UNITED STATES

U.S. producer prices rose more than expected in November, lifted by a surge in energy costs, and recorded the first year-on-year gain since last November, according to a government report on Tuesday.

Privately held smart grid networking company Silver Spring Networks said on Tuesday it had raised $100 million in its latest round of financing and was in no hurry to test the public markets.

U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday after data showed producer prices rose more than expected, igniting fears of inflationary pressures.

President Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday the Palestinians would only resume peace talks if Israel fully halted settlement building in the occupied West Bank, but ruled out any return to violence.

It was on a cold winter's day that he delivered the words that would change my life. He inspected the band of gold studded with diamonds that had recently found a home on my left hand, and looked me

China on Tuesday warned Western countries against taking up the case of a prominent dissident, Liu Xiaobo, who is facing trial for subversion, after the United States and European Union called for his release.

The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), one of the emirate's sovereign wealth funds, has bought 10.9 percent of Hyatt Hotel's class A shares, according to U.S. regulatory filings.

U.S. oil company ExxonMobil said it may sell its 9.4 percent stake in Gassled, the owner of Norway's gas transport system, but has no plans to reduce its activities on the Norwegian shelf.

With already 72 percent of U.S. search engine market share, Google appears to want more. The company announced Tuesday a new URL shortener called Goo.gl, in a bid to continue its dominance over the web.

Rock singer Courtney Love lost legal control of her daughter with late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain after a court gave temporary guardianship of the 17 year-old to Cobain's mother and sister, court papers showed on Monday.

The Obama administration will announce plans later on Tuesday to acquire an Illinois prison and to send a limited number of detainees there from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, a U.S. official said.

Robert Downey Jr. adds punch to the role of Sherlock Holmes in an action-packed movie that breaks with what its makers called stuffy screen interpretations of the fictional English detective.

A car bomb near the home of a Pakistani provincial government minister killed 20 people on Tuesday, a police official said, in another sign authorities are struggling against Taliban militants bent on grabbing power.

If Congress does not pass a healthcare bill soon, the opportunity to reform the U.S. healthcare system will be lost for a generation, Vice President Joe Biden warned Tuesday.

Independently-made Iraq war movie The Hurt Locker won a second key film critics award on Monday in a week heavy with nominations that are likely to set the stage for the Oscars.

More U.S. consumers have turned to the great American pastime of watching television as the recession strained household budgets, a survey set to be released on Tuesday shows.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai used a keynote anti-corruption speech on Tuesday to defend the most senior of his officials to be convicted of graft in years, a move that could anger Western backers who demand more accountability.

U.S. computer maker Sun Microsystems Inc said on Tuesday it won intellectual property cases in both the United States and Britain.

UBS AG will not sue its former bosses after risky bets on subprime mortgages and a strategy of helping U.S. clients dodge taxes by hiding money in secret accounts brought the Swiss bank to its knees.

U.S. producer prices rose faster than expected in November, while a gauge of manufacturing in the New York state unexpectedly fell this month, creating a potential headache for the Federal Reserve.

Real estate website Zillow.com, one of the most popular vehicles for U.S. home sales searches, on Tuesday said it expanded its services to include the rental market.