Italian and Spanish bond yields rose Monday, which is a further sign of increasing stress in the European Union.
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French bond yields also rose Monday, after the first round of France's elections Sunday reinforced expectations that Socialist candidate Francois Hollande will unseat President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Officials will decide whether evacuations are needed in Butte La Rose on Monday.
As for BofA's Brian Moynihan, his appearance on the Charlie Rose show Monday suggested he might eventually grow into a bigger role.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) Asian stock markets mostly rose on Monday as investors awaited the European Central Bank's interest rate decision later this week after disappointing U.S. growth data.
The dollar rose on Monday after Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said it would not be replaced as the world's reserve currency in the near future and China's vice foreign minister Ha Yafei has assured the US that "nobody is talking about dumping the US dollar".
Already, Black Friday spending rose 7% over 2010, and Cyber Monday sales rose 22%.
The region started trading after gains on Wall Street, where the Dow Jones Industrial Average on Monday rose for the seventh consecutive session to close at a fresh record high.
Prices fell Monday, rose Tuesday and Wednesday, then slipped again Thursday, with most analysts now describing a period of apparent consolidation.
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Turning to the H7N9 bird flu virus, the death toll rose to seven on Monday with the death of a 64-year-old man in Shanghai, Beijing Times reports.
U.S. stocks rose in morning trading Monday, after a weekend deal to keep Cyprus afloat, but an hour into the session things took a turn for the worse.
There was a fairly well-subscribed Italian debt auction Monday, but bond yields in Portugal rose to Euro era highs of around 16% Monday.
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The shares of several health insurers rose sharply in extended trading Monday following the CMS announcement.
Shares of Nintendo rose more than two percent Monday while Sony jumped more than five percent.
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On Monday, shares rose slightly as the stockmarket digested the news that some in the Kremlin were questioning the behaviour of state prosecutors.
The number of firms going bust in the south west of England, an area badly hit by the epidemic and where the local economy is particularly reliant on tourism, rose by 46%, Monday's report showed.
Dahlman Rose analyst Helane Becker on Monday said she reduced fourth quarter estimates by an average of 41% and full-year estimates by an average of 7% for the five airlines most impacted by the storm, which canceled more than 15, 000 flights, In a weekly report, Becker said JetBlue and Spirit were most heavily impacted.
The Commerce Department said Monday that consumer spending rose 0.2 percent in March from February.
German auto-giant Volkswagen reported on Monday that its sales rose 11% last year.
He was among dozens of golfers who routinely rose in the early hours of Monday morning for the telecast, only to watch a horror show.
When it reopened on Monday, output duly rose compared with Saturday, the last working day before the change, and continued to rise for the next couple of days.
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Reuters reported Friday that Visi is on the block and that the Bakries are seeking a hefty premium over the stock price, which promptly rose 9% to IDR610 in Monday trading.
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In Mumbai, Tata Consultancy shares rose over 2 percent on the earnings Monday.
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European stocks rose to a four-month high Monday as European Central Bank President Mario Draghi meets with U.S Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in Frankfurt today.
On Monday, Evergreen Solar shares rose 6 cents, to 61 cents.
Trading started on a good note early Tuesday, with a positive lead from Wall Street, which rose for its seventh consecutive session on Monday, rising to a fresh record high.
Data Monday showed prices of primary articles rose 7.6% from a year earlier, slower than the previous month's 9.7% increase.
On Monday the toll from the flooding rose again to 20, after the body of a man was found in the Lockyer Valley area and a flood-related death was confirmed in Ipswich.
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