Reuters - The United States probably wants to leave open the option of dollar-buying intervention as a tool to temper inflation, since it could be hard to raise interest rates as the economy slows, Japan's former currency tsar said on Tuesday.

Reuters - Internet media firm Yahoo Inc said on Tuesday that its mobile search service will be offered by six more telecom companies in Asia.

Reuters - Societe Generale and wealth management company Rockefeller Financial Services Inc announced a global alliance on Tuesday in the private banking sector.

Reuters - Record-high crude oil costs sent wholesale inflation soaring in May, but a key gauge of underlying price pressures likely moved ahead at a slower pace than the month before, according to a Reuters poll.

Reuters - Japan's Nikkei stock average rose 1.2 percent on Monday, as exporters such as Kyocera Corp (6971.T) rose on a weaker yen and after U.S. data eased concerns on Wall Street about inflation and a near-term rise in interest rates.

Reuters - Investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc posted a quarterly loss of $2.8 billion on Monday, matching its forecast, after recording massive trading and hedging losses.

Reuters - Sirius Satellite Radio Inc's planned acquisition of rival XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc on Monday moved closer to consummation after a key U.S. regulator expressed support for the 16-month-old deal, driving up both companies' shares.

Reuters - Policy- makers around the globe declared soaring inflation a top threat on Monday, with pressure rising for central bank interest rate increases amid protests against higher costs of living.

Reuters - American International Group Inc Chairman Robert Willumstad said one of the first things he did after being named chief executive was to reach out to former CEO Maurice (Hank) Greenberg, a large AIG shareholder who has had an acrimonious relationship with the insurer since leaving three years ago.

Reuters - The Dow briefly turned positive on Monday and the Nasdaq rose more than 1 percent as oil prices reversed an earlier climb, providing investors with some comfort following data that revived concerns about the economy.

AFP - European equity prices dropped on Friday as oil and mining majors lost ground, but losses were limited by gains to banking share prices, traders said.

Reuters - Honda Motor Co (7267.T) kicked off production on Monday of its newest fuel-cell car, as the automaker gears up for the battle to dominate the market for next-generation vehicles.

Reuters - Japanese police have arrested four men on suspicion of defrauding U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers by using fake documents carrying trading firm Marubeni Corp's (8002.T) letterhead, a police spokesman said.

Reuters - Starbucks Corp is planning a more aggressive expansion into overseas markets to compensate for weakness in the United States, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz said in a newspaper interview on Monday.