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• Wall Street dips after China rate hike, volume thin (Reuters)
• China vows lending control to tame inflation (Reuters)
• H&R Block says HSBC terminates tax-refund loan funding pact (Reuters)
• Global stocks dip, oil down after China rate rise (Reuters)
• Snowstorm chills end of holiday shopping season (Reuters)
• Summary Box: Stocks mixed before Christmas holiday (AP)
• Egypt GDP growth seen 5.8-6.0 percent in fiscal 2010/11 (Reuters)
• Russian tycoon Khodorkovsky again found guilty (AP)
• 50 Ways to Improve Your Finances in 2011 (U.S. News & World Report)
• BSE Sensex falls; metals, telecoms lead losses (Reuters)
• Retailers roll out sales as snow hits East Coast (AP)
• GE Capital sells $2B Mexican mortgage portfolio (AP)
• Iraq oil production tops 2.6m barrels a day (AFP)
• Tesla Motors lock-up period ends, share price down (Reuters)

Wall Street dips after China rate hike, volume thin (Reuters) Posted: 27 Dec 2010 07:33 AM PST Reuters - U.S. stocks slipped on Monday as a surprise interest rate hike from China's central bank over the weekend prompted investors, worried about demand, to sell equities.

China vows lending control to tame inflation (Reuters) Posted: 27 Dec 2010 03:33 AM PST Reuters - China's central bank took aim at inflation once again on Monday by saying it will control lending and money growth in the world's second-biggest economy to head off price pressures and asset bubbles.

H&R Block says HSBC terminates tax-refund loan funding pact (Reuters) Posted: 27 Dec 2010 07:30 AM PST Reuters - H&R Block Inc has said HSBC Holdings Plc will not provide funding for the no.1 U.S. tax preparer's refund-anticipation loans, or RALs, after U.S. regulators ordered the lender to terminate the contract.

Global stocks dip, oil down after China rate rise (Reuters) Posted: 27 Dec 2010 08:56 AM PST Reuters - China's Christmas Day interest rate rise and a severe blizzard that blanketed the northeastern United States left U.S. share prices weak and the U.S. dollar lower in thin markets on Monday.

Snowstorm chills end of holiday shopping season (Reuters) Posted: 27 Dec 2010 08:24 AM PST Reuters - A major snowstorm on the East Coast kept many people away from malls just after Christmas, casting a pall on the final act of the holiday shopping season.

Summary Box: Stocks mixed before Christmas holiday (AP) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 02:21 PM PST AP - SLUGGISH: The Commerce Department reported that consumer spending rose 0.4 percent in November, slightly below expectations. The Labor Department said the number of people applying for unemployment insurance dropped by 3,000 last week to 420,000.

Egypt GDP growth seen 5.8-6.0 percent in fiscal 2010/11 (Reuters) Posted: 25 Dec 2010 01:55 PM PST Reuters - Egypt's gross domestic product is expected to grow by about 5.8 to 6.0 percent in the fiscal year to end-June 2011, the ruling National Democratic Party said in a statement on Saturday.

Russian tycoon Khodorkovsky again found guilty (AP) Posted: 27 Dec 2010 07:15 AM PST AP - Mikhail Khodorkovsky was convicted Monday of stealing oil from his own company and laundering the proceeds, a verdict likely to keep the oil tycoon who once challenged the power of Vladimir Putin behind bars for several more years.

50 Ways to Improve Your Finances in 2011 (U.S. News & World Report) Posted: 27 Dec 2010 06:15 AM PST U.S. News & World Report - Whether you want to ramp up your earning power, finally start a retirement savings account, or just stop feeling like you're wasting money, now is the time to put together your New Year's resolutions. We've pulled together 50 ways you can improve your financial life in 2011, based on the latest economic research and interviews with financial experts. These ideas, which focus on spending, saving, and earning, give you the tools for a complete financial makeover.

BSE Sensex falls; metals, telecoms lead losses (Reuters) Posted: 27 Dec 2010 04:09 AM PST Reuters - BSE Sensex closed 0.2 percent lower on Monday as investors locked in some gains, riding on an early rise in a market that had hit a six-week closing high last week, with little direction coming from world markets ahead

Retailers roll out sales as snow hits East Coast (AP) Posted: 26 Dec 2010 06:26 PM PST AP - An East Coast snowstorm put a damper on after-Christmas shopping Sunday. But shoppers across the rest of the country searched clearance racks and spent gift cards in the afterglow of the best holiday season for retailers since 2007.

GE Capital sells $2B Mexican mortgage portfolio (AP) Posted: 24 Dec 2010 01:04 PM PST AP - GE Capital will sell its $2 billion Mexican consumer mortgage portfolio to Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico, in the latest sale of real estate assets for a business that was stung badly during the recession.

Iraq oil production tops 2.6m barrels a day (AFP) Posted: 27 Dec 2010 08:31 AM PST AFP - Iraq's oil output has risen to more than 2.6 million barrels a day, its highest level for two decades, Oil Minister Abdulkarim al-Luaybi said Monday after a ceremony to mark his official takeover of the ministry.

Tesla Motors lock-up period ends, share price down (Reuters) Posted: 27 Dec 2010 08:44 AM PST Reuters - Shares of Tesla Motors fell about 13 percent on Monday, the day the electric carmaker's "lock-up period" expired, flooding the stock market with shares.

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