President Hugo Chavez threatened on Sunday to seize businesses that raise prices as a result of last week’s devaluation of Venezuela’s currency.

U.S. stocks could be in for a bumpy ride this week as three Dow components kick off the quarterly earnings reporting season, with investors clamoring for reassurances on future profits.

MIAMI—-AIDS Healthcare Foundation: WHAT: PRESS CONFERENCE—AHF to file health safety complaints with Miami-Dade County Health Officials over condom-less adult films shot in Florida WHEN: Monday, January 11th 2010—-10:30am at AHF’s Miami fundraising thrift store and free HIV testing center WHERE: AHF’s OUT OF THE CLOSET Store 2900 N.

Already the biggest auto market and steel maker, China edged past Germany in 2009 to become the top exporter, yet another sign of its rapid rise and the spread of economic power from West to East.

A top White House economic adviser says reducing the country’s 10 percent unemployment rate is essential to reining in the growing budget deficit.

Qatar’s economy grew 11 percent in 2009, mainly due its natural gas sector, Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah was quoted as saying on Sunday.

Dubai-based Arabtec Holding may need a $1.7 billion investment by Abu Dhabi’s Aabar Investments to cope with future losses, analysts said on Sunday, as its shares fell 6.9 percent.

Unemployed for nearly a year, David Becker was relieved to land a new job in information technology last summer. The offer carried a price, though: It was a lower-rung job than the one Becker had lost.