Stock index futures were higher on Tuesday, extending gains from the previous session, as investors awaited a final reading on third-quarter economic growth and existing home sales data. Existing home sales are
China has issued new Internet regulations, including what appears to be an effort to create a "whitelist" of approved websites that could potentially place much of the Internet off-limits to Chinese readers.
Moody's cut Greece's debt to A2 from A1 on Tuesday over soaring deficits, becoming the third major rating agency to downgrade the highly-indebted country's rating this month. Greece has been in turmoil
OPEC oil producers agreed on Tuesday to keep output restrictions unchanged, an OPEC delegate told Reuters. Supply curbs by the 12-member Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries have helped recession-hit oil prices
World stocks rose for a second day running on Tuesday and oil also gained on rising expectations of U.S. economic recovery, which sent U.S. Treasury yields and the dollar higher. The euro
U.S. stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Tuesday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.28 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.27 percent and Nasdaq 100
Britain's top share index rose 0.7 percent in early trade on Tuesday as energy stocks, buoyed by firming crude prices, led a broad-based rally ahead of the final reading for UK Q3
Cyprus President Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat have expressed their strong hope that 2010 will be the year of solution of the Cyprus problem. In a joint statement
British house prices will rise by 1-2 percent next year, with gains in the first few months of 2010 followed by stagnation and modest falls in the second half of the year,
The dollar held firm on Tuesday against major currencies, and hit a two-month high against the yen, while Asian shares edged up as technology stocks tracked a rally in their peers on
