UNITED STATES

U.S. and Chinese officials in Washington on Monday laid out differences on human rights in China, U.S. exports on high technology products, and China's exchange rate as they held ongoing talks to resolve strategic and economic issues.

U.S. stocks were set to rise at the open on Tuesday after strong Chinese trade data eased concerns of a slowdown in the world's second-largest economy and pointed to strong global demand.

Oil prices pared losses of more than 2 percent on Tuesday as the dollar erased gains.

Former actor and California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife Maria Shriver announced on Monday that they are getting divorced, after 25 years of their marriage.

After 25 years of marriage, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver have split up, they said in a joint statement.

The former president of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf denies reports that he ever entered into agreement with the U.S. to allow American special forces to capture and assassinate Osama bin Laden within Pakistan’s borders.

U.S. stock index futures rose on Tuesday as strong Chinese trade data eased concerns of a slowdown in the world's second-largest economy and pointed to strong global demand.

Investors around the world, more so the Chinese, are buying up gold assets to cover against rising inflation risk, macroeconomic uncertainties, a possible currency doom and the ever worsening U.S. debt scenario. The gargantuan demand from China can cause the yellow metal's prices to skyrocket, analysts feel. If the Chinese buying trend is ably supplemented with a fall in the value of dollar, this could result in a skyrocketing of prices.

U.S. stock index futures rose on Tuesday as strong Chinese trade data eased concerns of a slowdown in the world's second-largest economy and pointed to strong global demand.

Palestine Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said on Monday that the Palestine Authority (PA) will not be able to pay the salaries of its employees on time this month due to Israel's hostile stand.

Deutsche Post DHL posted consensus-beating quarterly earnings and affirmed its 2011 outlook as demand from Asia boosted profits at its express delivery business.

Caris & Co. said Kindle is a multi-billion dollar opportunity for Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN). The brokerage said Kindle remains the most compelling eBook device and a material contributor to Amazon's non-core business growth.

Pakistan may now allow United States to question bin Laden’s wives and children, who have been in custody of the Pakistani forces, said a U.S. official on Monday.

China stormed back to post a hefty trade surplus in April as exports hit a record while imports eased more than expected, weighed down by sustained monetary tightening and high commodity prices.

Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> on Tuesday denied a report its output would return to pre-quake levels two or three months earlier than expected, but said it will try to resume normal production as soon as possible.

Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Tuesday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.2 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.1 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.1 percent at 0818 GMT.

On May 9, 2011, power couple Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver announced their plans for separation.

Microsoft turned the tables on long-time Skype wooers Google and Facebook to reportedly land an $8.5 billion deal to buy the popular Voice over Internet Protocol service. The following are some key facts about Skype:

Robert Stempel, the first engineer to become the chief executive of General Motors Co , died on Saturday in Florida, the Detroit Free Press reported. He was 77.

China posted its biggest trade surplus in four months in April, swinging from a trade deficit in the first quarter, as senior Chinese and U.S. officials sought to resolve disputes over trade and other policy differences.

In a joint statement on Monday, former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his 25-year wife Maria Shriver have announced that they are separating.