IBT Staff Reporter

U.S. Stifel Financial Corp will acquire up to 55 branches of UBS Wealth Management Americas to expand across the United States in a deal that will boost the investment bank's profit in the first year.

The Insurance Institute of Highway Safety said on Tuesday that four of 12 small SUVs it tested received its top rating for their ability to withstand roof damage in rollover accidents that often prove deadly.

Today, Netflix Inc., announced its integration with Facebook Connect as part of its plan to make Netflix features more broadly accessible to members and their friends.

Small-town Texan realtor Rick Cumins is going to see a paycheck in April -- his first since December.

Oil fell nearly $1 to below $53 a barrel Tuesday on expectations U.S. inventory data would show an increase in crude stockpiles and as the greenback made gains against other currencies.

Oil fell nearly $1 to below $53 a barrel Tuesday on expectations U.S. inventory data would show an increase in crude stockpiles and as the greenback made gains against other currencies.

The Dow briefly turned positive on Tuesday, helped by a rise in the shares of big manufacturers including Boeing Co ,and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq pared earlier losses.

Abusive credit card practices were criticized on Tuesday by a U.S. senator who has introduced legislation prohibiting lenders from making claims on consumers in bankruptcy if interest rates are excessive.

Williams-Sonoma Inc reported a quarterly earnings decline that was less steep than analysts were expecting, but said it did not expect to earn a profit again until the holiday shopping season.

Private equity funds will likely not be big players in a partnership with the U.S. government to buy toxic bank assets, but the approach offers other investors a good opportunity to make money, a top private equity investor said on Tuesday.

U.S. President Barack Obama called for bold, comprehensive and coordinated action to end a global economic downturn on Tuesday as he prepared for an evening news conference to explain his recovery strategy to a recession-weary public.

Stocks slipped on Tuesday as investors paused the day after a huge run-up to gauge if government plans to shore up the economy will be enough to sustain the recent market rally.

China is not afraid of the Internet, its Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, even as access to the popular video sharing site YouTube appeared to be blocked.

Seeking to avoid another financial crisis similar to the potential failure of AIG last September, leaders of the U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve urged lawmakers to give them additional authority to supervise the financial system, including the ability to close out struggling non-bank financial institutions.

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Williams-Sonoma Inc reported a 90 percent drop in quarterly profit on Tuesday and said it does not expect to earn a profit until the 2009 holiday shopping season, sending its shares down.

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Thirty-five nations vote on Thursday for a new International Atomic Energy Agency chief at a time of mounting challenges to the nuclear non-proliferation regime, but it was unclear if a winner would emerge.

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Stocks fell on Tuesday, with financial shares giving up some of the previous day's surge as investors assessed government plans to shore up the economy and resource shares fell alongside commodity prices.

Oil fell below $53 on Tuesday, giving away some of the previous sessions gains, pressured by a stronger U.S. dollar and losses on European and U.S. stock markets.

The U.S. economy should start growing by the end of this year and unemployment, expected to peak at around 9 percent, will begin to decline in 2010, Chicago Fed President Charles Evans said on Tuesday.

The following are prepared remarks by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, who was set to testify in Washington today about the Fed’s involvement in the bailout of insurance giant American International Group Inc.

The top three U.S. exchanges want regulators to adopt a modified uptick rule and a circuit breaker to curb abusive short selling, a trading strategy that profits from declining stocks.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Tuesday joined the Federal Reserve in calling for authority to wind down failing non-bank financial firms that threaten the financial system.

Retailer Williams-Sonoma Inc reported a sharply lower quarterly profit on Tuesday as the recession and slumping housing market curbed sales of its home goods and said it could post a loss for the current year.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc hopes to pay back the $10 billion it took from the U.S. government's $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program within a month, The New York Times said on Tuesday, citing people involved in the process.

Wall Street was poised for a lower open on Tuesday the day after markets surged, as investors assessed a raft of recent moves to shore up the struggling economy and soft oil prices weighed on energy shares.

World airlines are set to lose $4.7 billion this year as a result of the global recession that has shrunk passenger and cargo demand, industry body IATA said.