Hydrogen fuel cell cars from nine automakers completed a 13-day cross-country trip this weekend, in the first such mass U.S. crossing for vehicles powered by a zero-emission technology still in its infancy. As firsts go, the event, which ran from Portland, Maine, to the Los Angeles Coliseum, probably would not qualify for the record books.

South Korea's LG Electronics Inc said on Tuesday it had agreed with Taiwan's Quanta Computer Inc to end PC-related patent disputes that had lasted for eight years and started negotiating royalties. The agreement came after the U.S. Supreme Court in June ruled in favor of Quanta, rejecting LG's argument that it had placed explicit limits

Asian stocks fell more than 1 percent on Tuesday, after more trouble in the U.S. financial sector, including a ninth bank failure, reminded investors of the frail state of the global economy. Worries about world growth were fuelled after the International Monetary Fund trimmed global growth forecasts, bolstering the dollar and underpinning safe-haven government bond

Stocks opened lower on Monday, giving back some of Friday's sharp gains, as the price of oil edged higher and credit concerns nagged. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 79.06 points, or 0.68 percent, at 11,549.00. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index as down 8.08 points, or 0.63 percent, at 1,284.12. The Nasdaq Composite

Chip maker Broadcom Corp said on Monday it plans to buy Advanced Micro Devices' digital television chip business for $192.8 million in cash to expand into the low-end television screen market. Broadcom, which makes chips for mobile phones, network equipment and a range of consumer electronics, previously focused on mid-tier and high-end television chips. The

Canada's Precision Drilling Trust will buy U.S. driller Grey Wolf Inc for US$2 billion in cash and stock, creating one of the largest North American oil and gas rig operators, the companies said on Monday. Precision Drilling, Canada's largest oil and gas driller, will pay US$5 in cash and 0.1883 newly issued Precision trust units

Deutsche Telekom's wireless business T-Mobile has sold more than 120,000 new 3G iPhones since its sales launch on July 11 despite distribution problems, its chief executive told a German weekly magazine. Hamid Akhavan told Focus, delivery problems that left customers waiting for weeks to get their hands on the new, faster version of the iPhone

Commerzbank was down on talk it is trying to seal a deal for Dresdner. Commerzbank fell 1.1 percent and Dresdner's owner Allianz gained 1.4 percent after sources close to the matter told Reuters that Commerzbank was racing to buy Dresdner by the end of this week. "Commerzbank needs to intergrate (Dresdner) and experience shows that

European stock markets eased on Monday after sharp Friday gains while oil prices, which had tumbled before the weekend, made up a little of their lost ground. With trade thin because London markets were closed, sterling hit a two-year low against the dollar in the aftermath of data showing a stagnant British economy in the

Oil rose above $115 a barrel on Monday as some investors saw buying opportunities after prices posted the biggest one-day slide in percentage terms since 2004 in the previous session. Analysts said tensions between the West and Russia over Georgia would lend prices support. Moscow's military intervention in Georgia has disrupted some shipments of Azeri