IBT Staff Reporter

Morgan Stanley's incoming CEO, James Gorman, began putting his fingerprints on the firm, making its chief financial officer and the head of investment co-heads of its crucial institutional securities unit.

(Corrects share price fall in last paragraph to down 4 cents from down 4 percent)

Coal miner Consol Energy Inc launched an attack on environmentalists on Tuesday, blaming ecological activism for forcing it to idle two mines in West Virginia that employ nearly 500 workers.

U.S. job openings and hirings fell in October, government data showed on Tuesday, highlighting the continued distress in the labor market.

Yahoo Inc CEO Carol Bartz put a 'for sale' sign on HotJobs on Tuesday, saying Yahoo was open to selling the non-core unit for the right price even though an improving economy could help its prospects.

General Electric Co expects profit to remain flat at its hefty finance arm next year, as losses and impairments on loans peak.

American actor Mickey Rourke and his Russian supermodel girlfriend are planning to marry in April, according to the New York Post's Page Six today.

Google on Tuesday announced a Chrome browser beta version for Apple Mac and Linux. Chrome for Mac has been delayed for some time now, as it was first supposed to be released in the first half of 2009 but faced several delays.

U.S. economic growth will resume in 2010, leading to a rebound in manufacturing and services sector revenues, but the weak dollar poses risks, industry experts said on Tuesday.

Actor Mickey Rourke, 57 who was nominated for an Oscar for the movie The Wrestler last year, is engaged to Russian supermodel Elena Kuletskaya, 24, The New York Post reported.

U.S. chief executives' outlook on the economy improved in the fourth quarter, although most still are not ready to step up hiring or increase capital spending, according to a Business Roundtable survey released on Tuesday.

Maryland picked NRG Energy Inc's Bluewater Wind subsidiary as one of three companies to supply power from renewable sources, NRG said Tuesday.

The embattled wife of Tiger Woods, Elin Nordegren, has returned back to the couples Windermere mansion in Florida according to reports from TMZ.

Stocks fell on Tuesday after a disappointing outlook from 3M Co and weak domestic sales at McDonald's Corp fanned worries that sluggish consumer spending threatened the economic recovery.

Simon Property Group Inc, the largest U.S. mall owner, said on Tuesday it agreed to buy Prime Outlets Acquisition Co for $700 million plus assumed debt, to add 22 outlet centers to its stable of high-end outlet centers.

The board of General Motors Co will get an update on the search for a new chief executive by next month as a recruiting firm compiles a short list of candidates, a person familiar with the process said.

Cisco Systems Inc Chief Executive John Chambers reiterated the company's long-term target of 12 percent to 17 percent annual revenue growth, citing an economic recovery and expansion into new markets.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch named three executives on Tuesday to run its $450 billion retirement services business, including rehiring a former executive who left earlier this year.

Australian winemakers who care about the environment as much as their vintages can now seek formal recognition for their green credentials under a voluntary certification scheme.

U.S. chief executives' outlook on the economy improved in the fourth quarter, although most still are not ready to step up hiring or increase capital spending, according to a Business Roundtable survey released on Tuesday.

FBR Capital Markets cut its rating on two apartment-focused real estate investment trusts, AvalonBay Communities Inc and Equity Residential, to market perform, citing declining rentals and negative net operating income that could stretch to 2010.

This year is likely to be the fifth warmest on record and the first decade of this century the hottest since records began, the World Meteorological Organization said on Tuesday.

The benchmark contract for European Union carbon emissions futures on Tuesday tripped back into negative territory after prices rose to near a seven-month high in early trade, traders said.

The world shipping industry is struggling with overcapacity and falling productivity in the face of the economic downturn and shrinking world trade, a U.N. agency said on Tuesday.

CIT Group Inc said on Tuesday it anticipates it will emerge from bankruptcy on December 10, 2009.

News Corp, Time Warner Inc's Time Inc and three other publishers detailed their long-expected plans to develop open standards for a new digital storefront and technology to help prepare their print titles for devices ranging from e-books to tablet computers.

General Motors Co has been searching for a new chief financial officer and may have a replacement for CFO Ray Young within weeks, GM's Chairman and acting Chief Executive Ed Whitacre said on Tuesday.

Britain is to make online safety lessons for children over 5 compulsory under a new scheme which aims to echo road safety campaigns of the past.

A British genealogy website has put Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler's World War One military service records online, alongside those of more than a million other soldiers who fought for Germany.