Of the 104 senior executives whose pay was set by the federal pay regulator in the last two years, about 85 percent are still with the companies, data shows.

MTV is promoting its decision to show ?Jersey Shore? in dozens of countries, a gamble that the show?s distinct appeal will stretch far beyond the United States.

A proposed rail link between Tampa and Orlando, Fla., exposes the weaknesses in the two cities? transit systems.

Shares fluctuated in a tight range as relief about a health care overhaul bill was tempered by concern about debt problems in Greece.

Football Association chief executive Ian Watmore resigns after less than a year in the post.

AP - Asian stock markets were mostly higher Tuesday, helped by an overnight rise on Wall Street after the passage of a sweeping U.S. health care measure.

Reuters - Asian shares rose on Tuesday and edged back toward a two-month peak hit last week, supported by investor expectations of an ongoing recovery in the world economy, and as tech stocks drew support from gains in U.S. peers.

AP - Oil prices hovered above $81 a barrel Tuesday in Asia as investors look to equity markets and crude inventory data later this week for a trading catalyst.

China says Google's decision to stop censoring search results is 'totally wrong' and violates a promise to abide by Chinese laws.

Aerospace giant Boeing criticises German plans to give a 1.1bn euro loan to help Airbus develop its A350 passenger plane.

Telecoms regulator Ofcom urges UK firms to speed up the roll-out of super-fast broadband.

British Airways is trying to resume normal services after the end of a three-day strike by cabin crew.

UK banks will be legally obliged to provide bank accounts for all, as part of the Budget, the BBC learns.

AFP - Japan's Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co. is expected to have a market valuation of 15.5 billion dollars after its April 1 initial public offering, the world's biggest since Visa's in 2008.

Reuters - Asian shares inched back toward recent two-month highs on Tuesday as recovering commodity prices boosted shares of resource firms and as tech stocks drew support from gains in their U.S. peers.

French public sector workers strike in protest against the government's social and economic policies.

Defence services company VT Group agrees to a takeover deal from Babcock International.

The UK inflation rate drops sharply to 3% in February from 3.5% the month before, figures show.

Northern Ireland's largest independent television company has launched a second bid to run a regional news pilot in Great Britain.

Mortgage lending to house buyers is still subdued, according to the British Bankers' Association (BBA).

AP - Worsening economic conditions caused the nation to reach a bleak milestone in January: For the first time since The Associated Press began analyzing conditions in more than 3,100 U.S. counties nearly a year ago, the average county was found to be economically stressed.

AP - Britain's consumer price inflation fell a half point in February to 3 percent, but remained well above the government's annual target of 2 percent, the Office for National Statistics said Tuesday.

AP - The Dutch economic affairs minister has accused the U.S. government of being the most important hindrance to ongoing global trade talks.

AP - German media group Bertelsmann AG says its full-year 2009 net income fell 87 percent to euro35 million ($47 million) as a result of a slump in demand during the economic downturn.

AP - Greece will have no difficulty in raising money on financial markets in the coming months, even at high interest rates, but hopes a commitment of support from the EU will help lower borrowing costs, Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou said Tuesday.

AFP - Cairn Energy, which recently began pumping oil in India, said Tuesday that its net profit slumped 93 percent to 16.5 million pounds (24.7 million dollars) in 2009.

Closing its search service in the mainland is a powerful rejection of censorship, but it means that Google must risk abandoning the world?s largest Internet market.

The European Union?s highest court ruled that brand owners may have the right to block Google from selling their trademarks as keywords that generate ads on Google?s search engine.

Prosecutors presented evidence to show that employees from the mining giant accepted large bribes and stole commercial secrets from Chinese companies.

Unlike other 3D film and TV technologies, the new machine will not require users to wear special glasses .

Of the 104 senior executives whose pay was set by the federal pay regulator in the last two years, about 85 percent are still with the companies, data shows.

The life insurer's listing will be the seventh-largest ever, despite investor nervousness around the globe.

British Airways is still being forced to cancel flights as it tries to resume normal services after a three-day strike by cabin crew.

