IBT Staff Reporter

Wall Street was little changed on Tuesday as fighting in Libya and chances of a interest hike in Europe kept investors from making new bets on stocks.

Preventing another financial crisis similar to the one that shook the markets in 2008 requires a global effort and can not be done by one nation alone, the head of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission said on Tuesday.

The Group of Seven (G7) countries may have sold a total of around 530 billion yen ($6.5 billion) on Friday as they intervened in forex markets to weaken the currency, data from the Bank of Japan showed on Tuesday.

Shares of companies active in Monday's early trade are: Walgreen, Canadian Pacific Railway, Netflix Inc., Express Inc., Molycorp and St. Jude Medical.

Dollar General Corp posted a higher quarterly profit as more shoppers visited the discount chain for gifts and food during the holiday season and said it expected sales and earnings to rise again this fiscal year.

A Dallas man received a full face transplant, the third time such a procedure has been performed in the U.S.

Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe will receive the Hero Award for his contribution to the Trevor Project.

Oil prices eased on Tuesday, with Brent hovering below $115 on an anticipated slowdown in Western air strikes on Libya

U.S. stock index futures were little changed on Tuesday as fighting in Libya, resolving Japan's crisis and the chances for a European interest rate hike next month kept investors jittery.

Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny, who is out injured for up to six weeks with a dislocated finger, ridiculed his Arsenal teammates including his replacement Jens Lehmann.

The Euro price of Gold Bullion today slipped back to last week's finish just below €32,000 per kilo - reversing Monday's 1.0% rise - as the single currency hit new 6-month highs to the Dollar above $1.4240.

An unexpected jump in oil prices and the potential for further tightening of fiscal policy suggest less economic momentum than previously believed, according to the March 2011 Economic Outlook released today by Fannie Mae's (OTC Bulletin Board: FNMA) Economics & Mortgage Market Analysis Group.

Hewlett-Packard Co said on Tuesday it is assessing the impact to its business of the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan earlier this month and that its office in Sendai, near the quake's epicenter, remains closed.

Research In Motion's long-awaited tablet, the BlackBerry PlayBook, will go on sale in the United States and Canada on April 19 at a base price of $499.

Variety reports that Gordon-Levitt will play Alberto Falcone, also known as The Holiday Killer. Alberto Falcone is the son of Gotham city's crime boss, Carmine Falcone.

A U.S. Air Force Strike Eagle F-15E jet crashed near the eastern city of Benghazi in Libya late Monday as part of a mission to protect civilians from forces led by Col. Muammar Gaddafi, United States Africa Command said on Tuesday.

(Corrects number in para 3 to ... 830 billion yen, ... not ... 830 yen)

RadarOnline.com is reporting that troubled actor Charlie Sheen will not be allowed to see his twin boys, Bob and Max, until he submits to a psychiatric exam.

Sony Corp <6758.T> cut output at five more plants and Toyota Motor <7203.T> delayed restarting assembly lines, as the global supply of parts and products began to feel the full impact of Japan's catastrophic earthquake.

McLaren-Mercedes' driver Lewis Hamilton has geared up for the new Formula One season with a jibe at last season's double world championship winning Red Bull team, saying they're just a drinks company.

Merck (NYSE: MRK) and sanofi-aventis (NYSE: SNY) terminated plans to combine their animal health businesses, citing increasing complexity of implementing the proposed transaction.

Barcelona star Lionel Messi and Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho are the richest men in football according to a survey conducted by the France Football magazine.

U.S. stocks were set to open little changed on Tuesday as geopolitical concerns in Japan and Libya kept investors nervous.

An anti-gay app for the iPhone is creating a whirlwind of controversy as the professor whose work the authors cite wants it pulled

U.S. and its allies continue to work towards enforcing a no-fly zone over Libya.

Pacific Investment Management Co , the manager of world's largest bond fund, has raised more than $1.5 billion for a new fund to buy assets from banks looking to strengthen their balance sheets, Bloomberg said, citing two people with knowledge of the fundraising.

Oil prices slipped on Tuesday, with Brent crude falling below $115, as investors betting oil prices would rise with western involvement in Libya's civil war took profits in anticipation of a slowdown in air strikes.

U.S. firms are increasingly vexed over growing Chinese red tape that prevents them from expanding quickly in China's vast market, a survey by the American Chamber of Commerce showed on Tuesday.

Charlie Sheen made a surprise visit on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel to drop what could be deciphered as a hint on his rumored association with Fox, besides laying a big smooch on the host's lips.