The agreement, which takes effect next January for new PCs in the United States and Canada, displaces a similar one Hewlett-Packard has with Yahoo.

Stocks markets fell on Monday after a trio of Wall Street’s biggest banks were hit with a ratings downgrade, leaving investors worried that additional billion-dollar losses may be in the offing.

After the success of the single currency, the European Central Bank faces a new challenge. How will it make monetary policy with some members mired in a slowdown and others stalked by inflation?

Melvyn I. Weiss, the prominent class-action lawyer, was sentenced to 30 months in prison by a federal district judge in Los Angeles for his role in concealing illegal kickbacks to plaintiffs.

The small clay figure from “Saturday Night Live,” who was dismembered and humiliated in a recurring comedy skit, is the new star of MasterCard’s “Priceless” campaign.

Melvyn I. Weiss, the prominent class-action lawyer, was sentenced to 30 months in prison by a federal district judge in Los Angeles for his role in concealing illegal kickbacks to plaintiffs.

After loudly protesting their dismissal from Dow Chemical a year ago, the two executives have admitted that they took part in unauthorized talks about a potential sale of the company.

The United States lost its final appeal on Monday in a billion-dollar trade dispute with Brazil over subsidies to American cotton growers.

The Treasury secretary defended the dollar’s status as the world’s reserve currency and said on Monday that its recent decline was only a small factor behind a surge in oil prices.

Separately, China Telecom and its parent will buy the code division multiple access, or CDMA, network and accompanying business from China Unicom companies for $15.86 billion.