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• Fidelity Nat'l to buy O'Charley's restaurant chain

  Monday, Feb 6, 7:20 am

  A title insurance and mortgage services company that already owns a stake in the Bakers Square restaurant chain is buying the restaurant operator O'Charley's Inc., the companies announced Monday. Read more...
  
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  Wall Street opens lower as Greek talks drag on

  Monday, Feb 6, 7:10 am

  Stocks are edging lower in early trading Monday as talks dragged on between Greek political leaders over a fresh austerity package required for the country to get more bailout loans. Read more...
  
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  Greek coalition partners talks postponed for a day

  Monday, Feb 6, 6:28 am

  Crucial austerity talks set for late Monday between Greece's coalition party leaders are due to be pushed back for a day, the Prime Minister's office said, despite strong pressure from the European Union for a speedy agreement so that the country can avoid a default on its debt. Read more...
  

• FDA question's Amgen drug for prostate cancer

  Monday, Feb 6, 5:45 am

  Scientists for the Food and Drug Administration say an Amgen drug slowed the spread of cancer to the bone in men with hard-to-treat prostate cancer, though the drug failed to extend life and carried significant side effects. Read more...
  

• France, Germany want account for Greek debt funds

  Monday, Feb 6, 5:32 am

  France and Germany called Monday for the creation of a special account to ensure that billions of euros in bailout money for Greece goes directly to paying down debt, just as Greek politicians struggle to agree a fresh austerity plan that is being pushed for by international creditors. Read more...
  

• Mitsubishi to stop making cars in Western Europe

  Monday, Feb 6, 4:38 am

  Mitsubishi Motors Corp. says it will stop building cars at its Netherlands factory _ the company's only plant in Western Europe _ at the end of 2012. Read more...
  
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  Hasbro 4Q net income dips 1 percent

  Monday, Feb 6, 4:35 am

  Hasbro Inc.'s fourth-quarter profit slipped 1 percent, pinched by softer-than-expected demand in the U.S. and Canada and slow sales of games and puzzles. Read more...
  

• Oil below $97 as traders eye Greek debt talks

  Monday, Feb 6, 4:33 am

  Oil prices fell below $97 a barrel Monday on worries that talks on a Greek debt deal needed to avoid a disastrous default are proving difficult to conclude. Read more...
  

• Markets wary as Greek talks drag

  Monday, Feb 6, 4:28 am

  Markets were in a jittery mood on Monday as talks dragged on between Greek political leaders over a fresh austerity package that is required if the debt-ridden country is to get a crucial bailout package. Read more...
  
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  Greece debt level spikes, but Italy's dips

  Monday, Feb 6, 4:22 am

  Debt levels in bailed-out countries Greece, Portugal and Ireland continued to rise in the third quarter of last year, but they fell for Italy and the 17-nation eurozone as a whole, official statistics showed Monday. Read more...
  

• German industrial orders buoyed by global demand

  Monday, Feb 6, 4:21 am

  The German government says strong demand from outside the eurozone helped the country's industrial orders rise a stronger-than-expected 1.7 percent in December. Read more...
  

• Egypt's EFG says chairman banned from travel

  Monday, Feb 6, 1:40 am

  Egypt-based investment bank EFG Hermes says that the prosecutor general has banned its chairman from travel. Read more...
  

• Defense cuts test lawmakers' resolve on deficits

  Monday, Feb 6, 1:01 am

  Lawmakers who came to Washington demanding budget cuts face a tough test now that President Barack Obama and military leaders want to shrink the force, shut down bases and cancel weapons to achieve them. Read more...
  

• IMF warns Europe downturn could cut China growth

  Monday, Feb 6, 12:26 am

  A sharp downturn in Europe could cut China's economic growth rate nearly in half, the International Monetary Fund said Monday, adding to warnings about a possible severe global slowdown this year. Read more...
  

• China bars its airlines from paying EU carbon tax

  Sunday, Feb 5, 9:07 pm

  China announced Monday it will prohibit its airlines from paying European Union charges on carbon emissions, ratcheting up a global dispute over the cost of combatting climate change. Read more...