Hewlett-Packard and Dell Inc. are expected to get a boost from the much-anticipated uptick in corporate demand as businesses upgrade or replace aging equipment, including PCs

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H-P, Dell to report with focus on corporate demand

U.S. lawmakers need to write legislation expanding the ability of bank regulators to collect and analyze financial data to make sure another crisis like the one that shook the economy in 2008 doesn’t happen again, says a key bank regulator.

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Fed seeks bill to help regulators gather bank data

The Obama administration could take longer than 10 years to collect a $90 billion tax on financial institutions seeking to cover the remaining costs of a $700 billion bank bailout package, according to the White House’s new budget blueprint.

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Obama’s $90 bln bank tax takes ‘at least’ 10 years

Amazon.com shares fell on Monday on news that the company has pulled several titles of a major book publisher in a dispute about prices for its Kindle e-book reader.

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Amazon shares drop on news of e-book price dispute

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Brazilian ethanol-maker Coasan said Monday it has entered a $12 billion venture with Royal Dutch Shell aimed at creating Brazil’s third-largest fuel distribution network.

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Brazil’s Cosan surges on Shell ethanol venture

Shares of Norwegian oil group DNO rally after the Kurdistan regional government in Northern Iraq says it’s ready to immediately restart oil exports.

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DNO shares rally as Kurdistan resumes oil exports

British house sellers enter the new year in a confident mood, boosting the average asking price by 0.4% in January and ending a two-month slide.

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Economic Report: U.K. house sellers boost asking price 0.4% in Jan.

Google is to hold talks with the Chinese government about its plans to offer unfiltered search results on its Chinese site, after announcing last week it may exit China amid worsening censorship.

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Google plans talks with China; no decision to quit

James Dines’ just-published 2010 Forecast issue doesn’t explain his dramatic position on deflation, but if Dines can turn in triple-digit annual gains, Peter Brimelow doesn’t care.

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Peter Brimelow: Dines disappoints on deflation, not returns

Crude-oil futures extend their losing streak, as warmer weather reduces the prospects for energy demand, sending prices to a more than three-week low on Globex.

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Futures Movers: Oil futures look to extend losing streak