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Japan's Nikkei average is likely to tread in a range on Monday after falling for an eighth week to log its worst weekly losing run in 20 years on fears about the euro zone and slowing global growth, while a U.S. holiday may keep trading muted.

"I hope you can come to our annual meeting next year," Buffett, 81, wrote, after enthusing about the press's role in communities.

File photo of a Goldman Sachs sign is seen on at the company's post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange LONDON - Goldman Sachs is considering selling off Swedish oil group Svenska Petroleum Exploration in chunks, the Independent on Sunday reported.

A: They're meant to reflect unusual costs that a company bears . The charges are often added back to company earnings, ostensibly to more accurately reflect the company's operating performance.

The small and mid-sized firms that historically have been the mainstay of Chicago's private-equity industry were squeezed in recent years, as opportunities to raise funds dried up.

From left: Terry Kroeger, CEO of Omaha World-Herald Co.; Doug Hiemstra, COO; Scott Searl, general counsel; and Duane Polodna, CFO, spoke to staff members of the Richmond Times-Dispatch on May 17.

's stock had its "outperform" rating reiterated by Zacks in a research note issued to investors on Friday.

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Nasdaq's technical glitches marred Facebook's market debut and cost some investors millions of dollars.

Japan's securities regulator will seek a fine against a fund management arm of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings for insider trading for the second time and believes an employee of broker Nomura Holdings was again the source of the leak, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said.

Merrill Lynch's battle to void a $10 million arbitration ruling suffered a setback this week after a new court filing raised questions about its claims that a panel member had not disclosed her potential conflicts.

's stock had its "underperform" rating restated by Zacks in a research report issued to clients and investors on Friday.

US prosecutors have used FBI wiretaps, email and phone record to show how India-born US businessman Rajat Gupta allegedly indulged in insider trading to give billionaire hedge fund investor Raj Rajaratnam information to move the markets.

A private detective working for Rupert Murdoch's British newspapers used a legally questionable tactic to obtain a hotel bill that a New York financier ran up at one of London's swankest hotels, records reviewed by Reuters show.

A new study confirms that long-acting forms of contraception such as intrauterine devices and implants are better than birth control pills and patches at preventing pregnancies, giving doctors new ammunition to recommend these methods.

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Struggling designers will get a chance to show work inspired by the creativity and history of South Africa's most famous township in Soweto's first fashion week opening Thursday.

Tiffany & Co. says that its profit for the first quarter was essentially the same as a year ago as it saw slowing demand in the U.S. for its jewelry.

Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, holds a newspaper as he participates in a newspaper throwing competition prior to the May 5 Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting in Omaha, Neb.

JPMorgan shareholder meeting draws protesters:JPMorgan Chase, the nation's largest bank, held its annual shareholder meeting in Tampa on May 15, just days after it disclosed its $2 billion trading blunder.