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3M agrees to buy Cogent, paying a premium of nearly 18% in a $943 million deal intended to expand the blue chip’s identification technology for law enforcement and border security.

Tech stocks were active Monday, with Hewlett-Packard Co. announcing a $10 billion stock buyback and holding the edge in the battle for 3Par Inc., while Intel Corp. slipped after unveiling its latest deal.

Israeli stocks edge lower on Monday, with strength in Ratio Oil and Israel Chemicals offset by weakness among the banks, the chemicals companies and the drugmakers.

Natural-gas producers gain on strength in Noble Energy shares, while oil producers lose ground along with the broad equities market and with crude futures weaker.

Natural-gas producers gain on strength in Noble Energy shares, while oil producers lose ground along with the broad equities market and with crude futures weaker.

Treasurys trade broadly higher, shrugging off U.S. data showing higher consumer spending and inflation last month as bond investors adjust positions in the wake of Friday's big selloff in government debt.

Hewlett-Packard Co. boosts its existing share-buyback program by $10 billion before Monday’s opening bell, giving the pressured stock a lift to start the week.

The savings rate for U.S. households falls in July to the lowest level in three months as government data show consumer spending outpacing growth in personal incomes.

Jon Friedman eats his words. He's a Twitter convert.

U.S. stock-index futures trade marginally lower, as traders question whether central banks will be able to prop up the global economy after the Bank of Japan decided to further ease monetary policy.

U.S. stock-index futures trade marginally lower on Monday, as traders question whether central banks will be able to prop up the global economy after the Bank of Japan decided to further ease monetary policy.

U.S. stock-index futures trade marginally lower as investors question whether central banks around the world can keep the economic recovery on track.

Stocks expected to move significantly in trading Monday include Cogent, DG FastChannel, Genzyme and 3Par.

Singapore will increase the down payment required on second-home purchases and broaden government duties on the sale of properties held for less than three years, in an effort to cool rapidly rising prices.

Louis Navellier, an editor with a long-time winning formula, has hit some snags, but aims to recoup by looking overseas, writes Peter Brimelow.

Japanese shares pare their early gains Monday, as the yen strengthened from morning levels after the Bank of Japan's emergency policy meeting resulted in additional easing steps that fell well within market expectations.

After two years of holding back on salary raises, U.S. employers say they plan bigger increases of workers’ wages in 2011 -- but those plans could change if the economy continues to falter.

A growing number of homeowners are choosing to pay down their mortgages at a faster rate -- even if it means a substantial jump in their monthly payments.

Tony Blair reveals what really happened in the negotiations over Europe's economic union, in a chapter of his upcoming memoirs seen only by our David Marsh.

The 60 mile-long traffic jam lasting 11 days on the Beijing to Tibet highway last week is one unwanted record in China's batch of super-sized economic numbers, writes Craig Stephen.