IBT Staff Reporter

Helicopter-borne Pakistani soldiers swooped into a Taliban stronghold in a remote corner of Swat on Tuesday as the United Nations urged help for hundreds of thousands of people displaced by the fighting.

The Dow rose on Tuesday as investors bought into defensive shares, including Pfizer , while energy companies climbed as oil hit a six-month high.

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I am restarting a (small) position in Riverbed Technology ( RVBD ) - it's not cheap, and I am chasing to some degree but not at recent highs (just under $19).

AutoUSA, the industry's leading provider of the highest quality Internet-generated consumer leads to auto dealer's nationwide, today announced that 86 dealer clients have made this year's Ward's e-Dealer 100 list.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp is talking with lawmakers about speedy legislation that could give it the power to wind down troubled bank holding companies, but not a broader range of financial firms, according to a source familiar with agency plans.

While many diehard fashionistas uphold New York as the center of the fashion world, BeautyBodyStyle.com proves that the Internet can bring a high sense of style to women anywhere.

Oil rose to a six-month high on Tuesday on optimism an economic recovery may prompt rising fuel demand and on buying to hedge against a weaker U.S. dollar.

The Department of Energy granted $25 million to the state of Massachusetts to accelerate the development of a facility that once completed will become the first commercial facility in the United States able to test wind turbine blades longer than 50 meters.

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Tuesday that the seeds of a bottoming in plunging U.S. home markets were becoming visible.

Jerry Bruckheimer Games Inc. on Tuesday named a pair of videogame veterans to lead the company nearly 18 months after entering into a publishing agreement with MTV Games.

General Electric Co plans to invest $100 million in a factory to build high-tech batteries for heavy equipment, which it believes could be a $1 billion business over the next decade.

Several large U.S. banks undertook big capital-raising efforts on Tuesday, hoping to satisfy regulators who want to see a bigger cushion against a deep recession, or proof that they have enough of a buffer already.

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq fell on Tuesday on profit taking in financials and technology, while a drop in U.S. exports and fresh stock sales by various companies damped investor enthusiasm.

Lance Bass and Kristi Yamaguchi give T+L some tips on how to samba, waltz, tango, and more when traveling.

Europe’s largest bank, BNP Paribas Group, said on Tuesday said it has finalized acquisition to Fortis Bank with the approval of the Europe commissioner, in a deal that the biggest banking group across the Europe.

The Eternal City’s iconic sites provide a thrilling backdrop to the blockbuster movie, but they also hold scandals and sordid histories of their own.

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday said an associate of Henry Morris, a top fund-raiser for a former New York state official, pleaded guilty to securities fraud and is cooperating with the state's probe into corruption surrounding public pensions.

Pageant owner, Donald Trump, announced on Tuesday that Miss California USA, Carrie Prejean, can keep her crown despite all the controversies that surround her regarding her view on gay marriage and her pics in underwear.

The day-and-a-half sales training session included one day of skill practice interviews (a less frightening term than role playing), and a half day of discussing twenty key questions every top sales professional must answer satisfactorily.

Warner Bros. has some new friends at Facebook. In an industry first, the studio's Warner Home Video unit is set to announce this week a plan to sync up friend networks on Facebook with the interactive community-screening features of Warners' Blu-ray Disc releases, starting with the release of Watchmen Director's Cut.

These new hotel hangouts around the country serve up jaw-dropping views along with inventive cocktails.

The U.S. trade gap widened in March for the first time in eight months as exports fell 2.4 percent and imports dropped for the eighth consecutive month, a U.S. government report showed on Tuesday.

Chinese President Hu Jintao offered flowers and expressed condolences to the quake victims Tuesday, marking the first anniversary of Wenchuan quake that left nearly 90,000 people dead or missing and 5 million homeless.

Citigroup Inc said on Tuesday that the committee overseeing its use of $45 billion of taxpayer money had approved the use of nearly all of that sum to make loans.

New York Times Co board member Scott Galloway said on Tuesday he did not contact Google Inc Co-founder Larry Page to try to get the Internet company to buy the newspaper publisher.

Stocks fell on Tuesday as investors took profits in the technology and banking sectors while a drop in U.S. exports in March and multiple stock offerings from various companies dampened enthusiasm.

Newer technologies like electronic readers will never fully usurp demand for traditional books that offer the joy of leafing through pages on a beach, Italian publisher Mondadori's CEO said on Tuesday.

Integrity Mutual Funds, Inc., a mutual fund and financial services company, today reported a revenue drop of 46 percent for the first quarter of 2009.