NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures dipped on Tuesday after Home Depot said its markets were under pressure, while commodity prices eased as the dollar bounced higher a day after major indexes hit 13-month highs.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Home Depot Inc posted a higher-than-expected quarterly profit and raised its full-year outlook as the top home improvement chain cut costs to offset weak demand for big-ticket remodeling projects.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. producer prices rose more slowly than forecast in October and unexpectedly fell excluding food and energy, a government report showed on Tuesday, pointing to tame inflation pressures.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Target Corp reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday as traffic in its stores improved and shoppers purchased more than just necessities, like food or medicine.
ZURICH (Reuters) - UBS boss Oswald Gruebel set an ambitious target for annual pretax profit of $15 billion, vowing to rebuild the loss-making bank and win back clients after the subprime crisis and a bitter U.S. tax row.
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese and U.S. regulators are negotiating a pact aimed at encouraging Chinese financial institutions to buy into small and medium-sized banks in the United States, bankers briefed on the plan said on Tuesday.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Stock Exchange member firms earned a record $35.7 billion for their broker-dealer operations in the first six months of this year, which is 1-1/2 times above the previous high-water mark set in 2000, the state comptroller said in a report on Tuesday.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Upscale department store operator Saks Inc reported a quarterly profit on Tuesday, beating Wall Street expectations for a loss, and its shares rose 5.5 percent.
LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Big banks stepped up warnings on Tuesday that tightening capital rules too soon could stall economic recovery, but policymakers said the bailed out sector cannot rely on taxpayers again in future.
