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(Reuters) - Netflix Inc is separating its movie streaming business and its DVD by mail service, which will be called Qwikster, Chief Executive Reed Hastings said in a company blog post.

(Reuters) - Even though the recession officially ended more than two years ago, the still-weak U.S. economy and a pullback in federal support means the outlook for states and local governments remains negative, Moody's Investors Service said on Monday.

ZURICH (Reuters) - Credit Suisse said on Monday it has agreed to pay 150 million euros ($206 million) in Germany to end an investigation into employees of the Swiss bank by the public prosecutor's office in Duesseldorf concerning tax evasion.

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The BRICS emerging market powerhouses have already bought debt through the European Financial Stability Facility and could buy more, a potential help to struggling euro zone economies, a Brazilian newspaper reported on Monday.

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Diamond producer De Beers expects global demand growth for rough diamonds to set a new record this year on the exceptionally strong performance of its key U.S. market and robust demand in China and India, the head of the company's distribution arm said.

(Reuters) - Diversified manufacturer United Technologies Corp is exploring a takeover of aerospace company Goodrich Corp but the two sides are not yet close to a deal, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.

Stocks took a hammering Monday as Greece struggled to convince international creditors that it can meet its debt obligations in return for more bailout cash that it needs to avoid running out of funds as soon as next month.

Netflix Inc. is formally separating its online streaming and DVD-by-mail service, naming the latter "Qwikster."

Swiss manufacturer Tyco International Ltd. said Monday it plans to separate into three independent, publicly-traded companies, a move that will mark its second breakup since 2007.

Lennar Corp.'s fiscal third-quarter profit dropped 31 percent as the company delivered fewer homes.

Greece's finance minister promised Monday to stick with his plan for the country to post a primary surplus in 2012 as the country's international creditors pressed for faster reforms and public sector staff cuts.

When Wendy's decided to remake its 42-year-old hamburger, the chain agonized over every detail. A pickle chemist was consulted. Customers were quizzed on their lettuce knowledge. And executives went on a cross-country burger-eating tour.

Oil prices fell to below $87 a barrel Monday in Asia as investor concerns about Europe's debt crisis fueled a stronger U.S. dollar.

President Barack Obama's proposal to reduce long-term deficits with $1.5 trillion in new taxes is less an opening bid in a negotiation than it is an opening salvo in a struggle to draw sharp contrasts with congressional Republicans.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn broke his silence four months after a New York hotel maid accused him of sexual assault, calling his encounter with the woman a "moral failing" he deeply regrets, but insisting in an interview on French television Sunday that no violence was involved.

A senior ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel says Germany's troubled government will survive and keep working together to resolve the eurozone debt crisis despite a state election wipeout for her junior coalition partner.

Rescue workers raced Monday to clear roads blocked by mudslides as they attempted to reach remote villages cut off after a powerful earthquake killed at least 55 people and damaged more than 100,000 homes in northeastern India, Nepal and Tibet.

Country music's most famous alley — a gritty monument to the earthy sounds all around it — is getting a facelift.