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AP - Stabilizing oil prices helped stocks around the world recover their poise Tuesday ahead of a key testimony from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to U.S. lawmakers.

AP - Federal regulators on Monday charged a U.S. defense contractor and three of its former board members with accounting fraud, saying the company overstated earnings to investors.

Reuters - CME Group Inc unveiled a plan that would slash costs for interest-rate traders to shore up its key Treasury futures franchise ahead of an imminent challenge from NYSE Euronext .

Reuters - The top attorney for the U.S. securities regulator was advised not to recuse himself from handling Bernard Madoff matters for the agency, even though his family’s estate had invested with the swindler.

AP - Federal regulators on Monday charged a U.S. defense contractor and three of its former board members with accounting fraud, saying the company overstated earnings to investors.

AP - OIL HOLDS STEADY: Stocks rose Monday as oil prices stabilized. Oil settled at a little less than $97, down from a high of $103 last Thursday.

AP - A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Monday:

AP - Dubai’s benchmark stock index closed sharply lower on Monday while other exchanges in the oil-rich Gulf also tumbled, reflecting investor panic over the unrest that has ravaged the Arab region for weeks and shows no signs of abating.

AP - Stabilizing oil prices and more signs of a stronger economy sent stocks sharply higher Monday. The Standard and Poor’s 500 index had its best start of any year since 1998.

Reuters - Toronto’s main stock index opened higher on Monday, spurred by better than expected economic growth data for the fourth quarter and a C$4.8 billion ($4.9 billion) takeover bid for Lundin Mining.