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A mix of luxury brands and discounters reported quarterly earnings that topped expectations, results that underscored a broader report showing U.S. retail sales broke three consecutive months of declining growth in July as consumers regained some semblance of confidence this summer.

Shares of Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), the No. 1 search engine, set a record high of $672.85 on Tuesday, not quite eight years to the day of its initial public offering in which co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin pledged to “make money without doing evil.”

Late in its current-generation life cycle and amidst countless rumors about the upcoming Playstation 4, Sony is finally introducing a native YouTube app to its Playstation 3 gaming console. Is this a sign of Sony's future plans of all-encompassing media integration?

Two unpaid interns who last year sued Fox Searchlight over work they say they should have been paid for are looking to expand the case to include all interns who participated in programs run by Fox Entertainment Group.

Market researcher Gartner Group (NYSE: IT) said global smartphone sales eased 2.3 percent in the second quarter to 419 million units, accounting for a record 36.7 percent of all mobile phone sales.

Saks Inc. (NYSE: SKS) and Michael Kors Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: KORS) are both benefitting from wealthy consumers, offsetting global economic turmoil and an uncertain U.S. economy, the companies said Tuesday.

The cost of the 2009 bailout of the U.S. automotive industry by the federal government will cost the country $3.4 billion more than was previously estimated, reports said Tuesday.

Amid constant political caterwauling about the demise of American manufacturing, Japanese automakers like Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE: TM), Honda Motor Co. (NYSE: HMC) and Nissan Motor Co. (Tokyo: 7201) are gradually bringing manufacturing jobs to North America by building new factories and adding extra shifts to meet resurgent demand in the U.S. automotive market.

Shares of Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), the world's most valuable technology company, have recovered lost ground and are trading not much below their record high of $644 set on April 10. Despite a setback when third-quarter earnings fell shy of estimates last month, they could set another record again this week.

Archstone, the largest private U.S. residential landlord, will benefit from a strong urban portfolio and experienced management team as it prepares to go public for the second time, said analysts.

The studio is reportedly citing declines in the home entertainment industry as its reason for shuttering six-year-old label Warner Premiere.

Knight Capital Group Inc. (NYSE:KCG) saw shares in the company drop precipitously early Monday -- at one point losing over 7 percent of their value -- as the bruised-up broker-dealer continued to pick itself up less than two weeks after a trading algorithm gone berserk saddled the firm with $440 million in losses.

Meet Janna Ryan, the tax attorney turned stay-at-home mom, who married U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., the running mate of presumptive 2012 Republican Party presidential nominee Mitt Romney.

Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), the No. 1 search engine, said it had acquired the famous Arthur Frommer travel guides and other travel assets from publisher John Wiley & Sons (NYSE: JW/A) of New York.

Gasoline production issues and tensions between Iran and Israel have sent U.S. gasoline prices above $4 per gallon in some cities, and prices likely won't fall until October, according to gasoline analysts.

FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) said Monday it will offer voluntary buyout incentives to certain U.S.-based employees as part of an ongoing cost cutting.

Last week’s successful landing of the Mars Science Laboratory, better-known as Curiosity, represented a triumph in aeronautical and electrical engineering. Now the nine-foot, six-wheeled rover will use its instruments to make “Mars-shaking” discoveries in geology, meteorology and chemistry.

The top after-market NYSE gainers Friday were MasTec, Oasis Petroleum, Matador Resources, Janus Capital Group and Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust. The top after-market NYSE losers were Imperva, Ocwen Financial Corp, Radioshack Corp, Game Stop Corp and Permian Basin Royalty Trust.

Chinese conglomerate Wanxiang Qianchao Co. (Shanghai: 000559) is offering a $450 million lifeline to struggling battery manufacturer A123 Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: AONE), but the deal is facing right-wing opposition in the U.S.

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