AP - The end of the foreclosure crisis is finally in sight. For the first time in almost three years, the number of homeowners falling behind on their loans is declining.

AP - France’s defense minister says EADS should not expect more money from customer governments of the troubled A400M military transport plane.

AP - European stock markets were little changed Monday despite big gains across Asia earlier as concerns of higher U.S. borrowing costs later this year diminished ahead of testimony from Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke.

Reuters - Greece’s fiscal problems must be solved within the euro zone rather than with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde said in an interview published in a Greek newspaper on Sunday.

AFP - Retail sales in China during the Lunar New Year holiday rocketed by more than a sixth on last year, state media reported Saturday, in a possible sign of growing confidence among the billions of Chinese consumers.

AP - Iceland’s finance ministry has received a revised proposal from Britain and the Netherlands on the repayment of $5.7 billion to the two countries following the collapse of the Icesave online bank, a spokesman said Saturday.

AP - Among the earnings stories for Friday, Feb. 19, from AP Financial News:

The Christian Science Monitor - Thursdayâ??s attack on an Internal Revenue Service offices in Austin, Texas, is one incident in a string of violent threats and assaults directed toward the agency in recent years.

AP - The end of the foreclosure crisis is finally in sight. For the first time in almost three years, the number of homeowners falling behind on their loans is declining.

Reuters - U.S. stocks rose on Friday as investors took the Federal Reserve’s discount rate increase as evidence the financial system is healing but worried the eventual withdrawal of easy money will hurt Wall Street.