Technology shares rallied and the broader market mustered gains Tuesday as investors sought to extend the recent rally, despite weak reports on pending home sales and factory orders.

Apple unveiled revisions to its iLife and iWork software packages Tuesday at the Macworld 2009 show for developers in San Francisco.

Oil prices fluctuated wildly Tuesday after a handful of dismal economic reports countered signs that OPEC nations were starting to comply with planned output cuts.

Billionaire investor Wilbur Ross, known for his investments in distressed companies in the steel, automotive industries, said it is only a matter of time before his firm acquires a bank.

The dollar continued its rise against the euro Tuesday as negative economic reports punished the European currency.

So president-elect Barack Obama wants to make the deployment of broadband Internet networks part of a sweeping stimulus package that he hopes would create new jobs, update the nation's hospitals, schools and other facilities, and lift the United States out of recession.

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The number of homes under contract to be sold fell 4% in November according to a report released Tuesday.

Don't expect Tim Geithner to set any records when it comes to doling out the rest of the Treasury's bailout fund.

German billionaire Adolf Merckle, one of the richest men in the world, committed suicide on Monday after his business empire got into trouble in the wake of the international financial crisis, Merckle's family said Tuesday in a statement.