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Gold standard bars are piled up at the gold smelter company Argor-Heraeus in Mendrisio, Switzerland.

After months of resistance, Bank of America Corp. is handing over documents related to its purchase of Merrill Lynch & Co.

Investors waiting for quarterly earnings reports traded cautiously and sparingly Monday.

Conservative Republicans are capitalizing on the troubles of community activist group ACORN - ranging from charges of voter registration fraud to embarrassing videos of its employees - to revive their long-standing fight against a federal law that grades banks on their investments in poor and minority neighborhoods.

The worst U.S. recession since the Great Depression has ended, but weak household spending as the labor market struggles to create jobs will slow the pace of the economy's recovery, according to a survey released on Monday.

Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Monday it will buy cancer drug developer Proteolix Inc.

Stock futures pointed to a higher open on Monday as a softer dollar helped boost commodity prices and, potentially, earnings of export oriented U.S. companies.

Bruce Wasserstein , chairman and chief executive officer of Lazard Ltd., is stable after being hospitalized with an irregular heartbeat, the company said.

The dollar edged further away from 14-month lows on Monday as investors trimmed bets against the beleaguered U.S. currency, while South Korean stocks dragged down other Asian markets on worries third-quarter earnings may not live up to expectations.

The next big thing in green building design might be to turn an existing idea on its side.