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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama plans to nominate San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Janet Yellen, a respected policy dove, to be vice chairman of the central bank, a source familiar with the process said on Thursday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. consumer sentiment declined slightly in early March, with Americans less positive about the job outlook, a survey released on Friday showed.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks lost steam and major indexes turned negative on Friday after data showed an unexpected drop in consumer confidence in early March.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Women's apparel retailer AnnTaylor Stores Corp posted a surprise quarterly profit, but gave a disappointing forecast as it remains cautious about spending this spring.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales rose unexpectedly last month despite heavy snow storms and a drop in vehicle purchases by consumers spooked by Toyota recalls, bolstering hopes of a sustainable economic recovery.

ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland's UBS has warned parliamentarians failure to back a deal to end its bitter U.S. tax row with the bank could result in a damaging backlash for Swiss banks as well as the Alpine nation's economy.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co has filed to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange, moving forward with its two-year effort to become a publicly traded company.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Co may be moving toward a settlement of Baltimore's lawsuit accusing it of steering minority borrowers to expensive home loans.

DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Unprecedented discounts after a series of damaging recalls boosted Toyota Motor Corp's U.S. sales in early March, as U.S. regulators weighed new auto safety measures.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian stocks edged up on Friday, heading for a fifth straight week of rises, with energy stocks firm as oil held above $82 a barrel and financials ticking higher after U.S. talks to force broad banking reform collapsed.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc used accounting gimmicks and had been insolvent for weeks before it filed for bankruptcy in September 2008, but there was not extensive wrongdoing, a court-appointed examiner has found.

HOUSTON (Reuters) - White House economic adviser Larry Summers said on Thursday that the United States is "very close" to the point where job growth can begin. (Reporting by Chris Baltimore; editing by Carol Bishopric)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chances of a broad overhaul of U.S. financial regulation dimmed on Thursday after bipartisan Senate talks collapsed, jeopardizing a top Obama administration priority and boosting bank share prices.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc Chief Executive Vikram Pandit told investors on Thursday the bank is on track to return to sustained profitability and losses from some of its worst assets should be manageable if the economy does not deteriorate.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - It's enough to make a mining executive grit his teeth or his kids to give him the silent treatment.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lingering U.S. labor market weakness and nagging doubts about the solidity of the economic recovery are expected to keep the Federal Reserve committed to holding borrowing costs very low for a long time at a monetary policy meeting next week.

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Top executives at aerospace group EADS will see their bonuses hit after the cost debacle surrounding the delayed A400M military transport aircraft, but staff will mostly be spared, its top personnel executive said on Thursday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell only slightly last week, indicating that rapid job growth would probably continue to elude the economy for a while.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The chief executive of Simon Property Group Inc said on Thursday a revised plan by management of General Growth Properties Inc to emerge from bankruptcy would not put pressure on his company to sweeten its own $10 billion offer.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp will increase its capital spending nearly 4 percent this year to $28 billion in part as the largest U.S. oil company seeks to increase its share of the global market for natural gas.