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The Federal Reserve's low interest-rate policies are giving key support to an economy still burdened by high unemployment, Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress on Tuesday. Bernanke signaled that the Fed's efforts to keep borrowing costs low will continue.

Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills rose in Monday's auction with rates on three-month Treasury bills rising to the highest level in two years.

Stocks are dropping sharply as investors worry that Italy could be seized with political paralysis, stymieing the country's economic reforms and causing another flare-up in the region's debt crisis.

AT&T is announcing a tentative agreement on wages, pensions and other benefits for more than 20,000 of its unionized workers.

Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street Monday following the first weekly decline in the S&P 500 this year.

Strong earnings results from big U.S. companies offered investors a whiff of hope Friday. Stocks rose after a two-day slump, but remained on track for their worst week this year.