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U.S. stocks have climbed to positive territory on Tuesday in a volatile session.

You can't blame investors for feeling a bit cautious regarding the Dow Jones Industrial Average's (DJIA) recent push from 10,700 to 11,140 in the past month. The stock market's bears say it's a false rally, and the Dow is likely to fall. Here's why.

Mauritius sees foreign direct investment (FDI) to the Indian Ocean island falling by 42.6 percent in 2011, from record levels last year when investment was boosted by two exceptionally big deals, its Finance minister said on Tuesday.

U.S. stock indices turned positive on Tuesday on the back of strong performance from financials. Macroeconomic news was mixed.

Gold was set for its largest one-day fall in two weeks on Tuesday after U.S. bank Goldman Sachs reported a quarterly loss, which coupled with evidence of slowing Chinese growth and mounting Eurozone concerns, lifted the dollar.

Newmont Mining Corp. halted work at its giant Yanacocha gold mine on Monday after protesters blocked an access road and torched eight pieces of earth-moving equipment, prompting the company to ask Peru's government to intervene.

ETF Securities said on Tuesday the amount of metal it held to back its Physical Platinum exchange traded commodity fell 10 percent in the week to Aug. 24.

Coca-Cola Q3 earnings up but miss analyst estimates

Could malaria be the new smallpox? The World Health Organization said on Monday that nearly a third of the countries where malaria is endemic could eradicate the disease within 10 years.

U.S. stocks opened lowered on downbeat Chinese economic data and lingering disappointment from Europe.

Goldman Sachs reported a third quarter loss of $393 million on Tuesday, marking only the second time the investment bank has had an unprofitable quarter since going public in 1999.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc posted a wider-than-forecast loss of $428 million for the third quarter, only its second quarterly loss as a public company, hurt by sharp declines in the value of investment securities and customer trading assets.

Space fans saddened by the retiring of the space shuttle Endeavor will be excited to learn that NASA has contracted a private spacecraft for at least one chartered flight into near space. The U.S. space agency has confirmed a deal with Virgin Galactic, Richard Branson's private-sector space initiative, for one suborbital flight on the company's spacecraft SpaceShip Two, with the option of two additional flights.

Fallen stock indexes are expected weigh on the third-quarter earnings of big asset managers, showing how market turmoil can affect a broad swath of financial companies.

otal revenues jumped by about 6.6 percent from $26.9 billion to $28.7 billion.

S&P 500 stock index futures eased modestly on Tuesday after a Moody's warning on France's credit rating and a slowdown in China's growth revived concerns over a worsening debt crisis in Europe and a hard landing for Asian economies.

U.S. stock futures point to lower opening on Tuesday after new data showed that Chinese economy has expanded at a slower rate in the third quarter and quarterly results from IBM failed to impress investors.

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) said its third quarter earnings grew 21 percent on improving credit quality. Its earnings came in above Street's view.

Gold demand in India, the world's largest bullion buyer, will be strong in the October-December quarter, a traditional time for festivals and weddings, despite high inflation that eats into savings and multiple growth-choking central bank rates hikes.

Asian stocks and commodities fell on Tuesday after Germany's finance minister cautioned against hopes for a quick fix to Europe's debt problem, and news that China's economic growth slowed a tad in the third quarter added to concerns.

Ford (F), which did not accept U.S. Government assistance, has rebounded after a restructuring, and is well-positioned to capitalize on U.S. job growth, when it returns with gusto. Is now a good time to consider Ford's shares?