Oil rose more than 1 percent toward $67 a barrel on Monday as U.S. equities jumped and news emerged that Iran was test-firing missiles.

Wall Street will celebrate a not-so-happy anniversary on Tuesday.

Oil prices rose Monday, rebounding after an earlier drop as the dollar lost ground and investors waited for more clues on the strength of the U.S. economic recovery.

Bank of America Corp. executives improperly concealed billions of dollars in losses and billions in bonuses paid by Merrill Lynch before a shareholder vote on their proposed merger, Ohio’s attorney general argued in a class-action securities lawsuit he described as among the largest in history.

U.S. stocks rose on Monday, halting a three-day losing streak, as a spurt of corporate takeovers in the technology and healthcare sectors fueled optimism about share values.

Organized religion was already in trouble before the fall of 2008. Denominations were stagnating or shrinking, and congregations across faith groups were fretting about their finances.

A new project tracking the economy in New Hampshire’s isolated North Country will provide more precise information about the region to interested businesses, families, charities and lawmakers, Plymouth State University officials said Monday.

HARTFORD, Conn.—-Aetna announced today that it will provide first-dollar coverage for the administration of the H1N1 flu vaccine for all of its fully-insured health plan members, and for all members of self-funded plans unless directed otherwise by the plan sponsor.

SAN FRANCISCO—-In the course of routine surveillance, Fitch Ratings affirms the ‘A+’ rating of Greenfield Union School District, Kern County, California’s $18.6 million of outstanding general obligation bonds.

Shares of Techwell Inc. briefly jumped to a 52-week high after an analyst upgraded the chip designer following the company’s improved third-quarter guidance.