Square, Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s mobile payments start-up, may be worth $200 million in new funding round – Los Angeles Times
Jack Dorsey famously helped come up with the idea for Twitter. Now the entrepreneur, who still serves as that hot Internet company’s chairman, is making a big splash with his next company, Square. Tongues are wagging in Silicon Valley that the mobile …

Wall Street opens 2011 higher on data, January effect – msnbc.com
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks rose on Monday, lifting the Nasdaq 100 to a 10-year high, as investors bet a 2010 rally would continue in the new year and factory and housing data pointed to a strengthening recovery. The Institute of Supply Management’s …

2010 in review: Year of job shortages humbles Americans – Green Bay Press-Gazette
WASHINGTON In 2010, the economy rebounded fitfully from the Great Recession starting strong, wobbling at midyear but showing enough vigor by year’s end to quell fears of a second recession. Yet Americans hardly felt relief under the weight of high …

Stuck on procedures, Patni deal with iGate on – Hindustan Times
US software firm iGATE s deal with Apax Partners for a majority stake in Patni Computer Services is still on the table but has been delayed due to procedural issues, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Monday. Shares in Patni fell nearly …

Lender says UK house prices rose 0.4 pct in 2010 – Tacoma News Tribune
Average house prices in the United Kingdom rose 0.4 percent in 2010 as falling prices in the second half of the year offset gains in the first six months, a major mortgage lender said Friday. LONDON Average house prices in the United Kingdom rose 0.4 …

Franklin Lakes, NJ: Medco Health says MemberHealth agreement will end – Morris County Daily Record
FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. (AP) Pharmacy benefits manager Medco Health Solutions Inc. said Monday its agreement with a subsidiary of insurer Universal American to provide Medicare Part D prescription benefits management will end Dec. 31, 2011. The Franklin …