The proposal, to be unveiled on Monday, expands on shareholder provisions and hews in many ways to a proposal advanced by the White House, said people briefed on the legislation.

Premier Wen Jiabao rejected foreign pressure over China?s exchange rate controls and said Sunday the Chinese currency will be kept ?basically stable.?

AP - China's premier rejected foreign pressure over its exchange rate controls and said Sunday the Chinese currency will be kept 'basically stable.'

AP - China's premier expressed concern about the U.S. dollar and called on Washington on Sunday to take 'concrete steps' to reassure Beijing about the safety of its huge Treasury bond holdings.

AP - China's premier promised Sunday to increase imports to promote trade and appealed to other nations to oppose what he said was rising global protectionism.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao rejects criticism that Beijing keeps the yuan undervalued in order to boost exports.

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A new bill to tighten regulation of US banks is due to be unveiled, but it may struggle to get backing in the Senate.

Transport Secretary Lord Adonis attacks the planned strike by British Airways cabin crew staff, calling it 'totally unjustified'.

Market abuse in the UK's financial services sector is 'unacceptably high', says the head of the City watchdog.

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Premier Wen Jiabao charged that the developed world seeks to force unfair changes in China?s economic policies ?just for the purposes of increasing their own exports.?

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AP - Federal Reserve policymakers may signal at their meeting this week how and when the improving economy will lead them to start raising record-low interest rates.

AP - Leading offshore producer China National Offshore Oil Corp. said Sunday it has agreed to pay $3.1 billion to form a joint-venture with a major Argentine energy firm, helping to expand China's access to natural resources in South America.

AP - For millions of Chinese, the USA pavilion's show at the Shanghai World Expo will be the closest they'll ever come to an experience of America. What they'll get — apart from long waits — is a warm welcome and a dose of Hollywood-style entertainment.

Chinese authorities warned major partners of Google?s China-based search engine that they must comply with censorship laws even if Google does not, an industry expert with knowledge of the notice said.

AP - Paul Goulet hopes Connecticut will help him get from under nearly $8,000 he's borrowed for college after losing his job in a paper manufacturing plant.

AP - This sprawling metropolis is built atop one of the richest oil basins in the world. Wells dot the city landscape, some hidden behind hollow building facades much like a Hollywood movie set, or, in the case of Beverly Hills High School, encased in a tower painted with flowers.

Premier Wen Jiabao charged that the developed world seeks to force unfair changes in China?s economic policies ?just for the purposes of increasing their own exports.?

AP - The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority broke with its customary privacy by issuing its first yearly statement Monday, marking one of the biggest steps yet by the world's largest sovereign wealth fund to increase transparency.

AFP - OPEC is widely expected to maintain its official oil production quota when it meets this week, with the cartel satisfied with the current level of crude prices, analysts said.

Senate Democrats will press forward on legislation to overhaul the nation?s financial system after months of stop-and-start bipartisan talks.

Evidence is mounting that Beijing uses inconsistencies in international trade rules to spur its own economy at the expense of others.

Ruptures in aging water systems cause pollutants to seep into water supplies, but in many cities, residents have protested rate increases to fix pipes.

Giving people more choices in revealing their locations with their cell phones is being popularized by the Foursquare service.

Phillips-Van Heusen, the big clothing conglomerate that owns Calvin Klein, is near a deal to buy Tommy Hilfiger for about 2.2 billion euros in cash and stock, people briefed on the matter told DealBook on Sunday night.

German publishers are worrying that Apple?s desire to limit offensive material on its iPhone applications is spilling over into censorship, particularly when it comes to nudity.

The International Amateur Scanning League has taken it upon itself to copy as much federal video as it can and put it online.

Eight days before the film is shown on PBS, it will appear on Facebook for a social experience of the film.

Finance ministers from the 16 euro zone countries are expected to strike a delicate balance by clarifying how a bailout could be structured while not making a rescue inevitable.

Internet companies and civil liberties groups contend the powers it would give the British authorities would be a move toward censorship.

A traditionally passive form of entertainment could someday become a conglomeration of professional production and multiple conversations.

Officials at A.I.G. are hoping to quell a controversy over bonuses that has plagued the insurer ever since taxpayers came to its aid in 2008.

Ruptures in aging water systems cause pollutants to seep into water supplies, but in many cities, residents have protested rate increases to fix pipes.

Discovery Communications is well positioned in cable TV, analysts say, because it owns most of its shows and can cheaply replay them in dozens of countries.

Waning ad revenue and increasing competition on the Web raise the question if entertainment trade papers like Variety and The Hollywood Reporter can survive.

Phillips-Van Heusen, the clothing conglomerate that owns Calvin Klein, is near a deal to buy Tommy Hilfiger for about $3 billion.

Some of the harshest words in the court examiner?s report on Lehman?s foundering are reserved for its auditors.

An ad campaign will turn the Vanguard brand name into a verb, the better to help potential customers remember the company?s investment products.

Advertising takes aim at about 40 House Democrats who will help determine the fate of the health care bill.

Scion, a Toyota brand, underwrote a metal festival in Columbus, Ohio.

Consumers filed 42 percent more complaints about banks last year than they did in 2008, according to the Council of Better Business Bureaus.

Reuters - Officials from eight nations including the United States began talks on a transpacific trade deal on Monday in a move Australia said could add momentum to stalled World Trade Organization talks.