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Gold prices surrendered some value Tuesday as the euro slipped, and the dollar rose, ahead of a vote by Slovak lawmakers on whether to approve an expansion of Europe's bailout fund.

The launch of Samsung Nexus Prime, the latest smartphone based on Google's new version of the Android operating system Ice Cream Sandwich, will be delayed reportedly to pay respect to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who passed away last week on Oct. 5.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. will likely record a loss in the third quarter, only the second quarterly loss in the Wall Street titan's history, hurt by weakness across trading and investment banking, equity market declines and wider credit spreads during the period, Citigroup said.

On Oct. 7, Sprint held a press conference for the new Apple iPhone 4S and for the company's plans for its own 4G network, which it has planned to roll out in the middle of the next year.

Stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Wall Street on Tuesday following a brisk rally, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.7 percent, Dow Jones futures down 0.6 percent, and Nasdaq 100 futures down 0.4 percent at 0938 GMT.

Gold eased 1 percent early Tuesday, giving up some of the previous day's gains, as stocks and the euro were pressured by waning optimism over a new plan to tackle euro zone debt, and ahead of a vote in Slovakia to ratify changes to the bloc's rescue fund.

New York City's securities industry could lose nearly 10,000 jobs by the end of 2012, according to a report by New York state's comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has pegged a per capita investment of US $3 to $ 4 for managing mental health as part of its initiative on World Mental Health day. 2011 commemorates the 20th year of World Mental Health day and this year’s campaign focuses on, Investing in mental health”, noting that financial and human resources allocated for mental health are inadequate especially in low resource countries.

Congress should not endorse another big tax break for overseas corporate profits because the last one in 2004-2005 was a costly failure, said U.S. congressional investigators in a report released on Monday.

Asia's trade volume will almost double by 2025 and will be the key driver of world trade growth despite current global economic headwinds, HSBC said in a report on Tuesday.

Thomas H. Lee Partners and a consortium that includes Blackstone Group and Carlyle Group are finalists to acquire Regions Financial Corp's Morgan Keegan brokerage and investment banking unit, sources familiar with the matter said on Monday.

The release of the iPhone 4s smartphone by Apple (AAPL) will likely juice the shares of AT&T's (T) by attracting hundreds of thousands of younger adult subscribers to AT&T's stable. Those extra subscribers should also help T improve its network quicker -- something the company needs to do.

It's hard to believe that the U.S. tax rate for individuals with incomes over $5 million per year can be less than those of secretaries, plumbers, and construction workers, but that's the case, especially regarding alternative investment managers, whose loop hole enables them to pay just a 15 percent tax for carried interest.

The most famous mistress in the world helped save David Boreanaz's marriage, and got married herself this weekend.

In case investors forgot amid the excitement coming out of Europe, third-quarter earnings are about to begin.

Gold will reach $2,000 in the next three to six months, according to the chief investment officer of one of this year's most successful hedge funds.

The ongoing crisis at Yahoo may now have tempted some new parties including Singapore’s Temasek as well as Bain Capital, joining other parties said to include Facebook, Microsoft, Providence Equity Partners and Alibaba Group.

Swiss structured products exchange Scoach has become the world's first exchange to allow trading in gold-denominated structured products and might also allow exchange traded funds (ETFs) with gold as the trading currency.

Gold rose more than 2 percent on Monday, lifted by weakness in the dollar versus the euro after France and Germany pledged to come up with a proposal to recapitalize euro zone banks, while traders remained cautious ahead of further details of the plan.

Zambians striking over poor pay at Chinese mines went back to work on Monday after winning a nearly 100 percent pay rise, just over two weeks after a new president took office on the promise of improving mining conditions.

Gold, silver, platinum and palladium, as well as other commodities, generally stand a better chance of handling a global economic downturn than other types of investments, Barclays Capital said Monday.