Microsoft contends that Google?s $3.1 billion deal to buy DoubleClick would hurt competition in the online advertising market.

The World Bank?s oversight committee questioned Paul D. Wolfowitz?s leadership in a blow to his efforts to stay on.

Education Finance Partners has agreed to pay $2.5 million to resolve an investigation of its practices by the New York attorney general.

Respondents who knew the most about what?s going on were likely to be viewers of programs like Jon Stewart?s ?The Daily Show.?

YouTube will become an easy way to view content from Al Jazeera English, the English-language version of the TV news station.

At least five international energy companies submitted bids for a giant sour gas project in the United Arab Emirates.

The producers of ?Talk Radio,? the Broadway play are using the Don Imus controvery to sell more tickets.

What is the Internet?s most blogged in language? English and Japanese have leapfrogged each other in the last couple of years.

Embattled World Bank head Paul Wolfowitz still faces calls to quit despite a defiant vow to stay.

The nation?s largest education lender agreed to be sold to JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America and two private equity firms.

The yen hits a record low against the euro after the currency's weakness was not singled out by G7 ministers.

Bid target ABN Amro releases its first-quarter results 10 days early, posting a 31% rise in profits.

Reuters - The buyout groups bidding for U.S. radio operator Clear Channel Communications Inc. have suggested sweetening their offer by allowing shareholders to co-invest in the firm, as a key vote on the deal approaches, a source close to the situation said on Sunday.

Reuters - Sallie Mae, the largest U.S. student loan company, has agreed to be bought by two private-investment funds along with JPMorgan Chase & Co and Bank of America Corp. for $25 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Monday.

Reuters - ABN AMRO, which has been in merger talks with Barclays for nearly a month, reported double-digit earnings gains on Monday as a rival consortium of bidders expressed interest in the bank.

UK companies generate more than a third of the profits made by Europe's 750 top firms, the government says.

Reuters - Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan was quoted as having played down his earlier concern about a possible U.S. recession, saying the world economy would provide a cushion, Bloomberg reported on Monday.

Adobe unveils a version of Flash which allows control of video use, as Microsoft launches a competitor.

UK factory gate prices rise sharply, prompting analysts to predict interest rates may go up again to contain inflation.

Reuters - Citigroup Inc. , the largest U.S. bank, said on Monday that first-quarter profit fell, hurt by a restructuring charge largely for the elimination of 17,000 jobs.

Reuters - Wachovia Corp. , the fourth-largest U.S. bank, on Monday said first-quarter profit rose, helped by growth in lending income and the acquisition of Golden West Financial Corp.

Reuters - Diversified manufacturer Eaton Corp. on Monday posted a higher first-quarter profit on stronger-than-expected demand in all its businesses and raised its full-year profit outlook.

Reuters - U.S. stock futures pointed to a higher opening on Wall Street on Monday, as sentiment was upbeat after a positive start to the U.S. earnings season and ahead of Citigroup's results and retail sales data.

Reuters - Eli Lilly and Co. reported lower first-quarter profit on Monday as special charges offset higher sales of the company's array of prescription medicines.

AFP - The run of good news for the German economy, the biggest in Europe, looks set to continue for some time yet, with Bundesbank President Axel Weber arguing on Monday that current growth marks only the beginning of a longer upturn.

Profits at Philips jump fivefold for the first three months of the year, buoyed by the sale of microchip assets in Taiwan

Company advertising budgets rise to their strongest levels in three years, buoyed by increasing profits, a report says.

Reuters - Citigroup Inc. said on Monday that first-quarter profit fell 11 percent, hurt by a charge to eliminate 17,000 jobs and slash costs.

Reuters - Retail sales rose slightly more-than-expected in March and far more than earlier reported in February while manufacturing in the New York region was weaker than expected after hitting a two-month low, reports out on Monday showed.

Reuters - Wachovia Corp. , the fourth-largest U.S. bank, on Monday said first-quarter profit rose 33 percent, as commercial lending growth and the acquisition of Golden West Financial Corp. helped offset thinner margins and higher credit losses.

Reuters - Eaton Corp. on Monday posted a better-than-expected first-quarter profit on strong demand in all its businesses, and the diversified manufacturer raised its full-year profit outlook.

FT.com - London equities made firm gains in opening trade on Monday with the banking sector in focus on consolidation hopes.

AFP - US consumers appeared to regain some of their legendary appetite for shopping last month as retail sales spiked by a more-than-expected 0.7 percent, the government reported Monday.

The nation?s largest education lender will be sold to JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America and two private equity firms.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is hosting a South American energy summit in Margarita.

The Department of Trade and Industry could be heading for a restructuring, the trade secretary hints.

Reuters - Citigroup Inc. said on Monday that first-quarter profit fell 11 percent, hurt by a restructuring charge, yet results topped forecasts on a surge in trading gains.

Reuters - U.S. stocks rose on Monday, as investors snapped up financial shares after unexpectedly strong results from Citigroup and news of a $25 billion buyout of student loan company Sallie Mae.

