IBT Staff Reporter

After clamping down last year, U.S. holiday shoppers are more willing to crack open their wallets in 2009, but still intend to hunt for discounts, a survey released on Tuesday found.

European plane maker Airbus expects a recovery in total passenger traffic volume by 2010, fueled by global economic growth, a company executive said on Tuesday.

Emerging markets stocks hit a new year high on Tuesday, rising to levels last seen before the Lehman Brothers collapse, and world stocks in general headed toward a new 2009 peak.

MF Global Ltd , a futures and options broker that has just launched a Japan equity research-led team, said on Tuesday it will expand its operations in Japan to as many as 55 staff or a 28 percent rise by March.

Oil prices rose toward $69 a barrel on Tuesday, underpinned by comments by delegates from an OPEC meeting starting Wednesday, which analysts believe may see more rhetoric on compliance but no change in output targets.

Asian shares touched a one-year high on Tuesday, while gold prices hit $1,000 an ounce for the first time in six months in a sign of investor concerns about the sustainability of the global economic recovery.

U.S. gold futures hit a six-month high of $1,000 and spot gold also rose to six-month high on Tuesday as the dollar's weakness, concerns about the sustainability of the global economic recovery and worries about inflation underpinned sentiment.

Fast food giant McDonald's on Tuesday lost an eight-year trademark battle against a Malaysian curry restaurant after the country's highest court allowed the latter to use the prefix 'Mc'.

Mrs Naran speaks many languages, but when the doctor tells her she has diabetes, she can barely believe him. A combination of careful diet, exercise, herbal medicine and her husband's support enable her to live a full and healthy life.

Oil prices held steady on Tuesday with investors perched on the fence ahead of an OPEC meeting on Wednesday, which analysts believe may see more rhetoric on compliance but no change in output targets.

Asian shares touched their highest level in a year on Tuesday, while gold futures hit $1,000 an ounce for the first time in six months on investor concerns about the sustainability of the global economic recovery.

Oil prices rose above $68 a barrel on Tuesday with investors perched on the fence ahead of an OPEC meeting on Wednesday, which analysts believe may see more rhetoric on compliance but no change in output targets.

Google has offered concessions to European publishers who are concerned about the Internet giant's plans to further digitize books by saying that it will not include European books that are still commercially available.

U.S. gold futures hit a six-month high of $1,000 and spot gold also rose to six-month high on Tuesday as the dollar's weakness, concerns about the sustainability of global economic recovery and worries about future inflation underpinned sentiment.

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President Barack Obama will deliver remarks to students across the U.S at 10:00 a.m. at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Va.

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Gold inched up on Tuesday as the dollar's weakness, concerns about the sustainability of global economic recovery and worries of future inflation underpinned sentiment, with traders eyeing $1,000 an ounce.

:: Australian Dollar: The Aussie dollar continued to power ahead holding on to the psychological 85 cent support level to open this morning around 0.8550. Yesterdays ANZ job advertisement survey revealed a 4.1% rise in August from the previous month, the first monthly rise since April 2008. The news gave investors some confidence that this Thursday's employment report will show continued improvement in the labour market spurring the AUD higher. With the U.S on holidays it was a relatively quiet ...

Gill has plenty of energy for hiking, exploring and enjoying travel and a young family. When she is diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, her world changes. It is an uphill struggle to rediscover her old self and she is not helped by thoughtlessly designed products and services.

Mia recalls her beautiful, vibrant mother whose radiant smile was dimmed by depression, medication and, finally, cancer – but her memory lives on in the hearts of her daughter and her grand-daughters.

After many years of depression Jan's talented and creative son, Ben, is eventually diagnosed with schizophrenia. As he becomes increasingly traumatised, Jan's sense of loss is intense. She now speculates whether earlier intervention could have made a difference to the outcome.

Director Oliver Stone says the U.S. media and government have demonized Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and other leftist South American leaders, and argues in a new film that they were right to stand up to Washington.

That was how Richard Fuld greeted a Reuters reporter who had tracked him down to his country house in a bucolic setting beside a river and amid tree-covered slopes in Ketchum, Idaho last Friday.

Kraft Foods said it was intent on pursuing Britain's Cadbury , which soared in value after it snubbed a premium-rich bid from the U.S. group, reinforcing hopes of a broader-based pick-up in merger activity.

OPEC ministers meeting in Vienna this week were expected to keep supply targets intact and instead rely on hoped-for economic growth to sustain oil prices.

Russia's state anti-monopoly service, FAS, said on Monday it had closed a probe into Microsoft as it had found no violations of antitrust laws over cutbacks in supply of the Windows XP operating system.

Russia's state anti-monopoly service, FAS, said on Monday it had closed a probe into Microsoft as it had found no violations of anti-trust laws over cutbacks in supply of the Windows XP operating system.

Oil hovered around $68 a barrel in thin trade on Monday ahead of an OPEC meeting this week which is widely expected to keep its official output unchanged.