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The U.S. Treasury is concerned about the political fallout of allowing overseas investors to buy big stakes in General Motors through the car maker's initial public offering this fall.

A slim lead helped spark a global inquiry that found some of Europe's vaunted banks actively evaded U.S. law in aiding sanctioned countries to move $2 billion undetected.

The investment chief of a big Canadian pension fund said he turned down a request to participate in a Chinese-backed consortium interested in launching a counterbid for Potash Corp.

When EU finance ministers assemble Tuesday in Brussels, an unpleasant reality will be on the agenda: Despite efforts to stabilize the euro zone, yields on the bonds of Europe's wobbliest countries have spent their vacation rising.

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Disney reached a long-term agreement with Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks.

Baidu unveiled a platform that lets users run applications through the company's website, beating Google to the punch. Users of the service can run applications similar to those found on Facebook or Apple's App Store.

Boeing Co. doesn't plan to finance any of the 787 aircraft due for delivery next year, while one of its largest customers said it needs more clarity on the final delivery schedule before it can approach lenders.

The European Union reached a preliminary deal Thursday to set up four new European regulators to strengthen supervision of the region's financial-services industry.

The U.S. board overseeing company auditors has sent a draft bill to Congress to make its enforcement proceedings public.

President Hugo Chavez said Venezuela will pay Casino Guichard-Perrachon et Cie SA $600 million for a majority stake in the French food retailer's Cativen unit.

Burger King agreed to be acquired by New York-based private investment firm 3G Capital Management for about $4 billion, including both equity and debt.

Dell said it will pull out of the bidding war for 3PAR after rival Hewlett-Packard raised its offer for the data-storage company yet again to $33 a share, or roughly $2.1 billion.

Retailers' August same-store sales showed gains, with chains like Costco, Macy's and Nordstrom beating expectations.

Avis increased the cash portion of its offer for Dollar Thrifty as it battles Hertz for the potential buyout.

Sunoco Inc. has appointed former General Motors Co. Chief Executive Frederick "Fritz" Henderson to the head the coking division that plans to separate from its core petroleum business in the first half of 2011.

A deal between Brazil's government and oil company Petrobras has removed some doubts that the company can pull off a share sale that could hit $60 billion.

Russian telecom operator Vimpel Communications said it's in talks to buy Egyptian and Italian telecom assets, as it reported a 52% decline in net profit.

Google and AOL agreed to extend their search partnership for five years and expanded their pact into mobile search and online video.

AIG's application to list its main pan-Asian life insurer contained a record 11 bookrunners, a further sign that the company is determined to raise as much money as possible.