NEW YORK (Reuters) - Leaders of American Airlines' flight attendants' union will let its members vote on the company's latest contract offer, possibly heading off a threat by the carrier to abandon current labor deals and impose stricter terms unilaterally.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The trend of better-than-expected earnings will be put to the test in the coming week when investors hope Apple can exceed already high expectations for the tech giant and Facebook reports its first quarterly earnings.

(Reuters) - The second largest U.S. mobile operator AT&T Inc reached agreements "in concept" with the Communications Workers of America in AT&T Midwest and AT&T Corp core wireline contract negotiations.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two separate lawsuits alleging racial discrimination were filed in federal court in New York on Friday, against Bank of America and investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald .

TOKYO (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission have asked Japanese banks and regulators for help in checking whether the Tokyo interbank offered rate, known as Tibor, was manipulated by U.S. banks and others, the Nikkei business daily said.

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nasdaq OMX Group Inc plans to pay out $62 million in cash to firms that lost money in Facebook Inc's bungled initial public offering in May, modifying an earlier plan that drew intense criticism from market makers and other exchanges.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Labor is looking into whether JPMorgan Chase & Co violated its fiduciary duty under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act in connection with one of its stable value funds.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Cutting the deposit rate the European Central Bank offers lenders in the euro zone below zero is an option, ECB Executive Board Member Benoit Coeure said on Friday.

BOSTON (Reuters) - For the rare comeback story among money managers, look to MFS Investment Management, one of the oldest names in the mutual fund business but also one of the most battered after the Internet bubble popped in 2000. Getting caught up in the industry's trading scandals just as stocks recovered only made matters worse.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. law enforcement officials on Tuesday said 24 suspected hackers had been arrested in a sting operation spanning four continents that targeted online financial fraud of stolen credit card and bank information.

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Boeing Co appointed a new head of its commercial plane unit on Tuesday, turning to a veteran engineer-turned-salesman to help gain the upper hand in its battle with Airbus for the $100 billion-a-year aircraft market.

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc has named Jonathan Larsen as global head of its retail bank, filling the position for the first time with an Asia-based banker.