IBT Staff Reporter

Stocks were set for a higher open on Tuesday as Italian lawmakers prepared for a crucial vote on public finances that marks the latest turn in the long-simmering euro zone debt crisis.

Stocks were set for a higher open on Tuesday as Italian lawmakers prepared for a crucial vote on public finances that marks the latest turn in the long-simmering euro zone debt crisis.

Arsenal and Real Madrid are the most likely destinations for Rennes midfielder Yann M'Vila.

Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares, the 22-year-old Miss Venezuela on Sunday was crowned the Miss World 2011 at the beauty pageant held at Earls Court in London. She was followed by the runners-up Miss Philippines, Gwendoline Gaelle Sandrine Ruais, while the third place went to Miss Puerto Rico, Amanda Victoria Vilanova Perez.

Kate Gosselin, the former star matriarch of reality TV Kate Plus 8, announced she will get a new job on couponcabin.com, to provide for her eight children (twins and sextuplets).

McDonald's Corp reported a higher-than-expected rise in worldwide October sales at established restaurants, aided by a popular promotional game in the United States.

MakeMyTrip, the largest online travel booking company in India, reported quarterly results that beat analysts' expectations helped by higher sales in its air ticketing business.

Joe Frazier, the relentless slugger who became the heavyweight champion of the world and earned boxing immortality with three epic battles against Muhammad Ali, died on Monday at age 67, his personal manager said.

Michael Jackson's personal doctor was found guilty on Monday of involuntary manslaughter in the pop star's drug-related death in 2009 but may not spend much time in jail.

Mark Zuckerberg returned to Harvard officially for the first time Monday, winning a warm welcome from the university where he created Facebook and embarked on a well-chronicled meteoric ascent.

Societe Generale , France's second-biggest listed bank, said it would slash bonuses and scrap its 2011 dividend after a tough quarter as it scrambles to meet strict new capital requirements.

Stock index futures advanced on Tuesday as Italian lawmakers readied for a crucial vote on public finances that marks the latest turn in the euro zone debt crisis.

Toronto Stock Exchange operator TMX Group (X.TO: Quote), which recently announced it would embrace a C$3.8 billion takeover offer by a Canadian consortium, reported a 21 percent rise in quarterly profit, helped by higher revenue from derivative markets trading.

Financial markets held their breath on Tuesday as Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's reform-shy government teetered on the brink and debt-crippled Greece's leaders struggled to put together a national unity government.

The Canadian dollar ended slightly stronger against its U.S. counterpart on Monday as markets struggled to deal with fresh turmoil in Europe as fears heightened that Italy would be the next victim of the euro-zone debt crisis.

European shares climbed sharply and Wall Street was set to join in on Tuesday as positive corporate earnings allowed stock investors to look beyond the euro zone debt crisis.

Vodafone (VOD.L:Quote) lifted its full-year profit outlook on Tuesday as strong growth in emerging markets and robust trading in northern Europe more than offset weakness on the southern fringes of the euro zone.

Brad Wall's Saskatchewan Party romped to the biggest election victory in decades on Monday in the resource-rich western Canadian province, promising to leave potash royalties unchanged for the next four years.

Stock index futures rose on Tuesday as lawmakers in Rome readied for a crucial vote on public finances that marks the latest chapter in the euro zone debt crisis.

Bwin.party Digital, the world's biggest listed online gaming company, shrugged off economic worries to post a rise in third-quarter revenue, helped by the launch of new games in Italy and strong growth in its casino division.

Global online music revenues are expected to rise by about 7 percent this year to $6.3 billion as digital services such as Spotify and Apple Inc's iTunes gain momentum, technology research firm Gartner said on Tuesday.

Vityaz Chekhov coach Andrei Nazarov attacked the supporters with a hockey stick, during his team's match against Dinamo Minsk in the Kontinental Hockey League in Belarus.

Aki Tsurumaki says he never felt his life was in danger during the 15 years he has been helping companies escape entanglements with Japan's yakuza crime syndicates.

Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> withdrew its annual profit guidance on Tuesday as Thai floods threaten output just as it had recovered from supply shortages that battered production after the March earthquake in Japan.

Manchester United third-choice keeper Thomas Kuszczak has launched a scathing attack on his team and his manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, after the club rejected his loan move to Leeds United.

Up to a third of Hong Kong's 50,000 or so factories in China could downsize or shut by the end of the year as exporters get hit by cost rises and darkening global demand for Chinese goods, a major Hong Kong industrial body said on Tuesday.

Societe Generale , France's second-biggest listed bank, said it would slash bonuses and scrap its 2011 dividend as it scrambles to meet tough new capital requirements.

Japan's Olympus admitted on Tuesday it hid losses on securities investments dating back to the 1980s, bowing to weeks of pressure to explain a series of baffling transactions that have put the future of the firm in doubt.

Italian bond yields ticked higher on Tuesday, closing in on unsustainable levels as lawmakers in Rome readied for a crucial vote on public finances that marks the latest chapter in the euro zone debt crisis.