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Since the eruption of the Greek crisis, a feeling of doom and gloom about the future of the euro has preoccupied financial markets.
BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto might re-evaluate plans to merge their Western Australian iron ore operations if an agreement is not reached by year end, the Wall Street Journal said on Saturday.
Sanrio Co, the Japanese owner of the Hello Kitty character brand, may boost profit after arresting a 10-year slide in sales by slapping its logo on wine, wallpaper and minicars.
Chief executive officers' pay is shattering the glass ceiling.
Pfizer is one of thousands of American companies that bolster their profits by attributing income to subsidiaries in countries with lower income tax rates, legally cutting their tax bills.
European bank shares fell over 3 percent on Friday as renewed concerns about losses from exposures to Greece and a widening of probes by US authorities unsettled investors.
Russia's largest steelmaker Severstal said Friday its net loss widened to $785 million in the first quarter as it wrote down the value of an Italian unit it plans to sell.
The Federal Reserve's promise to hold interest rates ultra low for an extended period depends on economic conditions and could change if the recovery picks up, central bankers said on Thursday.
The unemployment rate in Greece reached 12.1 percent in February, the Greek Statistics Agency announced Thursday.
Gold prices hit a record high Wednesday as investors sought to hide from fears the European financial bailout will erode world currencies.
A courtyard house next to Beihai Park that was once part of a Qing dynasty palace is being advertised online for 420 million yuan and attracting the interest of State-owned enterprises.
| Name | Value | Change | Time |
| Shanghai | 2,996.21 | +1.83% | Mon |
| Shenzhen | 13,140.88 | +1.92% | Mon |
| HSI | 23,313.19 | -0.41% | Mon |
| NIKKEI | 10,505.02 | -1.76% | Mon |
| Dow | 12,090.03 | -0.66% | Mon |
| Nasdaq | 2,745.63 | -1.40% | Mon |