Gertrude P Weinstein

Beats Electronics LLC is buying back half of the 50.1% stake held by HTC Inc. (2498.TW) for US$150 million, according to a statement from HTC.

McDonald's Corp. (MCD) second-quarter earnings fell 4.5% as a stronger U.S. dollar weakened the world's largest fast-food chain's margins, despite stronger-than-expected same-store sales and slightly higher revenue.

Both the three- and one-month indexes of the Chicago Fed's national activity index were less negative in June, the regional bank said Monday.

Williams Cos. said Monday it expects adjusted second-quarter profit of about 21 cents a share, below the Wall Street analyst estimate of 33 cents a share in a survey by FactSet Research. The company cited an "unexpectedly sharp decline in natural-gas liquids margins in May and June." Williams also

Treasury prices rose on Monday, pushing 10-year yields to a record low, as worries about Spanish regional debt forcing the country to ask for a bailout, and rising Spanish and Italian bond yields, sent investors towards relative safe havens including U.S. bonds.

U.S. stock-index futures followed European markets sharply lower on Monday as worries swell that Spain, the eurozone's fourth-biggest economy, may be the latest victim of the regional debt crisis.

Talisman Energy Inc. said Monday it'll sell for $1.5 billion a 49% stake in oil assets in the North Sea of the U.K. to Sinopec .

Total Access Communication, Thailand's second largest mobile phone operator by subscribers, Monday reported a 6.9% decline in its second-quarter net profit mainly due to higher costs, but it is maintaining a high single-digit revenue growth target for 2012 as it continues to add subscribers at a

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