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Stocks were set to rise about 1 percent at the open on Tuesday after Chinese economic data drew investors into an equities market that has been through six weeks of sharp declines.

Stock index futures rose on Tuesday after economic data out of China drew investors into an equities market that had become oversold from a technical perspective after six weeks of sharp declines.

Stock index futures rose on Tuesday after economic data out of China drew investors into an equities market that had become oversold from a technical perspective after six weeks of sharp declines.

PC giant Hewlett Packard announced some significant organizational changes to better realign CEO Leo Apotheker's direct reports with his new strategic vision.

General Motors Chief Executive Daniel Akerson assured the CEO of Opel that the U.S. carmaker was not in talks to sell the European arm to a rival, a German newspaper reported.

Google Inc has applied for a license to operate its Google Maps product in China, China Business News reported on Tuesday, quoting an unnamed official.

Chinese citizens have confessed bribing officials in their posting on several Chinese websites

Evidence that China may avoid a hard landing for its high-flying economy lifted riskier assets such as stocks on Tuesday although investors remained on edge about the deepening Greek debt crisis.

The top after-market NYSE gainers on Monday are: TAL Education Group, BPZ Resources, Xueda Education, CONSOL Energy and Penn West Petroleum. The top after-market NYSE losers are: Hypercom, K-V Pharmaceutical, iSoftStone Holdings, China Ming Yang Wind Power Group and Kinder Morgan Energy Partners.

China's central bank raised bank reserve ratios on Tuesday for the ninth time since last October after data showed inflation rising in May to 5.5 percent, its highest level in almost three years.

China's inflation accelerated in May to 5.5 percent, its highest level in almost three years, suggesting the central bank will tighten monetary policy further even as economic growth slows down.

World leaders should put cyber security on the international agenda at forums such as the G20 and bring pressure to bear on slower-moving nations to take a stand against hacking, the co-founder of a global industry body said on Tuesday.

Hiring prospects for the coming quarter have improved in most large economies from three months ago, while holding steady in the United States, according to a quarterly survey of employers by ManpowerGroup Inc .

Republican presidential hopefuls aimed their criticisms at President Barack Obama in the first major debate of the 2012 campaign as Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann announced she is entering the race.

HP's chief information officer Randy Mott shown the door as CEO Leo Apotheker shakes things up.

China poses a diplomatic challenge for the United States, said former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on Sunday.

Migrant workers broke out into riot after a pregnant migrant worker was manhandled in China's southern province of Guangzhou last week.

Hewlett-Packard Co moved a veteran executive onto its board and announced the departure of two senior officers in a major ongoing management shake-up, and put new focus on China and India.

Membership for Facebook drops in the U.S., while it grows in markets like Mexico and India.

The year-long SM Town Live Tour, which kicked off in South Korea and went on to Los Angeles, China and Japan, reached France.

We're certainly living in the new abnormal when Jeff Immelt, head of GE, is speaking like the President in a time of heightened political importance and awareness.