Reuters - Investment banks are putting together a consortium to bid more than $6 billion for the French consumer electronics giant Thomson , The Business newspaper reported on Sunday.

Tens of thousands march in Bangkok in a bid to get Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to quit.

AP - While only two Democrats in the Senate have embraced Sen. Russ Feingold's call for censuring President Bush, the idea is increasing his standing among many Democratic voters as he ponders a bid for the party's presidential nomination in 2008.

AFP - The German company E.ON submitted a takeover bid for Spanish major Endesa for approval to a public energy authority whose powers have been enhanced to protect the country's energy sector.

AP - A judge denied Barry Bonds' bid to block the authors and publishers from making money on a book claiming the San Francisco Giants slugger used steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs, and said Bonds' suit against them has little chance of success.