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Struggling Internet company Yahoo Inc. has secured a lifeline after agreeing to sell half of its prized stake in Chinese e-commerce group Alibaba for about $7.1 billion, with most of the cash going to shareholders.

Facebook's stock is tumbling well below its $38 IPO price in the social network's second day of trading as a public company on Monday.

After a weekend that brought both fresh concerns about Europe and hopeful signs about China, investors decided to focus on the latter.

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A jury has been picked for the insider trading trial of a former board member for Goldman Sachs and Procter & Gamble.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon says the bank is suspending plans to buy back its own stock.

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Lowe's Cos.' first-quarter profit climbed 14 percent as warmer weather helped boost sales earlier in the quarter. But the world's second-biggest home-improvement company lowered its full-year earnings forecast on Monday, saying it's still cautious because of the weak housing market and other economc conditions.

Campbell Soup Co. is still struggling to heat up its lukewarm soup sales, with net income slipping by 5 percent in the latest quarter even as the company spent more on marketing.

Diversified manufacturer Eaton Corp. is buying Irish electrical equipment supplier Cooper Industries PLC in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $11.46 billion.

Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Monday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.85 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.49 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.79 percent at 0842 GMT.

Barely a day went by at the insider-trading trial of multimillionaire hedge-fund founder Raj Rajaratnam a year ago without mention of Rajat Gupta, a boldface name in business and charity circles.

Newly issued shares in Facebook Inc may have a hard time in the coming week if lead underwriter Morgan Stanley stops supporting the stock and managers lower down in the IPO book who were hoping for an early surge decide to get out before going underwater.

(Reuters) - Yahoo Inc said it is to sell up to half of its stake in Internet entrepreneur Jack Ma's Alibaba Group back to the Chinese company for $7.1 billion, and hand most of the sale proceeds to its shareholders.

A European growth pact and deeper political integration in the euro zone could bolster the currency union, but there must be no softening of the bloc's fiscal pact on budget discipline, ECB policymaker Joerg Asmussen said on Monday.

(Reuters) - Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corp said it will buy electrical equipment maker Cooper Industries for $11.8 billion in cash and stock.

JPMorgan Chase & Co Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon said on Monday the bank has suspended its repurchases of its stock but is maintaining its dividend, while working down losing trades in credit derivatives.

(Reuters) - Lowe's Cos Inc , the world's No. 2 home improvement chain, cut its fiscal-year earnings outlook and said demand slowed toward the end of the traditionally strong first quarter, sending its shares down nearly 10 percent.

(Reuters) - Retailers believe there is life left in their brick-and-mortar stores and they're trying new ways of making them more inviting by pampering customers - both the two- and four-legged kinds.

Best Buy Co Inc , the world's largest consumer electronics chain, said it has selected headhunter Spencer Stuart Inc to conduct the search for a new chief executive.

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