ROMANS: Welcome back. "Minding Your Business" this morning. The Dow up for two days in a row. Right now on track to keep rallying. U.S. stock futures trading higher as investors are optimistic a lasting long-term solution to Europe's debt crisis will be found and announced this week. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is there for just such an event. Three-day European whirlwind tour right now taking him to Paris this morning where he's meeting with more of his European counterparts. Speaking this morning, Geithner said he is confident that E.U. leaders will be successful in negotiations to tackle the debt crisis. Those negotiations begin Friday in Brussels. Here at home, banking giant Citigroup planning to lay off 4,500 employees over the next four months. The CEO says these cuts are needed to cut costs with a weak economy. Citi will also take a $400 million charge in the fourth quarter to cover the severance and other costs related to this new downsizing. Lehman Brothers who's collapsed was a defining moment in the financial crisis, it has been granted court approval to exit the biggest bankruptcy in American history. Lehman now is just a collection of assets, real estate investments and the latest court ruling clears the way for the sale of those assets, some $65 billion worth. A new credit report is digging deeper into your financial history. A company called "Core Logic" has introduced a new credit file based on its massive database of information that includes whether you paid your rent and utility or cell phone bills on time. This is generally not information that's currently considered by credit bureaus. Bottom line for you, you make a payment on time every time, your credit score will stay high. You don't have to tell cell phone users, but for a second year in a row, "Consumer Reports" says AT&T; is America's worst mobile carrier. Oregon-based Consumer Cellular got the highest marks. AT&T; says it's committed to getting better and better. AMERICAN MORNING will be right back after this break.
Geithner In Paris To Talk Debt Crisis; Citi To Cut 4,500 Jobs; Lehman Close To Exiting Bankruptcy; A Nosier Credit Score