Polls give Mitt Romney a healthy lead over Newt Gingrich as Nevada holds its Republican presidential;caucus.

U.S. President Barack Obama calls on Syria’s president to step down accusing the regime of murdered hundreds of its own citizens on Friday.

Demonstrators turn out in below-freezing temperatures to protest the prime minister’s bid for another presidential term.

Cisco, Coca-Cola, Disney and Visa are among bellwethers set to report results amid expectations for market gains to continue; resolution of Europe’s debt crisis is expected to drag on.

AAPL +/- An Apple Inc. senior executive said that the iPhone and Mac maker has looked at large cos. as part of its mergers and acquisition strategy, but none have passed muster. COO Tim Cook noted AAPL has traditionally made small acquisitio...

Fed Pres Bullard +/- St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard said on Tues. that regulatory reform proposals before Congress probably won't prevent a future crisis and could hamper the central bank's ability to deal with one. Fed Pres Bull...

C + Citigroup Inc. is in talks to sell a hedge-fund business with about $4B in assets as the bank co. continues to whittle down a $547B pool of assets marked for sale, according to people familiar with the sale talks. SkyBridge Capital, a NY...

Consumer Confidence - ABC News reported that its weekly measure of U.S. consumer confidence slipped
further toward its all-time low, indicating that American households are becoming ever more fretful over their personal finances. The ABC Consumer Comfort Ind...

NMR +  Nomura Holdings Inc. will almost triple annual salaries for some investment-banking and trading recruits, closing a compensation gap with workers who joined in the 2008 takeover of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.’s Asian unit.