IBT Staff Reporter

Verizon Communications added far more wireless subscribers than expected in the fourth quarter, dispelling any worries that customers would put off signing up until the company's Verizon Wireless venture begins selling Apple Inc's iPhone next month.

Outgoing Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said on Tuesday he expected to spend another 10 years at Google, after announcing his surprise handover last week to co-founder Larry Page.

Silicon Valley billionaire, Tom Siebel, founder of CRM vendor Siebel Systems, has sold his 62,000-acre Montana cattle ranch for $45 million.

The Gold Price fell to new multi-month lows against all major currencies on Tuesday morning, dropping to $1325 per ounce as capitulation and panic hit Asian investment traders, according to one Hong Kong dealer.

U.S. single-family home prices fell for a fifth straight month in November and could plumb new lows soon, a closely watched survey showed on Tuesday.

Gold fell to its lowest in ten weeks on Tuesday, putting the price on course for its worst monthly performance in 13 months as safe-haven demand evaporated and investors booked further profits on the 2010 rally.

Google released a new Keep my opt-out extension for its Chrome browser in an attempt to uphold the users right to be left alone even as its competitor Mozilla added a do-not-track feature to allow users to bar third-party, advertsing targeted tracking.

Stocks fell on Tuesday as a slew of corporate earnings failed to persuade investors to add to the previous session's gains.

The companies that reported earnings before the markets open on Tuesday are: Verizon, Johnson & Johnson, 3M Co., EMC Corp., Corning, DuPont, Kimberly-Clark, Sherwin-Williams, Harley-Davidson and W.W. Grainger.

The Federal Reserve will continue to focus on low underlying inflation in pushing aggressive measures to support the U.S. recovery, even as European authorities fret about rising energy and food prices.

Microsoft has decided to go the exact opposite way from Apple with regard to jailbreakers of the Windows Phone. Microsoft is awarding hackers of its Windows Phone 7 a t-shirt and a free phone.

Half of bankers in Britain and the United States have received a higher bonus for 2010 than the year before, despite sluggish investment banking performances, according to a survey released on Tuesday.

Sales of automobile paint and plastics helped DuPont post a higher-than-expected quarterly profit, though higher raw material costs raised concern about margin pressure this year.

Stock index futures pointed to a modestly lower open on Tuesday as a slew of corporate earnings failed to persuade investors to add to the previous session's gains.

Leather goods maker Coach Inc reported a larger quarterly profit as U.S. luxury spending rebounded and sales in China soared over the holiday season.

BlackRock Inc , the world's largest asset manager, reported a big jump in fourth-quarter profit and revenue on Tuesday, aided in no small measure by the global stock market rally.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it expects India to grow at 8.4 percent in 2011 and fall to 8 percent, unchanged from its prior estimate as the two-speed global recovery will continue.

Sales of automobile paint and plastics helped DuPont post a higher-than-expected quarterly profit, though higher raw material costs raised concern about margin pressure this year.

Europe needs to strengthen its financial rescue fund to reduce the risk of renewed global instability as U.S. tax cuts and buoyant emerging economies help propel the recovery elsewhere, the IMF said on Tuesday.

Sales of automobile parts, including paint and plastics, helped DuPont post a better-than-expected quarterly profit, and a lower tax rate led the company to boost its 2011 forecast.

While U.S. President Barack Obama put up a preview to his much anticipated State of the Union address on the popular video sharing website, eyewitnesses of the suicide bombing at the Moscow airport uploaded footage of the blasts online.

He wants to replicate the old model of self distribution and road shows

The number of tigers in Asia could be nearly tripled if all the countries that support the population would be treated as large scale landscapes, a study by some of the world's leading conservation scientists said.

Europe should strengthen its financial rescue fund to reduce the risk of renewed global instability as U.S. tax cuts and emerging economies help propel recovery elsewhere, the IMF said on Tuesday.

Social media grows on Apple, which is known for staying away from social media and social software. After the hype over 'Photo Streaming', AppStore hits microblogging site Twitter, attracting followers in thousands

Analysis finds that companies' greenhouse gas emissions have a definite impact on their valuations.

Google takes a shot at Apple Air Print feature, launches its own Cloud Print beta for mobile documents and Gmail for mobile.

A Virginia researcher has confessed to tampering the date on a presidential pardon penned by Abraham Lincoln, making it look as if the pardon was one of the president's final acts - thus changing its historical significance.

Ericsson reported strong fourth-quarter demand for smartphone network equipment and said it would take aim at costs after posting disappointing margins, sending its shares higher.