Reuters - U.S. retail sales excluding cars jumped in June and posted their biggest one-month rise in seven months, as consumers spent some of their government rebate checks, a private report released on Monday showed.

Reuters - Microsoft Corp and billionaire investor Carl Icahn's joint proposal for Yahoo Inc , which was rejected on Saturday, included $2.3 billion in guaranteed annual revenue from search advertising for five years, people familiar with the matter said on Sunday.

Reuters - U.S. brewer Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc accepted a sweetened $52 billion takeover bid from Belgium-based InBev NV to create the world's largest beer maker.

Reuters - A U.S government plan to shore up mortgage finance firms Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac helped calm markets on Monday but did little to allay fears about the health of the U.S. financial system.

Reuters - The bears have Wall Street cornered and they just won't let go.

Reuters - U.S. brewer Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc moved closer to a potential friendly, $50 billion takeover by Belgium-based InBev NV , sources familiar with the situation said on Sunday.

Reuters - Canada's Bombardier (BBDb.TO) looked set on Saturday to announce the long-awaited launch of its CSeries airliner in a bid to end a transatlantic duopoly held by Boeing and Europe's Airbus .

Reuters - Aircraft maker Airbus expects to announce new orders at the Farnborough air show next week, its Director-General Fabrice Bregier said in an interview published on Saturday.

Reuters - Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama said on Saturday he was confident "prudent steps" by the U.S. government would stabilize mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac but that it was necessary to see how the situation developed before deciding on what steps to take.

Reuters - U.S. banking regulators swooped in to seize mortgage lender IndyMac Bancorp Inc on Friday after withdrawals by panicked depositors led to the third-largest banking failure in U.S. history.

Reuters - Yahoo Inc on Saturday rejected a proposal to sell its search business to Microsoft Corp and hand over the remainder of the company to activist investor Carl Icahn.

Reuters - Swiss bank Credit Suisse will not withdraw from investment banking despite the losses caused by the credit crisis, the bank's chairman said in an interview published on Saturday.