SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc would consider a business alliance with Google Inc as one way to rebuff a $44.6 billion takeover proposal by Microsoft, a source familiar with Yahoo's strategy said on Sunday.
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Aluminum Corp of China (Chinalco) said on Monday it was content with the $14 billion stake it bought last week in miner Rio Tinto , dousing talk it was planning a rival bid to BHP Billiton's offer for Rio.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Clorox Co on Monday posted lower quarterly profit, hurt by rising costs for raw materials used in such products as its Glad plastic storage bags and Hidden Valley salad dressings.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks headed for a flat open on Monday as investors reassessed the sustainability of the run-up that ended with Wall Street's best week in nearly five years on Friday.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Archer Daniels Midland Co , a leading U.S. food processor and ethanol producer, posted higher quarterly profit on Monday, boosted by demand for protein meal and seed oil and improved results in its wheat and malt processing operations.
LONDON (Reuters) - Billionaire Richard Branson and two rival teams are set to pitch offers for ailing British bank Northern Rock by Monday's deadline, as the government moves to resolve the crisis in the next month.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Health insurer Humana Inc said on Monday fourth-quarter profit soared 57 percent, beating Wall Street's expectations, on strength in its Medicare plans for older Americans and a lower tax rate.
PARIS (Reuters) - France has proposed tighter risk controls on banks after a rogue trading scandal cost Societe Generale 4.9 billion euros ($7.3 billion), saying the bank was warned last year its security systems were not up to scratch.
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil recouped some of its losses on Monday to move back towards $89 a barrel, after suffering a sharp downturn the previous session, pressured by fears over a possible U.S. economic recession.
