Reuters - Investors on Monday expressed disappointment with Wachovia Corp.'s agreement to buy California thrift Golden West Financial Corp. for $25.5 billion, calling the purchase risky and too costly.

Reuters - Dell Inc. , the world's leading personal computer maker, said on Monday first-quarter earnings would fall short of its earlier forecast after it cut prices aimed at boosting future revenue growth.

Reuters - U.S. stocks barely budged on Monday as caution before the Federal Reserve's interest rate policy meeting on Wednesday offset a pullback in crude oil prices and fresh merger activity.

Reuters - Teck Cominco Ltd. (TEKsvb.TO) launched a C$17.8-billion ($16 billion) hostile bid for Inco Ltd. on Monday that would create a mining mammoth and thwart Inco's plan to take over Falconbridge Ltd. (FALlv.TO).

Reuters - Apple Computer has won its trademark dispute with the Beatles, part of a long and winding road of legal battles which may lead the band's famous songs to the door of Apple's market-leading iTunes Music Store.