Reuters - A member of China's parliament has demanded the immediate closure of a Starbucks coffee shop set up inside Beijing's Forbidden City, the Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday.

AFP - If there is an overall theme for this year's gathering of 3,000 lawmakers in the heart of Beijing it must be the challenge of making the economy work to the benefit of all 1.3 billion Chinese.

For investors who watched the technology bubble burst, the problems in the mortgage securities market have a familiar ring.

British Gas customers will see their gas bills fall by 17% and electricity by 11% on Monday.

Airlines criticise Tory plans for green taxes on flights aimed at tackling climate change.

South Korea and the US are in the final round of free trade talks, trying to reach a deal before a looming deadline.

US President George Bush meets the Uruguayan president as part of his five-nation Latin American tour.

The Venezuelan leader lashes out at US policy towards Latin America as he and the US president continue rival tours.

Reuters - Troubles in the subprime mortgage sector could put Wall Street on edge this week just as investors look for key economic data, including the Consumer Price Index, to shore up the market's nascent recovery after its recent plunge.

Halliburton, the oil services giant formerly headed by US Vice-President Dick Cheney, is moving its HQ to Dubai.

AP - Wall Street appears to have regained some stability after its nosedive two weeks ago, but investors aren't ruling out more turbulence if upcoming data shows consumers are spending less in the face of rising costs.

Reuters - Halliburton Co., the U.S. oilfield service giant, said on Sunday its chief executive plans to open a corporate headquarters in the United Arab Emirates in an effort to expand business in the Eastern Hemisphere.

Reuters - Orbis Investment Management Ltd. said that Citigroup's $10.8 billion bid for Nikko Cordial Corp. (8603.T) is too low, joining a chorus of shareholders that separately control about 25 percent of the troubled Japanese brokerage's shares.

Texas officials argue that a new rule to disclose the size of their health care obligation to retirees does not apply to their state.

The heated network news competition is still complicated by how much network newscasts squander or build on the programs that precede them.

Unlike most defendants in corporate malfeasance trials, Mr. Black has chided his accusers and vowed a comeback.

Radio and TV show archives have become valuable prizes in the desperate search for new content for Web sites and DVDs.

Running a newspaper chain meant that Michael Lacey would be doing most of his management of the editorial destiny of The Village Voice from Phoenix.

The Democrats? decision to withdraw from a Fox News debate makes the cable channel part of the story.

Marketers are calling on John Amaechi, the former N.B.A. player who announced he was gay.

Orbis Investment Management, which owns 6.9 percent of Nikko, said in a statement that Citigroup?s offer was ?unacceptable.?

Reuters - Chicago real estate magnate Sam Zell wants to take newspaper publisher and broadcaster Tribune Co. private in a transaction valued at about $13 billion, according to financial newspaper Barron's.

The move is part of a strategy by the energy services giant to concentrate its efforts in the Middle East.

Ford is expected to sell Aston Martin to a group of investors that includes the racing mogul David Richards and a pair of Kuwaiti companies.

myShape.com records the measurements of women, who can then shop from clothing collections matched to their body dimensions.

Wikipedia?s co-founder has called for a voluntary system for accrediting contributors who say they have advanced degrees.

France 24, a 24-hour international news channel, is moving to establish itself as a third international news network behind CNN and BBC.

A paper in The Journal of Consumer Research looks at the effects of self-restraint on subsequent impulse purchases.

Best Buy Asks Four Agencies.

Reuters - KDDI Corp. (9433.T), Japan's second-biggest phone company, said on Monday it plans to offer fibre-optic broadband services via cables owned by East Japan Railway Co. (9020.T) to challenge dominant operator Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. (9432.T).

The expansion plan, which would more than double the size of the hotel and casino, comes amid a continuing surge of development in Las Vegas.

Having just turned 84, Time magazine is coming out with a new look and editorial approach on Friday.

A Sports Illustrated spokesman has confirmed that the swimsuit issue was withheld from about 21,000 subscribers identified as ?libraries or classrooms.?

Multiple systems have hampered the growth of new services, mobile phone executives say.

A list of the 'best magazines ever' includes a few digs at the company, though one of its own, Graydon Carter, wrote the essay preceding the feature.

Reuters - U.S. oilfield services giant Halliburton Co. said on Sunday it will move its corporate headquarters and its chief executive to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates in an effort to expand overseas.