IBT Staff Reporter

North Korea's top nuclear envoy arrived in Beijing on Tuesday as Pyongyang said it was willing to step up talks with China on resuming stalled disarmament-for-aid talks.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko launched action on Tuesday to call rival Viktor Yanukovich's election as president into question.

Coca-Cola Co reported a quarterly profit in line with analysts' estimates as strong volume in China, India and Brazil offset a decline in North America.

Graphics chip maker Nvidia is introducing new technology that promises to improve battery life while increasing the performance of mobile computers.

The U.S. government will continue its investigation into 2010 Prius hybrids over braking complaints even though Toyota Motor Corp has announced a recall of that model, the Transportation Department said on Tuesday.

Iran began making higher-grade nuclear fuel on Tuesday, state television reported, and the Pentagon said the United States wanted a U.N. Security Council resolution on Iran within weeks over its nuclear program.

The world's richest economies are set to grow faster this year than forecast a month ago, although the latest Reuters economic outlook showed the upturn will be feeble in comparison to resurgent emerging market peers.

People are afraid to lose money and an unusual study released on Monday explains why -- the brain's fear center controls the response to a gamble.

President Barack Obama's vow to get tougher on countries such as China that undervalue their currencies has heightened attention on whether the Treasury Department will formally label China as a currency manipulator in a semi-annual report due in April.

MillerCoors, the second-largest brewer in the United States, on Tuesday reported a 21.6 percent slide in fourth-quarter net income reflecting a tough economy and a sharp rise in share-based salary bonus packages.

Euro zone assets recovered some poise on Tuesday as markets bet the European Union would take steps to restore confidence in struggling members like Greece at a summit this week.

Globally renowned commodities expert and investor Jim Rogers says world's focus in the coming years is going to be on agricultural commodities and food prices. According to him, the prices of agricultural commodities and food are going to continuously rise in the coming years. Commodity prices are going to shoot up. The challenge is that people are eating more foods these days. But the supply of food products is coming down, he said.

French carmaker Renault is talking to its Indian partner, Mahindra & Mahindra, about restructuring their joint venture that makes the Logan sedan, and said a decision will be made in 30 to 45 days.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Being an older mother significantly increases the risk of having a child with autism, but being an older father only increases the risk when the mother is under the age of 30, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp and the Weinstein brothers are among the potential buyers of Walt Disney Co's Miramax film unit, sources familiar with the situation said on Monday.

Wall Street eyed a higher open on Tuesday as speculation that debt-burdened Greece would get help from the European Union bolstered sentiment, and positive broker comments looked set to boost industrial companies.

UBS clients withdrew money at twice the expected rate in the fourth quarter, eclipsing the bank's first net profit since Oswald Gruebel took the helm a year ago and raising concern he will struggle to steady the ship.

Coca-Cola Co reported a quarterly profit in line with analysts' estimates as strong volume in China, India and Brazil offset a decline in North America.

Stock index futures rose on Tuesday as speculation that European Union nations could bail out debt-burdened Greece bolstered sentiment.

Coca-Cola Co reported a quarterly profit in line with analysts estimates as strong volume in Latin America and other parts of the world offset a decline in North America.

Pulte Homes Inc , the biggest U.S. homebuilder, reported a smaller fourth-quarter net loss on Tuesday, helped by tax benefits, but missed analyst estimates.

Japan Airlines said it would keep its partnership with American Airlines in the Oneworld alliance, ending an attempt by Delta Air Lines to entice the bankrupt carrier to its rival SkyTeam group.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Old tobacco smoke does more than simply make a room smell stale -- it can leave cancer-causing toxins behind, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.

China Investment Corp , the country's $300 billion sovereign wealth fund, has made its biggest U.S. equity bets in natural resources and financial stocks.

European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet is cutting short a trip to Australia to attend a special European Union summit, prompting market speculation initiatives are in the works to help resolve Greece's debt problems.

Toyota Motor Corp said it would recall nearly half a million new Prius and other hybrid cars for braking problems as it battled criticism of its response to the spiraling safety crisis.

Stock index futures rose on Tuesday, buoyed by hopes that European Union nations could bail out debt-burdened Greece.

Obama asked Republicans to bring their best ideas for overhauling the U.S. healthcare system to the February 25 conference in hopes of rejuvenating the issue, which has floundered since Democrats lost their crucial 60th Senate vote last month.

Oil rose above $72 a barrel on Tuesday due to a weaker U.S. dollar and robust buying interest as investors looked for bargains following last week's price slide to near two-month lows.