IBT Staff Reporter

After a healthcare summit last week failed to win Republican converts, Obama and his fellow Democrats have been expected to launch a final push for an overhaul of the $2.5 trillion healthcare industry using a process known as reconciliation to move the measure through the Senate without opposition support.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Younger adults who get either little sleep or a lot of it may see a greater expansion in their waistlines over time, a study published Monday suggests.

Nissan Motor unveiled its much-awaited low-cost compact car aimed at becoming a major force in the fast-growing segment, targeting global sales of 1 million units with the roll-out of a family of compact cars by 2013.

Futures for the Dow Jones industrial average, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 were little changed at 0950 GMT.

U.S. stocks were set for a higher open on Tuesday, a day after the S&P 500 moved into positive territory for the year, as Greece appeared to be making progress toward a resolution on aid from the European Union.

Allied Irish Banks said it would try to sell assets or a stake in the group before approaching shareholders or the government for further capital, after posting its first ever full-year net loss.

Carmakers are bracing for lower sales in Europe this year as incentive programs end, while elsewhere companies are seeing opportunities in their competitors' product recalls.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Several of the nearly 100 young U.S. athletes who die suddenly and unexpectedly during sports every year could be saved through more effective screening for heart problems, US researchers suggested in a new study published Monday. The measures, according to another study, will cost less than $100 per athlete.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. children eat an average three snacks a day on top of three regular meals, a finding that could explain why the childhood obesity rate has risen to more than 16 percent, researchers said on Tuesday.

Swedish automaker Saab would have to sell more than 100,000 cars a year to break even and hopes to sell about half of that in 2010, Chief Executive Jan Jonsson said on Tuesday.

Asian banks including DBS Group have been invited to help underwrite Prudential's $20 billion rights issue.

Staples Inc reported lower-than-expected quarterly profit on weak demand for big-ticket items, and forecast full-year earnings well below analysts' expectations, sending its shares down 7 percent.

Top office products retailer Staples Inc reported higher-than-expected quarterly revenue, boosted by its improving North American business, although its profit fell slightly short.

Stock index futures rose on Tuesday, a day after the S&P 500 moved into positive territory for 2010, as Greece appeared to be making progress toward a resolution on aid from the European Union.

Harold Ford, a former representative from Tennessee, will not challenge Senator Kirsten Gillibrand in the New York Democratic primary, The New York Times reported on Monday.

LyondellBasell has rejected Reliance Industries' offer that values the bankrupt firm at $14.5 billion.

LONDON (Reuters) - Families in some poor nations are trapped in cycles of illness and poverty as authorities fail to tackle chronic health problems or meet goals on child health and tuberculosis, scientists said on Tuesday.

Astellas, the country's second-biggest drugs firm on Monday went hostile with a $3.5 billion offer for U.S.-based OSI Pharmaceuticals.

Dell, the world's No. 3 PC seller, is looking for acquisitions to bolster its consumer, small and medium business that accounts for almost half of the company's total sales.

More homeowners are falling behind on their mortgages, jeopardizing the nascent housing recovery and raising the possibility that home prices have not found their bottom but could instead fall further.

Turkeys don't vote for Christmas, and the Chinese Communist Party is not exactly itching to release its iron grip over society and the economy.

Land & Houses PCL LH.BK, Thailand's biggest home builder, said on Tuesday it expected to report only single-digit growth in net profit in 2010 due to higher costs as government tax breaks expire in March.

Stock index futures rose on Tuesday, a day after the S&P 500 moved into positive territory for 2010, as Greece appeared to be making progress toward a resolution on aid from the European Union.

The Financial Times has seen a positive trend in advertising sales continue into the current quarter a day after parent Pearson reported forecast-beating results.

Fannie Mae, the largest provider of funding for U.S. residential loans, on Monday said it would purchase up to 200,000 delinquent loans from its mortgage-backed securities in March as it sought to clarify a new policy that has roiled the market.

An Obama administration program aimed at helping homeowners whose homes have declined in value get new loans has been extended another year, a key housing regulator said on Monday.

Chilean authorities extended a curfew in the country's second-biggest city on Tuesday as troops struggled to contain worsening looting and crime in the wake of a devastating earthquake.

President Barack Obama will announce details of an estimated $6 billion program on Tuesday to generate jobs by providing incentives for Americans to make their homes more energy efficient, the latest step in his bid to convince Americans he can ease their economic woes.

China stood its ground that diplomacy was the best way to resolve the standoff over Iran's nuclear program, as U.S. diplomats arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for talks on Tehran and North Korea's atomic ambitions.