Royal Dutch Shell has strengthened its ties in China after agreeing a 30-year deal to explore for natural gas deposits in the country

European court rules that Google did not violate the rights of Louis Vuitton with its adword policy.

Oil exploration company Cairn Energy says its Indian oil reserves are greater than previously predicted.

The Football Association is holding emergency talks on Tuesday after being thrown into turmoil by Ian Watmore's shock resignation as chief executive.

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Six people are held in a joint insider dealing inquiry by the Financial Services Authority and Serious Organised Crime Agency.

Members of a major dairy co-operative that collapsed causing the loss of more than 1,000 jobs were 'badly let down', members of parliament say.

GMTV was wrong to allow its consumer expert Martin Lewis to promote his commercial website, Ofcom rules.

AP - Four Rio Tinto employees were standing trial Tuesday in a closed Shanghai court session on politically sensitive charges of stealing commercial secrets after earlier pleading guilty to taking bribes.

AP - European stock markets rose modestly Tuesday on the back of an advance on Wall Street and despite ongoing worries about whether an aid package for Greece will emerge at this week's meeting of European Union leaders.

AP - H&R Block Inc. said Tuesday the number of tax returns it has prepared at its retail sites rose 4.3 percent in the first half of March compared with a year ago, but are down 6.3 percent for the tax season as a whole.

AP - Walgreen Co., the largest U.S. drugstore chain, said Tuesday its profit rose 4.5 percent during the fiscal second quarter on a boost in prescription drug sales.

AFP - The World Trade Organisation is expected to issue a landmark ruling Tuesday on a six-year-old clash pitting US aerospace giant Boeing against its arch rival Airbus.

Reuters - KB Home on Tuesday posted a narrower quarterly loss, helped by an improved operating environment for homebuilding.

AP - Zhejiang Geely Holding Group expects to wrap up talks on buying Ford Motor Co.'s Volvo car unit by the end of this month, a spokesman for the Chinese automaker said Tuesday.

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The Europe Union?s top court gave Google broad latitude to sell advertising linked to trademarks but the group may have to do more to protect against infringements.

Sales of previously occupied homes dropped 0.6 percent in February, pushing sales down to the lowest level since last July.

But trading volumes were light as investors, uncertain about aid for Greece, awaited Thursday?s meeting of European Union leaders.

Second-quarter profit rose 4.5 percent, falling short of Wall Street expectations due to the steep dropoff in flu shots and sales of cough and cold products.

The share price of German car maker Volkwagen has plunged following a new $6bn (4.5bn-euro) stock offer.

A company backed by Microsoft chairman Bill Gates is in talks with Japan's Toshiba to develop a new generation of nuclear reactors

British Gas workers vote to strike over grievances with management, the GMB union says.

AP - Sales of existing homes fell for a third straight month in February, pushing sales down to the lowest level since last July. There is concern that the fragile housing rebound could falter, making it harder for the overall economy to recover.

AP - Stocks are higher after sales of existing homes fell less than expected in February.

AP - Lions Gate Entertainment Inc. rejected on Tuesday the latest bid by activist investor Carl Icahn for control of the film studio, calling the offer too low.

AFP - UBS and other Swiss banks could be hit by more tax evasion lawsuits if a landmark settlement between UBS and the United States falls through, Switzerland's banking regulator warned Tuesday.

AP - High fuel prices dragged down results at cruise operator Carnival Corp., cutting profit by 33 percent, the company said Tuesday.

AP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government will be hamstrung by Britain's perilous financial situation when it delivers its annual budget Wednesday — a key moment in its battle to win voters ahead of a national election.

AP - A trade unionist says two Nigerian oil workers have been found dead in the oil-rich Niger Delta region after being kidnapped 10 days ago.

The Europe Union?s top court gave Google broad latitude to sell advertising linked to trademarks but the group may have to do more to protect against infringements.

Under the agreement, Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline will provide 300 million doses each of their vaccines over a 10-year period.

In a sign that housing prices will remain under pressure, more sellers are putting their homes on the market.

The homebuilder said it saw signs of stability in the housing market.

