Futures point to higher open on Wall Street (Reuters)

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in this October 30, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters - Stock futures rose on Tuesday, pointing to a higher start for Wall Street after sharp falls in the previous session, but with some caution expected to persist over euro zone debt concerns.


NYSE Euronext returns to profit in 4th quarter (AP)

AP - NYSE Euronext, the trans-Atlantic stock exchange operator, said Tuesday it returned to profit in the fourth quarter as cost-cutting helped offset a drop in revenue amid falling global share trading volumes.

European stocks up cautiously on hopes for Greece (AP)

A man walks past a screen showing falling stocks at the Athens Stock Exchange, in red, in Greece on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Stocks traded mixed Monday as investors remained wary about the strength of the economic recovery and mounting debt in Europe. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)AP - European stocks rose cautiously Tuesday on hopes that EU officials will provide Greece with some form of support to handle its mountain of debt and keep the market crisis from spreading to other vulnerable countries.


China’s CIC gives breakdown of U.S. equity stakes (Reuters)

Reuters - China Investment Corp , the country's $300 billion sovereign wealth fund, has made its biggest U.S. equity bets in natural resources and financial stocks.

European stocks climb, London up 0.67% (AFP)

A French trader monitors shares prices at La Banque de France in Paris in 2008. Europe's main stock markets rose for a second day running on Tuesday despite lingering debt concerns and as data showed China overtook Germany last year to become the world's biggest exporting nation.(AFP/File/Mehdi Fedouach)AFP - Europe's main stock markets rose for a second day running on Tuesday despite lingering debt concerns and as data showed China overtook Germany last year to become the world's biggest exporting nation.