IBT Staff Reporter

Office supplies retailer Staples Inc will begin selling Amazon.com Inc's Kindle, the latest deal that will expand the availability of the e-reader at retail locations.

Dollar General Corp posted a higher-than-expected quarterly profit as it attracted bargain-seeking consumers who spent more per visit, and the discount retailer raised its profit outlook.

Bailed-out insurer American International Group faced the prospect of finding another buyer for its Taiwan unit after regulators threw out its proposed $2.2 billion sale to a Chinese company.

Prices of U.S. single-family homes gained more than expected in June and rose in the second quarter, reflecting the lingering boost from homebuyer tax credits that ended in April, Standard & Poor's/Case Shiller home price indexes showed on Tuesday.

Mortgage approvals and consumer credit rose unexpectedly in July, but weak mortgage lending pushed total net lending to its lowest since March, Bank of England figures showed on Tuesday.

The United States may not have the oldest buildings in the world, but we have our share of great historic homes and mansions-the habitats of presidents, heroes and heroines, bad guys and business tycoons.

An Iranian newspaper said on Tuesday that Carla Bruni, the wife of France's president, deserved to die after she expressed solidarity with a woman sentenced to be stoned for adultery.

U.S. health officials are set to rule on whether a faster-growing, genetically engineered fish is safe to eat in a decision that could deliver the first altered animal food to consumers' dinner plates.

Dollar General Corp posted a higher-than-expected quarterly profit as it attracted bargain-seeking consumers who spent more per visit, and the discount retailer raised its profit outlook.

Wall Street was poised for a lower open on Tuesday as housing data failed to counter pessimism about the economy.

Prices of U.S. single-family homes gained more than expected in June and rose in the second quarter, reflecting the lingering boost from homebuyer tax credits that ended in April, Standard & Poor's/Case Shiller home price indexes showed on Tuesday.

No client is too small for Goldman Sachs Group Inc these days, even a company with no revenue that's owned by a hedge fund specializing in penny stocks.

Prices of U.S. single-family homes gained more than expected in June and rose in the second quarter, reflecting the lingering boost from homebuyer tax credits that ended in April, Standard & Poor's/Case Shiller home price indexes showed on Tuesday.

Filipino Catholics and Chinese Buddhists offered prayers for eight Hong Kong tourists at the site where they died in a bus hijacking, and the Philippine government promised a credible investigation into what went wrong.

Japanese powerbroker Ichiro Ozawa said on Tuesday he would stick to his plan to challenge Prime Minister Naoto Kan in a party election, setting up a showdown that threatens to create a policy vacuum as Japan struggles with a strong yen and a fragile economy.

German unemployment fell in August to its lowest since November 2008, laying the ground for further growth in consumer spending that the economy needs for a more balanced rebound.

India's economy grew at its fastest pace in nearly three years in the April-June quarter on strong manufacturing growth and better farm output that may keep the central bank on its gradual monetary tightening path.

Mortgage approvals and consumer credit lending rose unexpectedly in July, but total net lending was its weakest since March, Bank of England figures showed on Tuesday.

The FTSE 100 dropped sharply early on Tuesday, led by falls in risk sensitive assets such as banks and commodity stocks as fears intensified over the sustainability of the global recovery.

World stocks fell on Tuesday in markets dominated by concerns the U.S. economy is sliding back into recession, prompting further flows into safe-haven assets.

Carrefour , Europe's top retailer, said the summer sales trend was mixed in Europe but demand was holding up in emerging markets and confirmed it expected operating profit to rise this year.

Stock index futures were lower on Tuesday as investors awaited data on housing and consumer confidence to gauge the pace of the economy recovery.

Stock index futures were lower on Tuesday as investors awaited data on housing and consumer confidence to gauge the pace of the economy recovery.

Japan Airlines Corp, a carrier worth no more than a two-decade-old jumbo when it was bailed out by the government in January, said it will retire two-fifths of its aircraft, abandon one in eight overseas flights and end a quarter of its home routes in a bid to return to profit.

Stock index futures pointed to a lower open for Wall Street on Tuesday, extending a sharp decline in the previous session, on worries about the strength of the global economic recovery.

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan and powerbroker Ichiro Ozawa were to meet at 5 p.m. (0800) on Tuesday, Jiji news agency said, as the party tried to avoid a clash in a leadership race that could create a policy vacuum as Japan struggles with a strong yen and fragile economy.

World stocks fell Tuesday in markets dominated by concerns the U.S. economy is sliding back into recession, prompting further flows into safe-haven assets.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew to Washington on Tuesday for peace talks with the Palestinians, leaving up in the air the question of future Jewish settlement construction once a partial freeze ends.

Japanese factory output edged up in July but manufacturing activity in August expanded at its slowest pace in more than a year, suggesting that companies were starting to feel the pinch from an export slowdown and a strong yen.