Carnival Corporation has fuelled hopes of recovery in the cruise liner industry with profit figures ahead of analysts' forecasts

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A £200m contract to manufacture pipes for a gas field project off Scotland safeguards 250 jobs at Corus in Hartlepool.

AP - Stocks made tentative advances Tuesday after sales of existing homes fell less than expected and as a stronger dollar hurt commodity prices.

U.S. News & World Report - When Jim and Pam, the couple on NBC's The Office, had a baby earlier this year, they might have anticipated a tax benefit for adding another member to their family. Like many couples, after shelling out for the nursery, baby clothes, and delivery costs, they probably hoped for some kind of break from Uncle Sam to compensate them for creating the next generation of citizens. But for the most part, new parents are disappointed by the tax benefits their babies bring and find their new costs far outweigh any savings.

AP - Luxury goods manufacturers said a ruling Tuesday from the European Union's highest court will stop Google Inc. selling their brand names as advertising keywords to unauthorized sellers or counterfeiters in Europe.

AP - More travelers are booking cruise vacations and paying more for the getaways, a welcome sign for an industry that's struggled to keep its cabins full, executives at Carnival Corp. said Tuesday.

Reuters - Germany signaled for the first time on Tuesday that it may accept European financial aid for Greece as a last resort, but only if the IMF helps first and euro zone partners accept tougher budget discipline rules.

AP - Greece said Tuesday that the option of seeking help from the International Monetary Fund had been 'put to one side' in the hope that fellow European countries will this week overcome a political stalemate and agree on support measures.

AP - A trade group says last month's snowy and icy weather throughout Ohio did not hurt the state's home sales, which rose 10 percent.

AP - Oil prices drifted in Tuesday morning trading as higher stock prices waged a tug-of-war with the stronger dollar and signs of lackluster energy demand.

AP - German carmaker Volkswagen AG on Tuesday started the issuance of some 65 million new shares to help finance its integration of sports car maker Porsche.

Google?s China operations came under pressure as some content from its uncensored Hong Kong site was blocked.

The agreement, with Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline, could save as many as 900,000 lives by over the next five years.

Berlin indicated that it might allow European aid for Greece but that it would demand tougher budget discipline rules.

After months of political rancor and legal obstacles, the French government shelved a plan that had been a cornerstone of President Nicolas Sarkozy?s enviromental policy.

Stocks meandered, reflecting the array of opinion about the strength of a recovery for the housing market.

Hedge fund Moore Capital is raided in a joint insider-dealing inquiry by the Financial Services Authority and the Serious Organised Crime Agency.

US home sales have fallen for the third straight month, raising concerns about the markets slow recovery.

AP - Sales of existing homes fell for a third straight month in February, pushing sales down to the lowest level since last July. There is concern the fragile housing rebound is faltering, making it harder for the overall economy to recover.

AP - Local governments could line up billions of dollars in new construction projects under the latest in a series of election-year jobs bills Democrats are pushing in Congress as unemployment hovers near 10 percent.

AP - The World Trade Organization ruled that European governments unfairly financed planemaker Airbus' battle against U.S. rival Boeing, officials said, even as the France-based Airbus claimed the decision as a victory.

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AFP - The World Trade Organisation issued a landmark ruling Tuesday on a six-year-old clash pitting US aerospace giant Boeing against its arch rival Airbus over an alleged 200 billion dollars of state aid.

Reuters - KB Home posted a wider-than-expected quarterly loss on Tuesday as prices and demand for its houses sagged and expenses climbed.

AP - The Justice Department has accused Daimler AG of paying bribes to officials of foreign governments.

The first step includes seeking comment on the appropriate role of the government in housing policy and housing finance.

Things are so bad that even a little reform would go a long way to stimulate economic growth if the government can maintain public support.

Two senior financial market professionals and a hedge fund employee were among six men arrested in Britain on Tuesday on suspicion of being involved in a sophisticated and long-running insider-trading ring.

The World Trade Organization?s decision was made against a backdrop of rising tensions over Europe?s claims of protectionism in the Pentagon?s competition for Air Force refueling tankers.

Shares, which had meandered for much of the day, began to turn higher as the session neared a close.

