IBT Staff Reporter

The Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf have earned the highest safety ratings in the first-ever U.S. crash test evaluations of plug-in electric cars, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety said Monday.

Amazon.com Inc is thinking long-term when it spends heavily on the cloud, but investors may see a little more short-term rain when the online retailer reports its earnings on Tuesday.

Silver tumbled on Tuesday and Asian shares pulled back from recent three-year highs in a bout of profit-taking before the Federal Reserve meeting this week where investors are seeking clues on when it plans to begin exiting its ultra-easy monetary policy.

Canon Inc <7751.T> reported a 5 percent fall in quarterly operating profit and cut its annual outlook to below market expectations as it copes with the effects of Japan's earthquake, which has hit suppliers and hobbled production.

Canon Inc <7751.T> reported a 5 percent fall in quarterly operating profit and cut its annual outlook on Tuesday as it copes with the effects of Japan's earthquake, which halted some production and looks likely to hinder it further.

Silver prices fell nearly five percent on Tuesday, snapping a rally in previous sessions that had carried them close to a record high, as option traders sold back metal to cover risks ahead of options expiry later in the day.

U.S. crude futures fell more than $1 on Tuesday as investors reduced risk ahead of a meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve and after Saudi Aramco's chief executive said the kingdom was not comfortable with current oil prices.

Sony, a laggard in the booming tablet market, unveiled its first tablet computers in an ambitious attempt to grab second place in the market created and still dominated by Apple's iPad.

China has increased capital requirements for its five biggest banks above the minimum 11.5 percent mark to guard against risks in the banking sector, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.

Asian stock markets inched lower on profit taking on Tuesday while the euro dipped before this week's Federal Reserve meeting where investors will look for indicators on its plans to exit the ultra-easy monetary policy.

Barrick Gold Corp has not ruled out raising its C$7.3 billion ($7.68 billion) bid for Equinox Minerals , saying it will take a wait and see approach if China's Minmetals Resources <1208.HK> fights back with a higher offer.

The euro retreated on Tuesday, though losses are seen as limited, while Asian shares pulled back from recent three-year peaks before this week's Federal Reserve meeting where investors will hunt for clues on when it plans to exit ultra-easy monetary policy.

Nintendo said on Tuesday that alliances with other companies may be necessary, a day after the game maker reported its second straight fall in annual profit and said it would launch a successor to its aging Wii console.

Canada's Barrick Gold Corp will wait and see if an offer to trump its C$7.3 billion ($7.68 billion) bid for Equinox Minerals emerges, Barrick's chief executive said on Tuesday.

Toyota Motor Co may slip to No. 3 in the automaker production rankings behind General Motors and Volkswagen due to Japan's earthquake and nuclear crisis, which slashed local output by almost two-thirds in March alone.

Netflix Inc , the top movie rental service, issued an earnings outlook that fell short of expectations and provided fresh ammunition to critics of its sky-high stock price.

A cache of classified U.S. military documents provides intelligence assessments on nearly all of the 779 people who been detained at the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba.

Oracle Corp has replaced its chief financial officer less than three years after he joined the company, tapping its president Safra Catz to do the job.

America's romance with royalty is blooming, just four days away from Prince William's marriage to Kate Middleton.

General Motors Co killed its minivan in the U.S. market thanks to its soccer-mom stigma, but the automaker has carved out a high-priced niche for the vehicle as a chauffeur-driven executive ride in China.

Traders and investors in Netflix are bracing for a sizable move in the stock's price after earnings on Monday afternoon -- just not as big as usual.

A group of creditors led by Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley proposed a restructuring plan for Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc that would boost recoveries for the banks and keep separate the assets of Lehman's bankrupt subsidiaries.

Food, beverage and household products companies have been pressured for months by rising commodity costs and their stocks have paid the price, but Kimberly-Clark Corp showed on Monday things could be even worse.

In the lightest volume session of the year, stocks fell after a lowered outlook from Kimberly-Clark heightened concerns about higher commodity costs squeezing profits in coming quarters.

Brookhaven National Laboratory's Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider in Upton, N.Y., has found the heaviest atom of antimatter ever, a bit of anti-helium.

Netflix Inc , accustomed to delivering stunning growth, failed to wow investors as it issued an earnings outlook that fell short of expectations.

Barrick Gold Corp has agreed to pay C$7.3 billion ($7.68 billion) for Equinox Minerals , pitting the world's largest gold miner against a unit of China's top metals trader in a battle for increasingly scarce copper assets.

The Ford Motor Co will idle plants in Taiwan, China and South Africa beginning this week due to the shortage of parts from Japan after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, the company said on Monday.

Nasdaq OMX Group and IntercontinentalExchange warned NYSE Euronext investors to be highly skeptical of the additional cost savings that the NYSE says will result from its friendly merger with Deutsche Bourse.