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MELBOURNE/SYDNEY (Reuters) - BHP Billiton moved closer to an estimated $20 billion to $30 billion expansion of its Olympic Dam copper and uranium mine after winning environmental … More »Australia approves BHP's $20-$30 billion Olympic Dam mine

LONDON (Reuters) - Global banking regulators will press ahead with the first worldwide effort to force banks to hold more liquid assets, the chairman of the Basel Committee … More »Banks to be forced to bolster liquid assets: FT

PARIS (Reuters) - The outlook for the world's major economies is continuing to darken according to the latest data from the OECD published on Monday, which showed sharp … More »OECD indicators paint dark picture of global economy

(Reuters) - Elevated audit fees can be a red flag of problems to come for a company, say three recent academic studies that together warn about increased chances of fraud, … More »Corporate audit fees up? Beware of trouble ahead

NEW YORK/BEIJING (Reuters) - A unit of China Petrochemical Corp (Sinopec) has signed a deal to buy Canadian oil and gas explorer Daylight Energy Ltd for C$2.2 billion … More »Sinopec to buy Canada's Daylight Energy for $2.1 billion

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures rose on Monday as a renewed pledge by France and Germany to come up with a plan to tackle the euro zone debt crisis by month's … More »Stock futures gain on French-German pledge

Netflix is abandoning its widely panned decision to separate its DVD-by-mail and Internet streaming services. More »Netflix kills plan to split off DVD rentals

Americans Thomas Sargent and Christopher Sims won the Nobel economics prize on Monday for research that sheds light on the cause-and-effect relationship between the economy … More »Americans Sargent, Sims share economics Nobel

Negotiators for Chrysler and the United Auto Workers union are continuing talks about a new labor contract but no deal has been announced. More »Chrysler, union continue talks, no deal yet

Stock markets in Europe and Asia perked up Monday after a weekend meeting of the leaders of France and Germany provided a promise of action on Europe's debt crisis. More »Stocks gain after Sarkozy, Merkel vow debt action

The Belgian state will buy the national subsidiary of embattled bank Dexia for euro4 billion ($5.4 billion) and provide tens of billions of euros in new guarantees as … More »Belgium nationalizes part of Dexia bank for $5.4B

Greece's talks with its international debt inspectors were essentially concluded Monday afternoon, although some technical details remained and were expected to be wrapped … More »Greek talks with debt inspectors nearly concluded

Superior Energy Services will buy Complete Production Services Inc. in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $2.7 billion, the company said Monday, giving it a broader reach … More »Superior Energy buying Complete in $2.7B deal

Oil prices climbed above $84 a barrel Monday after better than expected U.S. jobs data and a vow from European leaders to support the region's bank sector hampered by … More »Oil above $84 on better than expected US jobs data

Stocks futures are rising after the leaders of France and Germany vowed to strengthen Europe's banks to help them weather the region's debt crisis. More »Stock futures up as European pledge to help banks

Banks are parking more money overnight with the European Central Bank in a sign the eurozone debt crisis is unsettling the banking system. More »Banks parking more cash with European Central Bank

Qatari investors agreed to buy the private banking division of Belgium's KBC Group for just over €1 billion Monday, adding to the wealthy Arab nation's growing portfolio … More »Qatari investor buys European private banking unit

Americans Thomas Sargent and Christopher Sims won the Nobel economics prize on Monday for research that sheds light on the cause-and-effect relationship between the economy … More »Americans Sargent, Sims share economics Nobel