The French government signals that it is dropping a plan for a tax on domestic carbon dioxide emissions.

White House pay tsar tells bosses at five bailed-out firms to take a 15% drop in pay after calling AIG's recent bonuses 'outrageous'.

Three firms named in FSA insider dealing probe - Deutsche Bank, Moore Capital and BNP Paribas - as six people are arrested.

British Airways says it will run more flights through the next planned strike as more crew will report for work.

China attacks Google's decision to stop censoring search results as its long-running row with the US internet giant escalates.

AP - A Federal Reserve official says record-low interest rates are still needed to energize the economic recovery.

AP - KB Home trimmed its losses in its fiscal first quarter and the homebuilder said it would be profitable later this year.

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AFP - Airbus claimed Tuesday that it won the bulk of a World Trade Organization ruling on a six-year-old clash pitting the European aerospace giant against its arch rival Boeing over state subsidies.

Reuters - A foreclosure auction for the 270-room W New York-Union Square was canceled on Tuesday after the owner of the luxury hotel filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

AP - Oil prices drifted on Tuesday before closing higher, as rising stock prices waged a tug-of-war with the stronger dollar and signs of lackluster energy demand.

Reuters - Daimler AG plans to pay $185 million to settle bribery probes by the U.S. Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission, a source familiar with the case said on Tuesday.

At a Congressional hearing, Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said the administration planned to take ?a fresh, cold, hard look? at the government?s role in housing.

Greece faces several years of austerity measures and social strife, but things may be so bad that a little reform could go a long way to stimulate growth.

Kenneth R. Feinberg, the Treasury's special master for compensation, talked tough on Tuesday when he approved pay packages for 119 of the top earners at five big companies that have yet to repay government bailout money. Executives at GMAC, however, received a bit more than they were previously told.

Shares, which had meandered for much of the day, began to turn higher as the session neared a close.

The payments were reportedly aimed at assisting in securing contracts with government customers for the purchase of Daimler vehicles.

AP - Former New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine will take the helm of futures and options brokerage MF Global Holdings Ltd., returning to the private sector after nearly a decade in government.

AP - Investors are starting to believe that the stock market is on the verge of another big rally.

AP - Gov. Jennifer Granholm issued new rules Tuesday requiring a state agency to conduct more extensive background checks before awarding tax credits, after a $9.1 million credit was given to a convicted embezzler on parole.

AP - Medical safety product maker Unilife Corp. on Tuesday posted a wider loss second-quarter loss than a year earlier as it faced the cost of moving its operations to Pennsylvania from Australia while its revenue fell.

AP - THE TAKEOVER: Mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were taken over by regulators in September 2008 and have needed $126 billion in taxpayer aid to keep going.

AP - The dollar climbed against the euro and the pound Tuesday as Greek officials played down the threat that they will seek help from the International Monetary Fund, while an ongoing stalemate continued in Europe over how to deal with the country's debt crisis.

AP - The Obama administration is taking baby steps to develop a system that could replace mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, amid criticism that officials are dragging their feet.

AP - Car manufacturer Daimler AG will pay $185 million to settle criminal and civil investigations in which the company is accused of paying tens of millions of dollars in bribes to officials of at least 22 foreign governments over the course of a decade, two people familiar with the deal said Tuesday.

The former governor of New Jersey agreed on Tuesday to become the chairman and chief executive of MF Global, a brokerage firm, and an operating partner at J.C. Flowers & Company, a private equity firm specializing in financial services companies.

Nursing home groups prepare to tell a Senate panel that a Drug Enforcement Administration move is depriving frail patients of painkillers.

The W.T.O. is also looking into a European complaint that Boeing has benefited improperly from subsidies from its military business.

Shares, which had meandered for much of the day, began to turn higher as the session neared a close.

The agreement, with Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline, could save as many as 900,000 lives over the next five years.

For $20 million, a group of investors has bought and plans to upgrade a restaurant, hotel and popular disco overlooking the Fire Island Pines?ferry dock.

Far from being gentrified, a Portland, Ore., neighborhood is being renovated to provide shelter and services for homeless people.

