Mexico's President Felipe Calderon says he will propose a free trade agreement with Brazil, during a trip to the country.

With advertising still showing few signs of rebounding from its slump, publishers are considering whether to imitate FT.com by erecting so-called pay walls.

A Chinese provincial government halted the privatization of a state-owned steel mill where thousands of workers protested last week and took an official hostage.

Some countries have sharply reduced so-called termination fees for cellphones. Now Britain is considering deep reductions.

Conservationists are turning their attention toward the sea as development pressures mean less land contiguously available for protection.

Japan's economy is expected to show growth for the second quarter, meaning it could be emerging from recession.

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Reuters - German carmakers Porsche (PSHG_p.DE) and Volkswagen might merge in 2010 already instead of 2011 as currently planned, German newspaper Die Welt reported, citing VW's finance chief.

North Korean state media reported that the country?s leader met the head of South Korea?s Hyundai Group, days after the release of a Hyundai worker.

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Drinks giant Diageo says it will take legal action against supermarket chain Sainsbury's, after alleging it broke copyright rules regarding Pimm's.

Reuters - U.S. stocks could extend last week's retreat after a four-week advance as the earnings season winds down and investors search for signs that consumer spending will help sustain an economic recovery.

Japan?s gross domestic product grew at an annualized pace of 3.7 percent in the second quarter, the government said Monday.

The Fox Business Network may be taking a page from its sibling, Fox News: hire radio personalities.

Workers opposed the sale of the government-owned Linzhou Iron and Steel Company to a private company.

While its Silicon Valley neighbors have closed, Tessera Technologies is gambling on micro-devices like cameras and cooling equipment.

A version of ?Next to Normal? was published in tweets, each just a line or two from a character in the musical.

So-called mobile termination charges were set up in Europe in the late 1980s as a way to support fledgling operators like Vodafone, T-Mobile, Orange and O2.

A proposal from the Fairfield Greenwich Group to refund the losses of nearly a dozen investors has been turned down by the state.

The low-budget alien movie ?District 9? was No. 1 at the weekend box office with an estimated $37 million in ticket sales.

Japan follows Germany, France and Hong Kong out of recession by recording growth in the second quarter.

Swoopo.com sells a variety of products in auctions that typically top out at a small fraction of the retail price, but charges a fee for each bid.

A modest 0.9 percent expansion in Japan?s economy, which met expectations, may come to mark the country?s emergence from recession.

With few signs that advertising is rebounding, other publishers are moving to imitate The Financial Times by erecting so-called pay walls for online content.

The Fox Business Network may be taking a page from its sibling, Fox News: hire radio personalities.

Old Spice is pushing the notion ?Residue Is Evil,? with bizarre ads to persuade men to use its new Ever Clear deodorant line.

When buying products whose selling point is richness or weight, consumers like to see the product image at the bottom or the right of the packaging, according to a study to be published in December in The Journal of Marketing.

Rick Outzen wrote a 277-word blog post that raised new questions in the case of Byrd and Melanie Billings, parents of 13 adopted children, who were killed July 9.

In the most difficult market in decades, a bewildering and largely unregulated array of businesses offering assistance have left job seekers vulnerable.

The company said Sunday that it had reached an agreement on new contract terms with a union covering about 8,900 employees.

Morefar Back O?Beyond was long said to be a playground for executives and clients of the insurance giant. Since the insurer?s bailout, however, that connection irks local golfers.

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Its 300 producers in New York are backed by hundreds of freelancers and programmers across the globe who churn out copy and edit photos.

Reuters - U.S. banking regulators have asked prospective buyers of struggling Texas bank Guaranty Financial Group to submit bids by Monday, the Financial Times reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

Reuters - Japan's economy grew 0.9 percent in the three months to June, marking the first expansion in five quarters on the back of exports and government stimulus spending, but analysts say it will be a long road to a sustained recovery.

One of the nation?s wealthiest American Indian communities is a major investor in a start-up with the twin goals of making fuel from algae and reducing emissions.

In the most difficult market in decades, a bewildering and largely unregulated array of businesses offering assistance have left job seekers vulnerable.