Bernanke sees U.S. recovery this year

The U.S. economy will begin to turn up later this year provided the financial sector continues to mend, although unemployment will remain high for a while, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said

Oil eases after 2009-high settlement

Oil eased to around $54 a barrel on Tuesday pressured by a stronger dollar and forecasts that U.S. crude inventories probably rose from their highest level in almost two decades. The pullback