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• Wall Street gains on euro zone debt hopes (Reuters)
• Franco-German budget plan demands EU treaty change (Reuters)
• November service sector growth slows (Reuters)
• Fed must act now to boost economy, Evans says (Reuters)
• Insight: Bearish views on brokers may not be bearish enough (Reuters)
• Feds filed charges in Mass. in penny stock probe (AP)
• Wine industry succeeds in recession-weary Michigan (AP)
• Toyota to announce earnings forecast on Friday (Reuters)
• Merkel, Sarkozy want new treaty to rescue euro (AP)
• First Person: Will Smart Meters Raise or Lower My Utility Bill? (ContributorNetwork)
• Monti to lawmakers: No alternative to reforms (AP)
• Talbots seeks new CEO as retailer struggles (AP)
• Qatar and UK's Centrica agree to invest in energy (AP)
• Senate may vote this week on new payroll tax plan (Reuters)
• GM declares Opel strategy a failure: paper (Reuters)

Wall Street gains on euro zone debt hopes (Reuters) Posted: 05 Dec 2011 08:46 AM PST Reuters - Stocks jumped at the start of what could be the most important week of the year for Wall Street as hopes grew that European leaders will find a solution to the region's debt crisis at a summit later this week.

Franco-German budget plan demands EU treaty change (Reuters) Posted: 05 Dec 2011 08:52 AM PST Reuters - The leaders of France and Germany agreed a master plan on Monday for imposing budget discipline across the euro zone, saying the EU treaty will need to be changed in the search for a sweeping solution to its debt crisis.

November service sector growth slows (Reuters) Posted: 05 Dec 2011 08:27 AM PST Reuters - The economy showed signs it was decelerating, with an index of service activity pointing to slower growth in November while new orders for factory goods declined in October for the second straight month.

Fed must act now to boost economy, Evans says (Reuters) Posted: 05 Dec 2011 09:11 AM PST Reuters - The Federal Reserve must take immediate action to inject new life into a moribund U.S. recovery, or risk letting the nation settle into a permanently lower growth path, a top Fed official said on Monday.

Insight: Bearish views on brokers may not be bearish enough (Reuters) Posted: 05 Dec 2011 09:24 AM PST Reuters - Investors pessimistic about the prospects of U.S. banks and brokers have some good company: Wall Street chief executives.

Feds filed charges in Mass. in penny stock probe (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2011 05:14 PM PST AP - Federal authorities suspended trading by seven firms and filed criminal charges Thursday against corporate executives, lawyers and stock promoters who allegedly used fraud to spur investments in small companies known as penny stocks.

Wine industry succeeds in recession-weary Michigan (AP) Posted: 05 Dec 2011 12:03 AM PST AP - A state thirsting for good economic news is toasting the success of an up-and-coming industry: winemaking.

Toyota to announce earnings forecast on Friday (Reuters) Posted: 05 Dec 2011 05:42 AM PST Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) will announce an earnings forecast on Friday for the financial year to March 2012, as it steadily restores production disrupted by Thai flooding that forced it to withdraw its outlook a month earlier.

Merkel, Sarkozy want new treaty to rescue euro (AP) Posted: 05 Dec 2011 09:46 AM PST AP - Seeking to restore confidence in the euro, the leaders of France and Germany called for changes to the European Union treaty so that countries using the euro would face automatic penalities if budget deficits ran too high.

First Person: Will Smart Meters Raise or Lower My Utility Bill? (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 05 Dec 2011 09:32 AM PST ContributorNetwork - *Note: This was written by a Yahoo! contributor. Do you have a personal finance story that you'd like to share? Sign up with the Yahoo! Contributor Network to start publishing your own finance articles.

Monti to lawmakers: No alternative to reforms (AP) Posted: 05 Dec 2011 08:12 AM PST AP - Italy's new premier urged lawmakers Monday to swiftly approve his anti-crisis remedy of new taxes, pension reforms and growth measures, saying the survival of the euro currency depends on whether Italy makes the "strong sacrifices" he is seeking.

Talbots seeks new CEO as retailer struggles (AP) Posted: 05 Dec 2011 08:18 AM PST AP - Talbots Inc. is seeking a new chief executive as the women's clothing store struggles to turn around its business.

Qatar and UK's Centrica agree to invest in energy (AP) Posted: 05 Dec 2011 04:53 AM PST AP - Qatar's state oil company and British energy firm Centrica PLC agreed Monday to cooperate on pursuing energy investments, laying the groundwork for a further expansion of the wealthy Gulf state's international portfolio.

Senate may vote this week on new payroll tax plan (Reuters) Posted: 05 Dec 2011 09:33 AM PST Reuters - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid hopes to get a vote this week on a "compromise" to extend a popular payroll tax cut set to expire at the end of this month, a Democratic aide said on Monday.

GM declares Opel strategy a failure: paper (Reuters) Posted: 04 Dec 2011 10:50 PM PST Reuters - General Motors has declared its strategy for turning around its European carmaking unit Opel a failure, Financial Times Deutschland reported on Monday, citing GM Vice Chairman Steve Girsky.

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