Reuters - Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill said on Tuesday she would do everything possible to "stop the sale" of St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc to rival brewer InBev NV .

Reuters - Soaring energy costs pushed U.S. producer prices up sharply last month and housing starts fell to 17-year low, according to data on Tuesday that spotlighted the Federal Reserve's dilemma of tackling weak growth amid high inflation.

Reuters - Goldman Sachs Group Inc said on Tuesday quarterly earnings fell 11 percent as market turmoil hit trading and slowed investment banking, yet the firm again exceeded expectations by avoiding major losses on assets slammed by the credit crisis.

Reuters - Stocks fell on Tuesday as Goldman Sachs warned that banks may need to raise an additional $65 billion, stoking worries about further fallout from the mortgage crisis.

AFP - The FTSE 100 made gains in late Monday morning trade as the price of oil fell amid talk Saudi Arabia will raise output.

Reuters - The European Commission, a thorn in Microsoft's side for its antitrust campaigns against the software giant, is falling short in its own internal attempt to promote more competition in the technology sector.

Reuters - The United States probably wants to leave open the option of dollar-buying intervention as a tool to temper inflation, since it could be hard to raise interest rates as the economy slows, Japan's former currency tsar said on Tuesday.

Reuters - Internet media firm Yahoo Inc said on Tuesday that its mobile search service will be offered by six more telecom companies in Asia.

Reuters - Societe Generale and wealth management company Rockefeller Financial Services Inc announced a global alliance on Tuesday in the private banking sector.

Reuters - Record-high crude oil costs sent wholesale inflation soaring in May, but a key gauge of underlying price pressures likely moved ahead at a slower pace than the month before, according to a Reuters poll.

Reuters - Japan's Nikkei stock average rose 1.2 percent on Monday, as exporters such as Kyocera Corp (6971.T) rose on a weaker yen and after U.S. data eased concerns on Wall Street about inflation and a near-term rise in interest rates.

Reuters - Investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc posted a quarterly loss of $2.8 billion on Monday, matching its forecast, after recording massive trading and hedging losses.

Reuters - Sirius Satellite Radio Inc's planned acquisition of rival XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc on Monday moved closer to consummation after a key U.S. regulator expressed support for the 16-month-old deal, driving up both companies' shares.

Reuters - Policy- makers around the globe declared soaring inflation a top threat on Monday, with pressure rising for central bank interest rate increases amid protests against higher costs of living.