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The Bank of Japan kept its super-loose monetary policy unchanged Tuesday but expressed stronger concern about the yen's surge to 15-year highs.

Bakrie & Brothers' net loss widened to 302.78 billion rupiah ($33.6 million) in the first half, due to soaring interest charges.

Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking said it has signed an agreement with BNP Paribas to buy its stake in a mutual-fund venture with China's Shenyin & Wanguo Securities.

The fledgling city gas sector has been lightly regulated until recently, but that could change as more consumers switch from burning coal and oil to less-polluting natural gas.

Barclays confirmed investment-banking boss Robert E. Diamond Jr. will become the U.K. bank's chief executive next spring, as officials tried to dispel the notion the move represented a fundamental shift.

Google's plan to buy travel-search software firm ITA raises two competition issues for U.S. regulators.

Companies in developing nations plan to sharply increase hiring in the fourth quarter, but in the U.S. and across Europe intentions are muted, according to a Manpower survey.

ABC News President David Westin said that he would step down at the end of the year after more than 13 years on the job.

Tyson Foods' Donnie Smith has helped steer the biggest U.S. meat company out of one of its worst periods ever. Now, the hard part looms.

The ratings firm recently acquired by former corporate-security executive Jules Kroll has been fined for allegedly making misstatements to downplay a potential conflict of interest.

A deal to merge the telecom-tower assets of Reliance Infratel with telecom-infrastructure company GTL Infrastructure was scrapped, dealing a blow to the fund-raising and debt-reduction efforts of Reliance Communications.

Obama will propose that companies be allowed to write off 100% of their new investment in plants and equipment through 2011, a plan that White House economists say would cut business taxes by nearly $200 billion.

As GM gears up to pitch its IPO to investors this fall, one of the tougher tasks it faces is making the case that its Opel operations in Europe can be fixed.

Plan to buy travel-search software firm ITA raises two competition issues for U.S. regulators.

Mark Hurd was named co-president of Oracle, heightening the rivalry between the software company and Hewlett-Packard, the technology giant he ran until departing amid a scandal last month.

Traders in the beaten-down bonds and loans of troubled companies have turned bankruptcy court, which was created as a place for ailing firms to heal, into a venue for large investors to apply their sophisticated techniques in quest of profits.

An investigation spurred by a surge in energy-bill complaints found new smart meters installed in Northern California are accurately measuring energy use.

Barclays is expected to name its president and investment-banking chief, Robert E. Diamond, as chief executive, succeeding current boss John Varley.

After losing out to H-P last week in its bid to acquire storage maker 3PAR, Dell has other options as it looks to expand beyond its core personal-computer business.

A four-year-old tabloid scandal has resurfaced to dog the U.K. Prime Minister's chief spokesman, as police said they may reopen their probe into alleged use of dubious reporting tactics by the News of the World newspaper when he was its editor.