AP - China vowed Sunday to remain alert to any renewed signs of economic crisis and forcefully defended its currency, trade and more assertive foreign policies as helping global rebalancing, not undermining it.

AP - A memo drafted for a congressional panel says that investigators with Toyota Motor Corp. and the federal government were unable to make a Prius speed out of control as its owner said it did on a California freeway, casting doubt on the driver's story.

AP - China's premier promised Sunday to increase imports to promote trade and appealed to other nations to oppose what he said was rising global protectionism.

AP - China's premier expressed concern about the U.S. dollar and called on Washington on Sunday to take "concrete steps" to reassure Beijing about the safety of its huge Treasury bond holdings.

AP - China's premier rejected foreign pressure over its exchange rate controls and said Sunday the Chinese currency will be kept "basically stable."

Disappointing revenue forecast has gunmaker nostalgic for the depths of the recession.

A bearish view that says consumer debt is going to shrink massively over the next few years.

Miner draws upgrade from Deutsche Bank. UBS likes Netflix for market share gains.

More optimistic earnings forecast gives shares a boost.

Equity portfolio manager trades higher after raising dividend.

Sun Microsystems Inc. (JAVA) says it will cut up to 6,000 of its workers, or 18 percent of its global staff. Sun also says its software chief, Rich Green, has resigned. The job cuts will include between 5,000 and 6,000 employees over the next year and will save the company $700 million to $800 million annually....

Citigroup Inc (C) is cutting at least 10,000 jobs in its investment bank and other divisions throughout the world. Citigroup announced last month it cut 11,000 jobs in the third quarter, bringing the total number of job cuts in 2008 to 23,000....

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (ANF) said Friday the pullback in consumer spending drove its third-quarter profit down 46% and offered fourth-quarter guidance below expectations. ANF's profit slid to $63.9 million, or 72 cents per share, from $117.6 million, or $1.29 per share, last year. Revenue fell 8 percent to $896.3 million from $973.9 million a year ago. Analystsexpected profit of 71 cents per share on revenue of $909 million....

One thing that has most certainly surprised me during the Money Show in DC was the fact that there are still were so many visitors, despite the fact that the world is supposedly crumbling around us as we speak. The talk of the Great Depression and Armageddon hasn't really disappeared after the election as one might have hoped, and the only thing that seems to be changing daily is the finger pointing part- one day it's the Wall Street, the...

Once again, the S&P 500 tested its October 10th intra-day low, but this time the index broke it. Today's intra-day low was 820.13, which is 19.67 points below the low from October 10th. The Dow, however, still held above its...