Mark Brooks

Putting release of statement closer to press conference will allow Bernanke to better control the message.

All workers were safely evacuated after smoke was seen.

Fisker said in a statement that Henrik Fisker's departure won't affect its pursuit of "strategic partners" and additional financing.

The deal with the FCC ends an investigation and establishes tougher standards for Level 3's rural service.

Elliott said Hess could be worth as much as $128 per share if the changes it wants are made.

Some in the dairy industry fear the information void could wreak havoc with milk prices.

Americans spent at the fastest pace in five months in February, lifting retail sales 1.1 percent, despite higher payroll taxes.

The Business Roundtable says 72 percent of its members expect sales will increase in the next six months.

"This is an important step for the European democracy," said European Parliament President Martin Schulz.

The point is to prove it's possible to balance the budget within 10 years by simply cutting spending and avoiding further tax hikes, even though the fiscal blueprint released Tuesday by Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., will be dead on arrival with the White House and Democrats controlling the Senate.

Under the law, the president is supposed to submit a budget by the first Monday in February, which fell this year on Feb. 4.

Elvira Nabiullina is a Putin loyalist best known for overseeing Russia's entry into the World Trade Organization as economic development minister, a post she held from 2007 to 2012.

The former federal prosecutor told a Senate panel that investors need to know the playing field is level and that wrongdoers will be "aggressively and successfully" pursued.

At midday in New York, benchmark oil for April delivery was up 74 cents to $92.80 per barrel after earlier rising to $93.47.

No auction will be held as a result for the cakes, which include CupCakes, Ding Dongs and Ho Hos.

Government officials said a meeting between Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and the inspectors from the European Union, European Central Bank, and International Monetary Fund was postponed by one day Tuesday, following hours of negotiations involving members of his Cabinet.

The White House is panning the Republican proposal's spending cuts and Medicare reforms that would require future patients to bear more of the cost.

The euro is up a fraction against the dollar, trading at $1.304, from its $1.3038 late Monday.

The measure is the product of bipartisan negotiations and is the legislative vehicle to fund the day-to-day operations of government through Sept. 30 -- and prevent a government shutdown when current funding runs out March 27.

Wheat for delivery in May rose 3 cents, or 0.4 percent, to $7 a bushel on Monday.