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The U.S. dollar rose to a 9-month high against the euro and commodity prices dropped on Friday after the Federal Reserve lifted an emergency lending rate for the first time since the financial crisis.

Senate Banking Committee members are considering a watered down version of the 'Volcker rule' unveiled last month by the Obama administration to curb risk-taking by banks, sources familiar with the panel's thinking said on Thursday.

Stock index futures edged lower on Thursday as unemployment claims were higher than expected and Wal-Mart reported disappointing U.S. sales.

Stock index futures fell on Friday after China surprised global markets by increasing banks' reserve requirements, raising worries about the impact of eventual monetary tightening on global growth.

News Corp has replaced the CEO of the social networking site MySpace less than a year after hiring him, and said a discussion of his priorities led both sides to agree to a parting.

The Iranian government said it will permanently suspend Google Inc's email service in the country, the Wall Street Journal reported on its website on Wednesday.

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China has closed what it claims to be the largest hacker training website in the country and arrested three of its members, domestic media reported on Monday.

SAP AG Chief Executive Leo Apotheker, who has been with the company for more than 20 years, resigned with immediate effect just seven months after taking over as sole chief executive.

Bipartisan efforts on Capitol Hill to tighten financial regulation ground to a halt in the Senate on Friday, casting one of the top domestic policy priorities of the Obama administration in a stark political light.

A weak job market and tight credit conditions caused consumer credit to fall $1.73 billion in December, the eleventh straight monthly decline, a report from the Federal Reserve showed on Friday.

A weak job market and tight credit conditions caused consumer credit to fall $1.73 billion in December, the eleventh straight monthly decline, a report from the Federal Reserve showed on Friday.

The stock market ended lower on Wednesday, snapping a two day rally while the dollar reversed its two day slide.

The International carbon market has been brought to a virtual standstill after computer hackers stole over 250,000 permits, worth over 3 million euros.

Defaults by small and medium-sized U.S. businesses on loans, leases and credit lines to finance capital equipment investment fell for the first time in two years in December, adding to signs of a nascent economic recovery, PayNet Inc reported.

Exxon Mobil Corp reported a 23 percent decline in its fourth-quarter profit on Monday, topping Wall Street expectations, as weak demand for fuel in the global economic slowdown hurt the largest U.S. oil company's refining business.

Exxon Mobil Corp reported a 23 percent decline in its fourth-quarter profit on Monday, topping Wall Street expectations, as weak demand for fuel in the global economic slowdown hurt the largest U.S. oil company's refining business.

The stock market closed lower after climbing in early trading as enthusiasm over the U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) faded and the signs of risk aversion returned.

Chevron Corp posted a drop in quarterly profit on Friday, and its new boss said the second-largest U.S. oil company had plenty of work to do on its own project line-up without making any big acquisitions.

Newell Rubbermaid Inc posted a fourth-quarter profit on cost-cutting and lower raw materials prices, but the maker of Rubbermaid containers and Sharpie pens said the recent devaluation of Venezuela's currency would hurt 2010 results, sending shares down 4 percent.

Tech stocks dropped in morning trading on Thursday as financials struggled to keep gains, S&P 500 edges down.