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Thomas H. Lee Partners is interested in buying the U.S. operations of Yahoo Inc, breaking away from other bidders that are for now eyeing either a minority stake or teaming up with the Internet giant's partners in Asia, sources familiar with the matter said.

Best Buy posts big Black Friday weekend numbers, including selling out of Playbook tablets.

Almost three decades after she first played her onstage, Glenn Close has brought to the screen the strange and compelling character of Albert Nobbs, a woman in 19th-century Dublin who lives as a man to escape a traumatic past and hang onto her job as a waiter in precarious times.

Just weeks before the release of his first big-budget epic, Immortals, Relativity Media CEO Ryan Kavanaugh took a $200 million loan from billionaire Ron Burkle, TheWrap has learned.

U.S. District Court Judge Jed S. Rakoff issued an acerbic order blocking the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's proposed $285 million deal with Citigroup that is "neither fair, nor reasonable, nor adequate, nor in the public interest."

A former Quebec premier wants regulators to seek assurances that Montreal remain the center of Canadian derivatives trading before they approve a proposed C$3.8 billion takeover of the country's largest exchange operator.

EDocuments 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.

A retail space at 60 Greene Street in Manhattan's Soho neighborhood has sold for $10.35 million, according to New York City records, one of two recent deals that cement the street's reputation as a desirable retail strip. Across the street, 57-63 Greene's retail condo is close to a deal, according to David Schechtman of Eastern Consolidated, one of the listing brokers.

Herman Cain is returning to the message that launched him to the top of the polls in late September, before sexual harassment allegations and a series of foreign policy gaffes brought him back down: his 9-9-9 tax plan. On Monday, Cain's campaign released a six-minute animation called 9-9-9: The Movie -- Slaying the Tax Monster.

Gold miner Polyus Gold's plans for a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange have been delayed, after an investment committee chaired by prime minister Vladimir Putin said it would not consider approval for the move until 2012.

Peruvian police fired tear gas on Friday to break up a protest at Newmont Mining Corp's proposed $4.8 billion Conga gold mine as the government tried to mediate a bitter environmental dispute over the project.

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.

Apparel brand Gap Inc said on Friday that it aims to triple its store network in China next year, one of the latest foreign brands to target the country's consumer spending growth.

Nokia shares jumped on Monday as fears eased over a slump in a phone demand after signs of strong Black Friday sales in the United States, coupled with loss-making Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) dismissing some expectations it would need to raise more money from its parents.

The government gave its first signs of backtracking over a move to allow foreign supermarket giants to enter Asia's third-largest economy on Monday.

China's largest search engine Baidu Inc said Monday it will invest 3 billion yuan ($470.6 million) by the end of 2015 to help 2 million small- and medium-sized enterprises expand their businesses.

HTC Corp promised competitive new models early next year and said it would stick to its strategy in the face of its biggest challenge since rising to prominence in the smartphone market.

Apple's next iPhone may sport a larger display, putting in line with some of its Android based competitors, and mark a departure from the current form-factor used since the iPhone first appeared in 2007.

The chief executive of Nokia Siemens Networks , the world's second-largest maker of mobile phone network equipment, has warned employees NSN cannot expect any more money from its parent companies, a German magazine reported on Sunday.

Reuters found a Japanese banker who is a key figure in the Olympus Corp accounting scandal at a luxury apartment block in Hong Kong on Sunday, where he exploded in anger at finally being tracked down.

Colombian FARC rebels executed four members of the security forces during a botched mission to free them after a decade as hostages, the most violent act by the group since troops killed its leader Alfonso Cano this month.