A Justice Department complaint accused Daimler of bribing foreign officials in at least 22 countries.

The bill is the government?s biggest attack on economic inequality since it began rising in the 1970s.

The US accuses German car giant Daimler of bribing 22 governments in order to win contracts worth tens of millions of dollars.

Can India's high-fashion find a broader market?

AP - The top earners at five big companies still living on federal bailout money will take a 15 percent pay cut this year, the Obama administration's pay czar says — yet many will still make millions.

AP - A new study shows that housing has become more affordable for nurses, teachers, police and other workers, but suggests homeownership remains out of their reach in many major markets.

China?s intransigence on the open flow of information has the potential to weaken its connection to the global economy and sully its image.

Lucrative and popular Web sites in China are mainly entertainment-oriented, which may make it hard for them to be as successful outside the country.

A measure in the new health care legislation will create a national policy modeled on a requirement that has already taken effect in New York City.

Mr. Corzine lost his bid for a second term as governor of New Jersey in November.

A man described as a junior trader for Moore Capital was arrested in the raid, and computers and documents were taken from the company?s London offices.

For World Water Week, the Tap Project is bringing a greater focus to its ad campaign in search of donations.

Mr. Tonchi, currently the editor of T: The New York Times Style Magazine, said he hopes to make W more accessible to the general public.

The agency has proposed requiring petroleum facilities that inject carbon dioxide into the ground to report their emissions.

For BWP Bats, which makes 35,000 bats a year at its factory in Brookville, Pa., the challenge is getting the business to grow.

Walgreen has reduced the number of items sold at its stores to lower costs and to focus on its most profitable products.

Banks are slowly starting to agree to modify second mortgages for some struggling borrowers, but it?s not yet enough.

AP - Lee Kun-hee, the former chairman of Samsung Electronics who was convicted of tax evasion and later pardoned by South Korea's president, is returning to lead the company after a nearly two-year absence, Samsung said Wednesday.

AP - Japan says exports in February jumped 45.3 percent from a year earlier, fueled by robust global demand for cars and electronics.

Investor's Business Daily - Bull markets always have to climb a wall of worry. This one also will have to climb a stairway of tax hikes.

AP - A government watchdog is criticizing the Obama administration for establishing a 'meaningless' goal for its flagship mortgage assistance program.

AFP - US aerospace giant Boeing and its European rival Airbus both claimed victory Tuesday over a landmark World Trade Organization ruling on their dispute over state subsidies.

AFP - Daimler will pay some 180 million dollars in fines to settle US allegations that the German automaker habitually paid bribes to win contracts with foreign governments, a source close to the case told AFP Tuesday.

Things are so bad, officials say, that even a little reform would go a long way to stimulate growth.

Republicans grilled the nominee to be the Army?s general counsel, Solomon B. Watson IV, about two articles disclosing classified information.

The European Union?s highest court on gave Google broad latitude to sell advertising linked to trademarks on its search engine.

On the second day of the Rio Tinto proceedings, which dealt with commercial secrets, even Australian consular officials were barred from the afternoon session.

Unlike other 3D film and TV technologies, the new machine will not require users to wear special glasses .

AP - Lee Kun-hee, the former chairman of Samsung Electronics who was convicted of tax evasion and later pardoned by South Korea's president, has returned to lead the company after a nearly two-year absence, Samsung announced Wednesday.

Reuters - Bank of America will on Wednesday announce plans to start forgiving mortgage loan principal for troubled homeowners who owe more than 120 percent of their home's value or are battling ever-expanding 'negative amortization' loans.

Reuters - Settlements of U.S. class-action securities lawsuits rose 39 percent in 2009, and the amounts could rise further as cases stemming from the financial crisis work their way through the courts.

Reuters - A U.S. program aimed at helping struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure has been oversold by the Treasury Department and is likely to be a failure when it wraps up in 2012, a report from the watchdog overseeing the $700 billion bank bailout said on Tuesday.

AFP - Daimler will pay some 180 million dollars in fines to settle US allegations that the German automaker habitually bribed foreign officials, a source close to the case told AFP.