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`Invisible Power' of London Money Exposed as Lord Mayor Fights Politicians When money needs to talk in London, it’s the lord mayor who speaks.

Monsanto May Have Antitrust Edge as Protecting Patents Trumps Competition Monsanto Co., facing antitrust probes into its genetically modified seeds, may benefit from previous court rulings in which intellectual property rights trumped competition concerns, antitrust lawyers say.

BHP, Anglo, Xstrata Bypass Europe on 10,000-Mile Coal Route to China Ports BHP Billiton Plc, Anglo American Plc and Xstrata Plc are shipping coal 10,000 miles to China from their Cerrejon mine in Colombia for the first time this year because of surging demand and rising prices in Asia.

Toyota Sets Goal of Regaining U.S. Market Share Lost to Recalls Within '10 Toyota Motor Corp. set a 2010 goal of regaining most of the U.S. market share lost in the past two months after global recalls of 8 million vehicles damped demand, the No. 2 U.S. sales executive said.

Optimism Makes a Comeback After Year-Long U.S. Stock Surge: Chart of Day Bullishness on U.S. stocks is beginning to emerge after the market’s rally in the past year, according to a gauge derived from data compiled by the American Association of Individual Investors.

Retail Buyouts Return in `Goldilocks' Market After Credit Freeze Thawed Private-equity firms looking to buy retail and consumer companies said they’re now able to finance deals and pay reasonable prices after the credit crisis and global recession triggered a buyout slump.

Finnair, Norwegian Air Discussing Pact to Squeeze Unprofitable Rival SAS Finnair Oyj is seeking an agreement with Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA that would funnel more passengers onto the Helsinki-based carrier’s long-haul flights, helping win market share from unprofitable rival SAS Group AB.

Fat Surgery Urged for Obese Kids May Boost Allergan Sales, Trim Liability David Ludwig, director of the obesity program at Children’s Hospital Boston, was against weight-loss surgery for kids, he says, because it ignored the real problem, a “toxic environment” jammed with junk food.

Petrofac Targets Iraq's Oil Boom After CEO Asfari Quadruples Share Value Ayman Asfari, the chief executive officer whose oil and gas engineering skills guided a fourfold increase in the value of Petrofac Plc within five years, is now preparing to tap Iraq’s energy boom.

Chavez Outdone by Billionaire Mendoza as Wealth Soars Amid Takeover Threat Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s “21st Century Socialism” is failing to rein in billionaire Lorenzo Mendoza.

Brown Tries to `Perversely' Benefit From U.K. Relapse Risk Before Election Gordon Brown is trying to turn the threat of a double-dip U.K. recession into an advantage.

Solar Prospectors Chase `Gold Mine' Deals in Chinese, Israeli Subsidies Olivier de Vergnies quit managing family fortunes at Dexia Private Bank (Switzerland) Ltd. in 2008 to run a New York start-up at 100 Wall St. that’s trying to tap riches in solar energy.

Chrysler in Hibernation Means Marchionne May Have to Wait on Fiat Spinoff Fiat SpA, the Italian carmaker that helped Chrysler Group LLC emerge from bankruptcy, may wait to turn around the U.S. business before deciding on a share sale or spinoff for its automotive division.

Red-Coral Rescue Plans Endanger Italian Jewelry Makers of Torre del Greco The people of Torre del Greco, 10 miles south of Naples, have lived off the red corals found in the Mediterranean Sea for more than two millennia. A proposal to list the species as endangered may push the seaside town’s $217 million-a-year coral industry into extinction.

Geely May Need to Invest at Least $1.4 Billion in Volvo to Revive Carmaker Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. may have to spend at least 10 billion kronor ($1.4 billion) to revive Volvo Cars after buying the Swedish brand from Ford Motor Co., Volvo union officials and board members said.

Nomura's Wang, Feldkamp Leave as Former Lehman Managers Depart Brokerage Nomura Holdings Inc.’s vice chairman of China investment banking and head of equity capital markets for Asia outside Japan left the Tokyo-based company, according to people with knowledge of the departures.

Toronto to Sell 30-Year Bonds for the First Time Since '80s: Canada Credit Toronto, Canada’s largest city, plans to sell 30-year bonds for the first time since the 1980s to take advantage of federal government matching funds for infrastructure projects.

Vivo Ready to Slash Brazil's High-Speed Internet Prices, Chief Lima Says Vivo Participacoes SA, Brazil’s largest mobile-phone company, is ready to offer high-speed Internet services for less than half the current industry average if the government agrees to cut taxes, Chief Executive Officer Roberto Lima said.

Pulp Price May Rise to Record as Chile Quake, Finnish Strike Curb Output Chile’s earthquake and a Finnish port strike may propel pulp prices to a record, hastening a tightening of inventories after papermakers cut output.