IBT Staff Reporter

Intel Corp reported a 44 percent surge in first-quarter revenue and delivered a current-quarter forecast ahead of Wall Street expectations, boosting the chipmaker's stock by 4 percent.

One of Shakespeare's most famous plays gets a 21st century makeover in a new version of Romeo and Juliet which will unfold through Twitter messages and on the Youtube video website.

U.S. Federal Reserve officials discussed raising for a second time the interest rate charged on emergency loans to banks, according to minutes from a mid-March meeting released on Tuesday.

U.S. regulators proposed large banks pay higher fees if they engage in risky activities, introducing a new scorecard said to better predict how institutions will fare in economic downturns.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Tuesday the Obama administration will push China forcefully to open its markets and maintain fair trading rules.

U.S. stocks eked out a gain on Tuesday as investors looked ahead to earnings from big banks and tech bellwethers, even as disappointing revenue from Alcoa Inc acted as a headwind.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Tuesday the Obama administration will push China forcefully to open its markets and maintain fair trading rules. Interviewed during an appearance before a meeting of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, Geithner repeated that it was important for China to move toward a flexible currency rate regime and added that he felt Beijing understands it was in that nation's own interest to do so.

The euro fell against most currencies on Tuesday as a Greek debt auction highlighted persistent doubts about Greece's credit risk and investors worried about tepid economic prospects in the euro zone. Greece passed its first borrowing test since the euro zone agreed on a potential rescue package but paid a high premium to issue the Treasury bills.

Concerns over Google Inc's longer-term prospects may overshadow improvements in the Internet search giant's core business.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Tuesday the Obama administration will push China forcefully to open its markets and maintain fair trading rules.

Concerns over Google Inc's longer-term prospects may overshadow improvements in the Internet search giant's core business.

VMware Inc and Salesforce.com Inc, two software makers whose sales have outperformed the industry in recent years, plan to introduce a new cloud-computing product.

Children who spend time outdoors are less likely to become short-sighted and require glasses, say Australian researchers.

Nintendo won a patent appeal on Tuesday in a fight with Anascape over technology used in video game controllers.

The New York Times led the pack of nominees for the Webby Awards on Tuesday, sharing the spotlight for the Oscars of the Internet with the BBC, actor Zach Galifianakis and comedian Stephen Colbert.

Stocks were little changed on Tuesday as disappointing revenue from Alcoa Inc was offset by expectations for strong results this week from other top companies, including Intel Corp .

Money-losing smartphone maker Palm Inc tapped Huawei Technologies for preliminary acquisition talks, a move that would give the Chinese telecommunications equipment maker a foothold in the premium mobile phone market.

Italian winemakers, usually wedded to centuries-old traditions, are slowly embracing Twitter, blogging and Facebook to boost sales that have been hit by the global economic crisis.

(Reuters) - Now that the U.S. healthcare reform plan is law, the federal government is turning to states to institute key components -- some of which have never existed before -- and do so in a tight timeframe.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children with a particular variation of strabismus -- commonly referred to as cross-eyes -- appear highly likely to develop nearsightedness by adulthood, according to a new study.

In a bid to woo customers from rival Microsoft Corp, Oracle Corp will boost investment in the widely used MySQL open-source database that it acquired with its January purchase of Sun Microsystems.

Apple Inc has updated its line of high-end laptops with faster processors, better graphics and longer battery life, as the company continues to take share in the personal computer market.

(Reuters) - A diet rich in olive oil, nuts, fish, poultry and certain fruits and vegetables may have a powerful effect at staving off Alzheimer's disease, researchers reported on Monday.

U.S. bank regulators extended a crisis-era guarantee while also moving to change the deposit insurance fee system for large banks with the aim of making them pay more for engaging in risky activities.

Influential nonprofit magazine Consumer Reports on Tuesday urged car shoppers not to buy the 2010 Lexus GX 460, calling the Toyota Motor Corp sport utility vehicle a safety risk to roll over.

Former Washington Mutual Chief Executive Kerry Killinger charged regulators unfairly seized the thrift in September 2008, even as the head of a congressional panel accused the savings and loan of creating a mortgage time bomb in its quest for profits.

Top cellphone makers are set to report accelerating market growth and booming demand for new smartphones when they unveil March quarter earnings starting this week.

The U.S. trade deficit with China narrowed to its lowest level in nearly a year in February, while the nation's overall trade gap widened as strengthening domestic demand triggered a surge in imports.

U.S. stocks slipped on Tuesday as Alcoa Inc's results disappointed investors at the start of the earnings reporting season, while a drop in oil prices weighed on the energy sector.