Inc's board signed off on a deal late Sunday for $3 billion in rescue financing from a group of bondholders, in a plan the lender hopes will stave off bankruptcy, a source close to the situation said.

Charles Schwab Corp , the largest U.S. online brokerage, denied allegations by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo of civil fraud in its marketing and sale of Auction Rate Securities .