  | | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures climbed on Tuesday, putting the S&P 500 on track for a sixth day of gains, following another batch of rosy economic data out of China and as expectations eased about a Western military strike against Syria. | | |  | | | | | CUPERTINO, California (Reuters) - Apple Inc is expected to introduce a cheaper version of the iPhone on Tuesday, bringing one of the industry's costliest smartphones within reach of the masses in poorer emerging markets. | | | |  | | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investment bank Goldman Sachs Group Inc. , credit card company Visa Inc. , and footwear Nike Inc. will join the blue chip Dow Jones Industrial Average , the index managers said Tuesday, replacing Alcoa Inc. , Bank of America Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. . | | | |  | | | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. small business optimism dipped in August as owners worried about the economy's near-term outlook, but gains in sales expectations and hiring plans hinted at a pick-up in the pace of economic growth. | | | | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rising home prices drove down the number of U.S. homeowners struggling with underwater mortgages in the second quarter, leaving 14.5 percent of residential properties with a mortgage in negative equity, a report from CoreLogic showed on Tuesday. | | | |  | | | | | (Reuters) - McDonald's Corp reported a better-than-expected 1.9 percent increase in global sales at established restaurants in August, helped by stronger sales in Europe. | | | |  | | | | | DETROIT (Reuters) - U.S. safety regulators are investigating incidents of stalling in Ford Motor Co Focus electric cars after receiving 12 consumer complaints. | | | | | | | (Reuters) - Marathon Oil Corp said it plans to sell its stake in an oil and gas field offshore Angola for about $590 million as part of an asset disposal program aimed at shoring up its balance sheet and funding exploration and development projects. | | | | | | FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Daimler sees no need for a German-style works council at its U.S. plant in Tuscaloosa, the production chief for the carmaker's Mercedes brand said on Tuesday. | | |  | | | | | LONDON (Reuters) - A plan to tax financial transactions in 11 European Union member states from 2014 is illegal, the bloc's lawyers have concluded, dealing what could be a final blow to the measure as proposed. | | | |  |  | | | A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today | | |  | |  | | | The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today | | | | | | » MORE NEWSLETTERS | |
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