Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) will raise prices of hybrid cars and commercial vehicles by 1-3 percent in Japan as early as this year amid soaring raw material costs, the Nikkei business daily reported on Monday.

Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) is considering exporting U.S.-made vehicles as it sees potential demand for its large pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles overseas, the automaker's U.S. manufacturing chief said on Monday.

Reuters - Stocks rallied on Monday as oil prices fell below $114 per barrel for the first time in more than three months, improving the outlook for consumer and business spending, and Amazon.com's shares jumped after a broker said a key product appeared to be selling well.

Reuters - The long-awaited authorized biography of billionaire investor Warren Buffett, the first written with his cooperation, is scheduled for release on September 29, the publisher said on Monday.

Reuters - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's office, which is investigating Wall Street's sales practices in auction-rate securities, told JPMorgan Chase & Co , Morgan Stanley and Wachovia Corp on Monday that it wants to begin settlement talks immediately.

Reuters - Waste Management Inc , the largest U.S. trash hauler, raised its unsolicited takeover bid for rival Republic Services Inc by about 9 percent to $6.7 billion on Monday to try to thwart Republic's agreement to acquire Allied Waste Industries Inc .

AFP - US stocks ended in a rally Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rocketing 302 points, as world oil prices dived, soothing fears that fresh inflationary pressures could singe an already ailing economy.

Reuters - GATX Corp is offering more than $3 billion for General Electric Co's rail car leasing business, a source familiar with the discussions said.

Reuters - Crude oil rose over a dollar and topped $116 a barrel on Monday, rebounding from the previous session's $5 decline on concern fighting between Russia and Georgia could disrupt energy exports from the Caspian region.

Reuters - In the month since Apple Inc opened the App Store, an online software clearinghouse, users have downloaded more than 60 million programs for the iPhone, Chief Executive Steve Jobs told The Wall Street Journal in an interview.

Reuters - Shares in Dutch TNT NV rose more than 6 percent on Monday after a source said Europe's No.2 mail and logistics company was in talks with U.S. rival United Parcel Service .

AP - The dollar's rebound and oil's tumble breathed some serious optimism into Wall Street last week. But no one knows for sure yet whether the two trends are truly antidotes for what's been ailing the stock market.