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Perennially popular Irish rockers U2 were again the top touring band in the world in 2011, repeating their globe-topping haul from 2009, according to trade magazine Pollstar.

Google Clean Energy Investment Nears $1 Billion . Google closed down its Renewable Energy Cheaper Than Coal or "RE<C" initiative in a bout of spring cleaning last month, but is sprucing up its focus on clean energy.

Jon Corzine's $6.3 billion bet on European sovereign debt turned out to be profitable, but the fear it induced brought down MF Global.

In the meantime, the search is on for $1 billion in customer money that has gone missing.

Top analyst says hit shows worth $1 billion over...

The Tokyo Stock Exchange is making a $1.1 billion offer for its Osaka rival under a plan to join the two markets by January 2013 as global competition between bourse operators intensifies.

Thanks to the Supreme Court 's decision last year to allow corporations and unions to make unlimited campaign contributions, Americans in the coming year may be blitzed by $1 billion of essentially anonymous television ads.

The company agreed to settle a civil complaint by the S.E.C. that it had defrauded buyers in a $1 billion portfolio of mortgage-related investments.

Austria-based Erste Group Bank AG says it will make a net loss of euro700 to euro800 million ($950 million to $1.1 billion) for 2011 because of the government debt crisis and troubles in Hungary.

Anheuser-Busch plans to invest $1 billion in its U.S. breweries and other facilities by 2014.

Emirates airline says planned European Union emissions requirements could cost the carrier — the Mideast's biggest — as much as $1 billion over a decade.