AP - Asian stock markets tumbled Tuesday, knocked by heavy losses on Wall Street after the World Bank warned of a sharper contraction in the world economy.

AFP - Stocks in London were in the red at the start of trade on Tuesday as economic concerns persisted among investors.

AP - Asian stock markets tumbled Tuesday, knocked by heavy losses on Wall Street after the World Bank warned of a sharper contraction in the world economy. European markets were lower in early trade.

AFP - European stock markets recovered slightly on Tuesday after Asian and US stocks tumbled on fresh fears that a global economic recovery may not come through as quick as hoped, traders said.

AP - Investors are cautiously upbeat again after Monday's big selloff.

AP - European stocks clawed back some ground Tuesday, with Wall Street also expected higher, after a heavy sell-off on Monday, when the World Bank warned that the global economic downturn would be deeper than previously predicted.

AP - A rise in existing home sales is doing little to stoke the stock market.

AP - Grocery operator Kroger Co.'s first-quarter profit shot up 12.7 percent, as recession-hit households continue to eat at home more and seek food bargains.

Reuters - Steelcase Inc , the world's largest office furniture maker, posted a surprise quarterly profit as it benefited from its cost-cutting measures, and said it will cut an additional 200 jobs globally.

AP - A rise in existing home sales couldn't stoke the stock market ahead of the Federal Reserve's decision on interest rates.

AP - The heads of two federal agencies with financial oversight responsibilities have told Congress that their jurisdiction can be split over the instruments blamed for hastening the global economic crisis.

AFP - The London stock market closed lower on Tuesday on lingering doubts about prospects for an economic rebound ahead of a meeting in Washington of the US Federal Reserve.

AP - Investors are holding off making big moves while they wait for the Federal Reserve.

Reuters - Stocks were nearly flat on Tuesday as investors hunted for bargains after Monday's steep sell-off, offsetting a drop in industrial shares as Boeing announced another delay in its 787 Dreamliner flight.

Reuters - U.S. securities regulators are considering shortening a money market fund's maturity limits to protect investors after last year's sudden losses in industry pioneer Reserve Primary Fund, a source familiar with the agency's thinking said on Tuesday.

AP - Investors are holding off making big moves while they wait for the Federal Reserve.

AP - The government has made 'substantial progress' in negotiating with the seven landowners whose property is needed so the Flight 93 National Memorial can be built by the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Tuesday.

AP - Electronics parts maker Jabil Circuit Inc. posted a fiscal third-quarter loss Tuesday, hurt by charges, but the company said it is seeing 'genuine stabilization' across most of its markets.

AP - H.B. Fuller Co. on Tuesday reported that its profit and sales fell in the second quarter.

PC World - Oracle reported a 13 percent dip in new software sales Tuesday, but posted quarterly financial results that were ahead of analyst expectations.