IBT Staff Reporter

Michael Jackson's autopsy report was revealed in detail on Tuesday by The Sun newspaper. The following are the leaked autopsy details of the King of Pop:

The $1.13 billion sale of Nortel Networks' prized wireless assets to Swedish telecoms equipment maker Ericsson will likely receive the blessing of the courts on Tuesday, although it is not yet clear if it will pass Canadian government muster.

Verizon Wireless and Qualcomm Inc are forming a joint venture to offer machine-to-machine wireless services to companies in sectors such as healthcare, manufacturing and utilities.

General Electric Co's finance arm is navigating the current recession more or less as it had predicted in March and does not expect to turn to investors for more capital, company officials said on Tuesday.

AMD on Tuesday unveiled new high-end 3D pro graphic accelerator, ATI FirePro V8750 which is compatible with FirePro S400 Synchronization Module of up to four professional graphics cards.

Interpublic Group reported a sharper-than-expected drop in quarterly results, sending its shares down 11 percent and making it clear that the advertising industry's troubles are not yet over.

Stocks fell on Tuesday as a drop in consumer confidence and disappointing quarterly results from companies like Office Depot Inc dampened hopes for a strong economic recovery.

A Chinese manufacturer filed a patent infringement suit against U.S. retailer giants, marking a rare case that a Chinese firm seeks to enforce patent rights in a U.S. court.

With no local data releases yesterday the Aussie dollar took direction from equity markets which began their reporting season in Australia.

Oil prices fell 2 percent to below $67 a barrel on Tuesday after data showing a drop in U.S. consumer confidence spurred concerns about the economy and sent investors into safer havens.

President Barack Obama's nominee Sonia Sotomayor won the backing of the Senate Judiciary committee on Tuesday, all but ensuring she will become the first Hispanic justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

The European Union (EU) said on Monday it'd levy 24% anti-dumping duty on China's steel and wire rod for a period of five years.

The regulator of U.S. futures markets risks increasing volatility and distorting crucial pricing functions unless proposed measures to curb excessive market speculation are thoroughly vetted, a top commodity exchange executive said Tuesday.

Shares of clean energy firm FPL Group Inc., which reported second quarter earnings today, plunged 6.5 percent on Tuesday after the company said it now expects adjusted 2009 earnings at the lower half of its range of $4.20 to $4.40 a share on a continued weak economy and poor wind resource.

U.S. consumer confidence fell more than expected in July, the Conference Board said on Tuesday, recording its second consecutive decline as sentiment remained hampered by a difficult job market.

Leaked rumor reports from the Chinese Apple Daily suggest Apple is set to launch the Apple media tablet - aka the Apple Media Pad - in September, with analysts and traders agreeing. This media tablet will accomplish three things without cannibalizing the Macs:

Consumer confidence drops, US home prices rising, Bank of America to cut branches

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Global investor confidence rose for a seventh month in a row in July, hitting the highest level in a year, U.S. financial services firm State Street said on Tuesday.

Nepal, under increasing pressure from China, was cracking down on Tibetan refugees despite centuries of shared culture with Tibet, the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) said on Tuesday.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may face a vote of confidence in parliament under the resignation of his minister of Culture.

General Electric Co said on Tuesday most of its finance portfolio was performing as it had expected, and it does not anticipate having to raise additional capital to carry it through the current downturn.

Bank of America Corp said it plans to shrink its 6,109-branch U.S. network modestly over the next three to five years, an about-face for the nation's largest bank by assets after years of expansion.

Chinese border police have seized 70 kg (154 lb) of the strategic metal vanadium bound for North Korea, a local newspaper said on Tuesday, foiling an attempt to smuggle a material used to make missile parts.

Leaked rumor reports from the Chinese Apple Daily suggest Apple is set to launch the Apple media tablet - aka the Apple Media Pad - in September, with analysts and traders agreeing.

A verdict in the trial of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will come on Friday, a court official said, after her lawyers wrapped up their final arguments in the widely condemned case against her on security charges.

The largest U.S. bank on Tuesday said it plans to reduce the size of its U.S. branch network over the next three to five years. As of June 30, the Charlotte based bank had 6,109 branches, down 30 from December's number of 6,139.

Pakistani security forces fighting Taliban militants in and around the Swat Valley have rescued nearly a dozen boys brainwashed into becoming suicide bombers, according to officials.

Oil giant BP Plc reported Tuesday its net replacement cost profit declined 53 percent in the second quarter totaling $2.92 billion, but it surpassed analysts' forecast of $2.81 billion, according to Reuters. The decline was due to lower crude and gas prices and weaker refining margins.