AFP - Asian stock markets rallied in early trade on Tuesday after a week of heavy losses as a rebound in Tokyo helped to soothe investors' frayed nerves, dealers said.

AP - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Tuesday that the global economy is as strong as he's ever seen and that reforms in China would help lessen the kind of market volatility that has recently rocked international stock markets.

AFP - The Shanghai Stock Exchange has reiterated plans to bolster its fledgling bourse by attracting heavyweight Chinese companies to list at home this year, state press reported Tuesday.

Reuters - Gold fell to its lowest in six weeks on Tuesday before bargain hunters resurfaced, but trading was muted after a rally in the Japanese yen and a slide in global stock markets rattled the nerves of many investors.

AP - Oil prices rose Tuesday as many Asian stock markets bounced back from a weeklong slide, and strategists pointed to robust demand for gasoline and falling petroleum inventories.

FT.com - European investors put aside the recent equity correction and looked ahead to expected gains on Wall Street, while some strong results also gave the market support.

FT.com - London equities recovered in opening trade, after strong earnings news from the mining and utility sectors, with news of a brace of big dividend increases helping to cheer embattled investors.

AP - A rebound in stock markets in Asia and Europe propelled U.S. stock futures higher Tuesday as investors tried to determine whether the week-old pullback had run its course and sufficiently cooled overheated stocks.

FT.com - London equities recovered some poise on Tuesday as dealers sought to put more than a week of volatile trading behind them.

Reuters - Shares on Wall Street are expected to open higher on Tuesday, taking a cue from a strong performance in European and Asian markets, while bid talk takes the top slot in a thin day for company events.

AFP - The dollar and euro recovered against the yen, amid a rebound for global stock markets, dealers said Tuesday.

Reuters - Shares on Wall Street are expected to open higher on Tuesday, taking a cue from a strong performance in European and Asian markets, while bid talk takes the top slot in a thin day for company events.

AFP - European and Asian share prices rebounded on Tuesday following recent heavy falls as US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson reassured that Asia's two biggest economies, Japan and China, remained sound.

AP - Brown-Forman Corp., which makes Jack Daniel's and Finlandia vodka and other liquor brands, said Tuesday its third-quarter profit fell 13 percent from results a year ago that got a lift from onetime gains.

FT.com - Wall Street stocks opened sharply higher on Tuesday after a rebound in European and Asian equities and a weaker yen lifted US investors' spirits.

Reuters - Stocks rose on Tuesday and were set to break a three-day losing streak, as nearly a week of steep declines left investors with the notion that for now, stocks are cheap.

FT.com - Wall Street stocks rose sharply on Tuesday morning as a rebound in overseas equities and a weaker yen lifted US investors' spirits.

AP - Oil prices edged higher Tuesday as global stock markets recovered some ground after weeklong declines, and strategists pointed out that gasoline stocks are slipping while demand keeps rising.

AP - Treasury prices fell Tuesday morning as global stock markets recovered.

AP - European, U.S. and Asian stocks rallied Tuesday as global markets began to reverse a weeklong selloff, fanning hopes that the trading turmoil may finally subside.

AP - Brown-Forman Corp., whose brands include Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey, Southern Comfort and Finlandia vodka, reported a 13 percent drop Tuesday in third-quarter profit from results a year ago that got a lift from onetime gains.

FT.com - Takeover stories started to re-emerge as the FTSE 100 posted its first meaningful rise since the turmoil in global markets started last week.

FT.com - Government bond prices fell and yields rose on Tuesday as the recovery in world stock markets brought an end to the safe-haven buying of recent days.

AP - Allied Irish Banks PLC, Ireland's largest company, said Tuesday its full-year 2006 profit surged on strong gains in loans, deposits and investment activity across all its units.

FT.com - Wall Street stocks made their biggest one-day gains since August on Tuesday as a rebound in overseas equities and a weaker yen lifted US investors' spirits.

AFP - Global stock markets staged a spirited comeback Tuesday, as investors snapped up shares at bargain prices and helped partially reverse a recent worldwide equity plunge.

Reuters - The Tokyo Stock Exchange is likely to decide to delist scandal-hit Japanese brokerage Nikko Cordial Corp. (8603.T) on Friday, the Nikkei business daily reported.

Reuters - Sony Corp. said on Wednesday it would delay its annual earnings report by a few weeks as it grapples with the extra paperwork needed to comply with tougher U.S. accounting rules.