LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Automaker General Motors Corp (GM.N) said on Tuesday it would book a $39 billion non-cash charge in the third quarter related to deferred tax assets in the United States, Canada and Germany.

  

  Oil prices rose more than $2 per barrel and set a new tradinghigh on Tuesday on expectations of declines in U.S. crude oilstocks, fueling concerns of a supply shortage as winter begins inthe Northern Hemisphere.

  SAN FRANCISCO -- Microsoft Corp. said it fired its chief information officer for "violating company policies"but declined to provide further details.

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Mattel Inc. on Tuesday recalled more than172,000 Fisher-Price kitchen toys in the United States and Europebecause several children choked and gagged on small, detachableparts.

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Jerry Yangtestified to lawmakers on Tuesday that the company has been ``openand forthcoming''about its role in a Chinese governmentinvestigation that led in 2005 to a journalist's imprisonment.

  NEW YORK (AP) - It's getting lonelier at the top for black CEOs.

  TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says the market showed its stuff Monday, and health care, tech and retail look like buys.

  The U.S. government's food and drug regulatoryagency would be empowered to order mandatory recalls of productsdeemed a risk to consumers under recommendations from an advisorycommission created in response to concerns about recalls ofdangerous toothpaste, dog food and toys.

  TOKYO (AP) - Former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspansaid Tuesday that cutting excess home inventories in the UnitedStates is key to stabilize the financial system at home and therest of the world.