Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has refrained from initiating new housing projects in Israeli settlements in the West Bank, hoping to reach common ground with Washington, a government minister said on Tuesday.
Pakistan's security forces have arrested top Taliban spokesman Maulvi Omar in the northwest tribal district of Mohmand, military officials said Tuesday.
Ground-breaking on new U.S. family homes rose for a fifth month in a row and producer prices tumbled, keeping hopes for economic recovery alive.
Oil rose more that 3 percent to top $69 a barrel on Tuesday as stronger-than-expected earnings results lifted equities and boosted optimism about the economy.
General Motors Co said on Tuesday it is increasing production in North America for the second half of 2009 after a surge in sales ignited by the U.S. government's Cash for Clunkers incentives program.
Hurricane Bill headed west-northwest over the open Atlantic Tuesday on a path toward Bermuda that would likely keep it clear of the U.S. East Coast but could spell trouble for Canada's Maritime Provinces.
iTunes-purchased songs now account for 25 percent of the overall music market--both physical and digital--in the U.S., according to an NPD Group report released Tuesday.
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Stocks rose on Tuesday, rebounding after sharp losses in the previous session, as better-than-expected results from big retailers encouraged investors to get back into the market.
Sony Corp will launch a slimmer, cheaper version of its PlayStation 3 game console next month, hoping to jumpstart sales and win back market share from rivals Microsoft and Nintendo.
Representatives for Michael Jackson's family said on Tuesday he would be buried on August 29, which would have been the pop star's 51st birthday, as they outlined plans for a private ceremony with family and friends.
The United States is building criminal cases against more than 150 American clients of Swiss bank UBS as part of a crackdown on tax evasion now made easier by a deal over access to secret account information.
Tax Evasion Targets; Wall St Rebounds; Now Hiring at GM
Jenny Sanford, wife of South Carolina governor, in an interview with Vogue.com said she felt sorry for her husband's Argentinean lover, Maria Belen Chapur.
Sony Corp will launch a cheaper version of its PlayStation 3 game console and plans to cut prices on existing models effective August 19 in Europe and the United States to bolster sales and take aim at rivals Microsoft and Nintendo.
U.S. President Barack Obama, said Tuesday he saw encouraging signs of a softening of Israel's resistance to his call for a freeze on settlement-building in the occupied West Bank.
U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday, erasing some of the sharp losses in the previous session as better-than-expected results from big retailers encouraged investors' back into the market.
Political columnist, Robert David Novak, died Tuesday at his home in Washington following a year-long battle with brain cancer.
Home Depot Inc posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit and raised its full-year forecast after cost cuts kicked in and sales improved in areas that had been hard hit by the U.S. housing downturn.
The United States is building criminal cases against more than 150 American clients of Swiss bank UBS as part of a crackdown on tax evasion now made easier by a deal over access to secret account information.
Mohamed El-Erian, the chief executive of top bond fund manager PIMCO, on Tuesday said the rally in U.S. stocks had topped out because valuations have shot up too quickly.
Ground breaking for new U.S. homes fell in July, but a fifth straight monthly rise in single-family home construction kept hopes alive the economy was poised to recover from recession.