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Sales at U.S. retailers rose a stronger-than-expected 0.6 percent in June, boosted by a big jump in auto sales, Commerce Department data showed on Tuesday.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Tuesday he saw signs of confidence returning to the U.S. financial sector and pledged that the United States would pursue policies that preserve the dollar's value.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc executives sold almost $700 million worth of stock since the collapse of rival Lehman Brothers last year, the Financial Times said on Monday.

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke arrive to China to stay through July 17 to highlight the potential for mutually beneficial relationships in the clean energy sector.

The United States will press China this week to lower its tariffs on clean energy technology as one of many steps the two countries can take to fight global warming, U.S. officials said on Monday.

Q-Cells SE, the world's biggest maker of solar cells, withdrew its full-year sales outlook and said it saw no signs of an upturn, in a surprise move that sent shares across the sector lower.

Toyota Motor Corp launched its first dedicated hybrid model under the premium Lexus brand on Tuesday, saying it had received orders worth six months of targeted sales in Japan.

U.S. stock index futures pointed to a stronger open on Wall Street on Tuesday, ahead of eagerly-awaited quarterly results from Goldman Sachs .

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Tuesday aggressive efforts to counter a global financial crisis were starting to work and acknowledged the United States had a special duty to help spur a recovery.

A burst of confidence in U.S. financial stocks lifted global equities on Tuesday ahead of results for bellwether Goldman Sachs.

Asian stocks bounced on Tuesday as a rally in U.S. financial shares helped Japan break a long losing streak, while also reversing some of the recent safe-haven rush into the yen and sovereign bonds.

Blockbuster Inc on Tuesday announced an agreement that allows consumers to instantly view movies and video from its OnDemand service on Samsung's televisions and electronics devices.

The U.S. government rang up a $94.32 billion budget deficit in June, a record for the month, as the price tag for efforts to prop up the economy, banks and automakers mounted while revenues weakened.

Asian stocks bounced on Tuesday as a rally in U.S. financial shares helped Japan break a 10-session losing streak, while also reversing a little of the recent safe-haven rush into the yen.

US TREASURIES reversed from the recent highs on Monday after equities posted a strong rebound from overnight lows after Goldman Sachs received a strong buy recommendation based upon expectation of the leading Wall Street firm posting better than expected earnings driven by record breaking revenues from its trading activities.

A U.S. Republican lawmaker involved in a congressional probe of government influence over Bank of America's purchase of Merrill Lynch has asked for more documents from the Treasury Department and the New York State Attorney General to shed light on government intervention in the banking system.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc executives sold almost $700 million worth of stock since the collapse of rival Lehman Brothers last year, the Financial Times said on Monday.

Using a relatively new way to test for blockages in the heart's arteries as a general screening exam could lead to more than thousands of new cases of cancer in the US, according to a new study in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

McGraw-Hill Co. owned BusinessWeek is up for sale after the publication's advertising revenue plummeted nearly 30 percent.

Schizophrenia patients given a cheap older drug are less likely to die prematurely than people on newer treatments, despite the older product's well-known adverse side effects, Finnish researchers said on Monday.