Reuters - Retail sales rose slightly more than expected in March but February sales were much higher than first estimated, pointing to continued strength in consumer demand as the manufacturing sector still falters.

Reuters - A recent poll conducted by a critic of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. showed that more consumers had a favorable view of the world's largest retailer than a year ago.

Russia's largest oil pipeline firms are to merge, a move seen as further boosting state control over energy assets.

Sallie Mae, the largest provider of student loans in the US, confirms it will be bought by an investment group for $25bn.

Reuters - U.S. stocks advanced on Monday as Citigroup Inc.'s strong results and a $25 billion buyout of student loan company Sallie Mae boosted sentiment.

Reuters - Fremont General Corp. said on Monday it agreed to sell about $2.9 billion of subprime mortgages and entered into exclusive talks to sell its residential lending business to the same unnamed party, and its share rose sharply.

AP - Retail sales rose in March at the fastest clip in three months as warmer weather and an early Easter put consumers in a buying mood.

AP - U.S. Treasury bond prices rose Monday morning, with hefty gains in the long end of the curve, as investors shrugged off a stronger-than-expected March retail sales report.

Zimbabwe delays releasing inflation data amid claims the government is reluctant to admit the scale of price rises.

Reuters - Sallie Mae, a student loan company under fire from regulators and lawmakers, said on Monday it had accepted a $25 billion takeover bid from two private equity funds, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Bank of America Corp.

Reuters - Citigroup Inc. and Wachovia Corp. , the first major U.S. banks to report quarterly results, posted higher-than-expected profits on Monday, helped by keeping operating costs down.

Reuters - U.S. stocks rallied on Monday, helped by Citigroup Inc.'s strong financial results and a $25 billion buyout deal of student loan company Sallie Mae.

Reuters - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's office expanded a sweeping investigation into the student loan industry with subpoenas and information requests to 13 more lenders, including some of the largest U.S. banks.

Reuters - Mexican telecoms firms America Movil and Telmex said on Monday they are weighing their options after partner AT&T pulled out of talks to buy a stake in Olimpia, which controls Italy's Telecom Italia .

JWT has worked for Kraft for eight decades and created two popular commercial jingles for Oscar Mayer.

AT&T, the US telecoms giant, abandons plans to buy a majority stake in the firm that owns Telecom Italia.

Venezuela's opposition to ethanol production in the region dominates a summit of eight Latin American nations.

Reuters - New Century Financial Corp. , the largest U.S. subprime lender under bankruptcy protection, said on Monday Massachusetts' attorney general has demanded documents relating to its lending practices.

Reuters - Citigroup Inc. and Wachovia Corp. , the first major U.S. banks to report quarterly results, posted higher-than-expected profits on Monday, helped by keeping operating costs down.

Reuters - A recent poll conducted by a critic of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. showed that more consumers had a favorable view of the world's largest retailer than a year ago.

AFP - US retailer Wal-Mart Stores has dethroned oil giant ExxonMobil from the top position in the Fortune 500 list of America's biggest companies, the magazine announced Monday.

The pound moves towards the $2 mark, benefiting British tourists but making life more difficult for exporters.

One of the biggest names in the drinks industry is set to address the international whisky industry in Glasgow.

Reuters - Google Inc.'s $3.1 billion purchase of DoubleClick Inc. will create a new powerhouse in digital advertising that could spur a wave of takeovers in the online marketing sector.

Reuters - Sallie Mae, a student loan company under fire from regulators and lawmakers, said on Monday it had accepted a $25 billion takeover bid from two private equity funds, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Bank of America Corp.

Reuters - A federal jury ruled against Allstate Corp. in a "wind versus water" case that awarded a New Orleans area man more than $2.8 million for damage to his home from 2005's Hurricane Katrina.

Despite the decline, Citigroup showed progress in its expense management and strength in investment banking, and its shares rose 2.6 percent.

Reuters - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson urged European aid ministers in a weekend meeting to hold off on judging World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz until after the bank's 24-nation board decides on his future, European sources said on Monday.

Investor's Business Daily - Individual investors tend to overestimate how much impact they have on the stock market.

Some hedge fund managers have discovered a way to avoid paying taxes on their huge fees for up to 10 years.

Many immigrant workers who rode the construction boom now find jobs on building sites few and far between.

The $25 billion buyout has the potential to not only transform Sallie Mae but shake up the entire lending industry.

The prospect of a bidding war for ABN Amro is making it difficult for the bank to seal a merger deal with its preferred partner, Barclays.

A series of setbacks at the pharmaceutical giant pose the greatest challenge to its previously charmed 27-year history.

Pressure is building to sort out the myriad production problems preventing cellulosic ethanol from becoming a reality.

The biggest threat to the health of business travelers isn?t crime, terrorism or even bad food. It?s traffic accidents.

AT&T is said to have been dissuaded by the intense political pressure in Italy against a sale to a foreign company.