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UAL Corp , parent of United Airlines, on Tuesday said its quarterly net loss shrank, topping expectations, helped by a sharp revenue increase and accounting gains related to its fuel hedges.

Diversified manufacturer 3M Co posted a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday and raised its sales and profit forecasts for the full year, citing strong demand in developing markets as well as an improving economic backdrop.

U.S. stocks were little changed on Tuesday as strong earnings offset German demands for new austerity measures from Greece that prompted more worries over shaky Greek debt.

Home prices fell in the month of February, but rose compared to a year ago for the first time in more than three years, in the latest sign that the housing market is slowly recovering.

The Supreme Court said on Monday it would decide whether a California law banning the sale and rental of violent video games to minors violated constitutional free-speech rights, the first time it will rule on a video game case.

DuPont said strong emerging market demand and sales of specialty chemicals helped its first-quarter profit more than double, beating Wall Street expectations and sending its shares up nearly 2 percent in premarket trading.

U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Tuesday after Germany demanded new austerity measures from Greece, prompting worries over Greek debt, although strong earnings reports limited losses in the Dow.

Deutsche Bank delivered record investment bank earnings and European peers Lloyds and Swedbank swung to surprise profits on Tuesday as an economic recovery picked up to aid the embattled industry.

U.S. stock index futures fell on Tuesday as worries mounted over Greek debt after Germany demanded new austerity measures and investors awaited another round of earnings and economic data.

The most sweeping overhaul of U.S. banking rules since the Great Depression stumbled in the Senate on Monday as Republicans united to prevent action on the bill.

Deutsche Bank's investment bank posted forecast-beating record quarterly earnings, adding credibility to the lender's ambitious targets even as Wall Street faces a regulatory and legal hurricane.

Futures for the Dow Jones industrial average, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 were little changed on Tuesday after U.S. equities edged lower in the previous session.

Mazda Motor Corp and Mitsubishi Motors Corp , Japan's No.5 and No.6 automakers, forecast a more than trebling in annual operating profit on Tuesday, counting on new models to ride a sales recovery in the United States and other markets.

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World stocks remained troubled by worries over Greek debt on Tuesday after Germany demanded new austerity measures, offsetting strong U.S. earnings, and driving down the euro on contagion fears.

The euro slipped on Tuesday after Germany demanded painful new austerity measures from Greece in return for badly needed financial aid, with investors likely set to push high risk European sovereign bond yields up further.

Mazda Motor Corp and Mitsubishi Motors Corp , Japan's No.5 and No.6 automakers, forecast a more than trebling in annual operating profit on Tuesday, counting on new models to ride a sales recovery in the United States and Japan.

The euro slid on Tuesday as Germany demanded painful new austerity measures from Greece in return for badly needed financial aid, while Asian stocks fell as investors took profits in sectors that have been outperforming in recent weeks.

Mazda Motor Corp forecast on Tuesday more than trebling its operating profit this year, counting on the Mazda5 minivan and other new models to drive a sales recovery in the United States and Japan.

Attorneys for Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc and Barclays Plc sparred in court on Monday as they began a trial over whether the British bank received an improper $11.2 billion windfall from its takeover of Lehman's core U.S. brokerage in September 2008.

Google Inc said it no longer plans to offer a version of its Nexus One smartphone for the Verizon Wireless network and will change its distribution plans in Britain, underscoring the challenges facing the Internet search company as it expands into the mobile phone market.