IBT Staff Reporter

The former rock star teamed up with a Beverly Hills auction house to sell a wide range of personal property to fans and collectors. A large share of the proceeds from the auction will go to charity.

Coca-Cola Co said on Tuesday that its flagship cola recipe is still secret after nearly 125 years, denying a story by a public radio show that it has uncovered the formula.

Banks may cut their services to the poorest Americans as a result of new U.S. financial regulations, including federal caps on debit card processing fees, Citigroup Inc Chief Executive Vikram Pandit said on Tuesday.

The London Stock Exchange failed to stop trading Tuesday as scheduled -- one day after completing a major system upgrade -- causing confusion among its clients, who blamed a technical problem. The LSE, which ends normal trading at 1630 GMT before starting its closing auction, conceded on its website that normal trading did not cease until 42 seconds after the official close at 1630.

New features relying on increased user information would only come with your permission the Google CEO said.

Sirius XM Radio Inc, home to programs by Howard Stern and NFL football, reported a net loss for the fourth quarter and forecast weaker-than-expected revenue for next year, sending its shares down 5.5 percent.

Investors will scrutinize Dell Inc's quarterly earnings for signs that healthy business spending and lower component costs are shoring up margins, a top priority for the world's No. 2 personal computer maker.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid D-NV said on Tuesday that his aims with the 2012 budget are to bring down the deficit while keeping our economy moving in the right direction.

Germany's Deutsche Boerse and transatlantic NYSE Euronext have announced a merger to create the world's largest bourse, pushing aside potential political and regulatory obstacles.

Samsung Electronics hopes to attract new consumers to its brand with cheap, low-end phones that are not necessarily focused on making profit for the group, a senior executive said.

Chinese telecoms hardware and network makers are biting off bigger chunks of African business and are likely to overthrow hitherto dominant European vendors in a region with mouthwateringly low penetration rates.

Home improvement retailer Home Depot said it is hiring about 60,000 seasonal workers for a series of spring sales, a level that a spokeswoman said was comparable to last year's.

Wide differences between rich and developing countries may frustrate France's hope of taking a bold step toward stabilizing the global economy at a Group of 20 finance ministers meeting this week.

In the highly politicized U.S. battle over pensions and health care, leading Republican lawmakers will take the first crack at the long-term financial problems at least by next late next month, according to Rep. Eric Cantor R-VA.

Bank of America (BofA) has selected a battery of top-end law firms to represent their legal interests but being on the legal panel comes at a price.

Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft's gross annual revenue has slipped 6 percent in 2010 despite profit per partner (PPP) being slightly up compared to prior year.

A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction of a Florida doctor who was sentenced to 25 years in prison for providing material support and offering treatment to wounded Al Qaeda militants.

A Maine judge has upheld a jury verdict that awarded $7.3 million in damages to a businessman who has accused a law firm of causing him emotional distress.

The line-up for the summer's hottest music and arts festival was announced Tuesday.

Robert Bob DuPuy, former Major League Baseball (MLB) president, has rejoined law firm Foley & Lardner's sports industry practice group in New York as a partner.

Digital media giant AOL and popular political blog site The Huffington Post had hired Simpson, Thacher & Barlett and Latham & Watkins respectively to advise them on the recently announced $315 million acquisition deal.

Fannie Mae has booted Florida-based foreclosure law firm Ben-Ezra & Katz from its retained attorney network after noticing that the firm was not handling its matters in strict compliance with proper procedures, ethical codes of conduct and legal requirements.

Brooklyn Decker, American fashion model and actress, and her husband, the American tennis ace, Andy Roddick, have listed their waterfront home in Austin, Tex., at $3.6 million, according to Aol Real Estate.

Stocks slid on Tuesday as energy shares pulled back, creating a breather in the market's recent rally.

Will HTC's first tablet make a dent in the iPad's tablet empire?

Deutsche Boerse and NYSE Euronext said on Tuesday they had struck a deal to form a global exchange operator.

Stocks slid on Tuesday as a smaller-than-expected rise in retail sales raised doubts about a rebound in consumer spending, a vital part of an economic recovery.

CB Richard Ellis Group Inc is buying most of Dutch bank ING's Real Estate Investment Management for about $1 billion to diversify its client base, a deal which would help ING pay down state aid.

Carlos Slim's America Movil may join the 4 billion euro Polkomtel auction, switching its focus away from Serbia, the company's CEO Daniel Hajj told Reuters at a telecoms trade fair on Tuesday.