NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - The leading lights of American musical theater will sing "Happy Birthday" to the great Broadway composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim on his 80th birthday in two New York Philharmonic concerts next week. The concerts, on March 15 and March 16, will include songs and orchestral pieces from Sondheim musical theater favorites like "Company," "Follies," "A Little Night Music ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Friday the United States still needs a financial regulatory overhaul and said he was confident it will happen. "It is very to our economic interests that we play a leadership role in shaping basic reform structure around the world," Geithner said at an Export-Import Bank conference. "If America cannot demonstrate it's ...

DETROIT (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> may keep aggressive discounts available for U.S. consumers beyond this month after unprecedented incentives sent its U.S. sales sharply higher in early March, an executive said on Friday. Toyota's U.S. sales surged by 40 percent in the first 10 days of March compared to the year-earlier period ...

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp <BAC.N> completed 20,666 mortgage modifications in March under a U.S. government-backed program, up 61 percent from February, the bank said on Friday. The government's Home Affordable Modification Program provides incentives for banks to modify mortgages if customers are unable to meet the original payment terms. The ...