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The top aftermarket NYSE gainers Tuesday were: Owens-Illinois, Och-Ziff Capital Management, Guidewire Software, Alcoa, Koninklijke Philips Electronics and Generac Holdings Inc. The top aftermarket NYSE losers were: Perini Corp, Computer Sciences Corp, Leapfrog Enterprises, QR Energy, Hospitality Properites Trust and Newcastle Investment Corp.

Mexican presidential hopeful Josefina Vázquez Mota has asserted control over her electoral campaign. As the candidate faces wilting prospects of becoming Mexico's first-ever female president, the move signifies an attempt to recover some momentum after a series of embarrassments.

Airport retailer Dubai Duty Free has mandated banks for a $1.1 billion multi-tranche loan facility to help fund the expansion of Dubai's international airport.

President Barack Obama doubled down on his campaign themes in a Tuesday speech, defending a robust government role for promoting economic growth and offering a pointed attack on Republican fiscal policy.

Wall Street felt tremors Tuesday afternoon as the S&P 500 Index, Nasdaq Composite Index and Dow Jones Industrial Average both dropped precipitously following declines in European equity markets.

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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke pushed for new steps to stem risks from “shadow banking” operating beyond traditional oversight and said the economy is still suffering from the 2008 financial crisis.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives in China on a historic trip to discuss improving ties between the two countries.

Most Asian stocks ended lower Tuesday, following a slump in the Wall Street overnight as disappointing March employment report raised concerns about the strength of recovery in the world’s biggest economy.

Chesapeake Energy Corp, the second largest natural gas producer in the US, said on Monday that it has finalized three deals to sell its assets, which will raise $2.6 billion, as it faces cash crunch and a rising debt.

BG Group will take its first step toward becoming Brazil's largest foreign oil producer by 2020 with a $2 billion cash infusion for research and development, the Financial Times reported Monday.

Dataminr, a social media software developer that detected the attack on Osama Bin Laden’s compound and reported it first, said it established an alliance with Twitter.

The world's demand for alternative energy sources is powering growth in German industry, or so a look at the list of fastest-growing public companies in that country would suggest. Already the world leader in solar panel manufacturing, Germany is also home to an array of booming companies whose business is on the more peripheral side of clean energy creation and conservation.

Korea Midland Power Co. Ltd., or Komipo, said Monday it struck a $3.4 billion deal with Switzerland's Vitol SA to buy liquefied natural gas for 10 years starting in 2015.

Shares of AOL (NYSE: AOL), the seventh-most-visited website, jumped nearly 50 percent in Monday trading after announcing a $1.1 billion patent deal with Microsoft.

Qatar's sovereign wealth fund has raised its stake in Xstrata Plc to a little over 5 percent, which is valued around $2.7 billion, in advance of the Anglo-Swiss miner's intended merger with Glencore International Plc.

China's love affair with American education is stronger than ever. Chinese families -- including those in the burgeoning middle class -- want to send their sons and daughters to be educated in another country, with most coming to U.S. institutions.

Russia, the world's ninth largest economy, cut its 2012 GDP forecast to 3.4 percent from 3.7 percent as investment growth is expected to decline, its economy minister said Friday.

Gold rose on Thursday, as investors covered short positions after a sharp two-day pullback, and a crude oil rally also buoyed the precious metal that sank early this week on disappointment about further U.S. monetary easing.

So far this week, U.S. industrial giants have announced nearly $3 billion will be invested in new operations and research in Brazil, China and India three cornerstone members of the BRICS countries.

Plug-in cars and hybrids are all the rage, but new information reveals that many of them don't save their owners money until decades after they are purchased.