T-Mobile USA is in talks to distribute Huawei Technologies's new Google-powered smartphone this holiday season. The Ideos phone could be priced under $100 in the U.S.
A key interest rate on short-term loans between banks is at its lowest level in five months, but the decline may be more a sign of bank caution than an all-clear for the financial markets.
Google said the Texas attorney general's office is conducting an antitrust review of the Web giant's core search-engine business, another sign of growing government scrutiny of the company.
South Korea's Samsung Electronics forecsts a double-digit profit margin from its mobile operations in the third quarter.
Canadian miner Goldcorp said it had reached a deal to buy Andean Resources in a deal that values the gold company at around $3.42 billion.
BP said it has spent around $8 billion in response to the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and expects to resume its relief-well drilling shortly.
A closely watched private crop forecaster called the abundance of U.S. grain supplies into question, sending corn to its highest level in 23 months.
China's statistics bureau next year will increase the weight of housing-related items and reduce the weighting of food in its official consumer price index.
The Obama administration on Tuesday will launch its most ambitious effort at reducing mortgage balances for homeowners that owe more than their homes are worth.
The dollar fell against most of its rivals after a better-than-expected U.S. jobs report soothed nerves that had been jangled by worries over the pace of the recovery.