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• Wariness on debt issue keeps volume thin; 3M down (Reuters)
• Ford profit tops expectations on strong pricing (Reuters)
• Soros to return outsiders' hedge fund money (Reuters)
• New home prices rise, consumers perk up (Reuters)
• Wall Street raises targets, but Netflix shares dive (Reuters)
• A look at economic developments around the globe (AP)
• Instant view: Home prices unchanged in May (Reuters)
• Ford's ambitious Asia plans take toll on 2Q profit (AP)
• McQueen's will shows his love for dogs, charities (AP)
• AP-GfK Poll: Worries about debt rising once again (AP)
• Fayyad seeks $300 mln to ease Palestinian cash crisis (AFP)
• New-home sales fell 1 percent in June (AP)
• Oil above $100 a barrel as debt talks continue (AP)
• Michigan Activists Gearing Up for Fight to Recall Gov. Rick Snyder (ContributorNetwork)
• Saab delays paying white-collar wages (AFP)

Wariness on debt issue keeps volume thin; 3M down (Reuters) Posted: 26 Jul 2011 10:09 AM PDT Reuters - Stocks continued to face headwinds on Tuesday from the ongoing stalemate in Washington over raising the debt ceiling, with light volume showing the gridlock in Washington has made investors nervous.

Ford profit tops expectations on strong pricing (Reuters) Posted: 26 Jul 2011 08:11 AM PDT Reuters - Ford Motor Co's quarterly profit topped Wall Street expectations due to higher North American vehicle sales and prices consumers paid globally for such cars as the Focus and Fiesta.

Soros to return outsiders' hedge fund money (Reuters) Posted: 26 Jul 2011 08:29 AM PDT Reuters - Billionaire investor George Soros, whose stock-picking career has spanned nearly four decades, said he will manage money only for himself and his family as new regulations threaten to crimp the hedge fund industry he made famous.

New home prices rise, consumers perk up (Reuters) Posted: 26 Jul 2011 08:43 AM PDT Reuters - New single-family home sales unexpectedly fell in June, but a sharp rise in prices and declining supply suggested the market for new houses was starting to stabilize, a government report showed on Tuesday.

Wall Street raises targets, but Netflix shares dive (Reuters) Posted: 26 Jul 2011 09:44 AM PDT Reuters - Shares of top video rental company Netflix Inc fell more than 9 percent on Tuesday, a day after the Wall Street darling shocked investors by projecting a pause in its normally explosive subscriber growth.

A look at economic developments around the globe (AP) Posted: 25 Jul 2011 10:25 AM PDT AP - A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Monday:

Instant view: Home prices unchanged in May (Reuters) Posted: 26 Jul 2011 06:15 AM PDT Reuters - Single-family home prices were unchanged in May, though prices were still down compared to a year earlier, a closely watched survey said on Tuesday.

Ford's ambitious Asia plans take toll on 2Q profit (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2011 09:42 AM PDT AP - Ford's ambitious plans to grow in Asia took a toll on its second-quarter profit, with higher costs to design and sell new cars offsetting rising sales.

McQueen's will shows his love for dogs, charities (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2011 09:54 AM PDT AP - The late fashion designer Alexander McQueen left most of his considerable fortune to charities but also left money to his siblings, household staff and for the upkeep of his dogs, according to documents made public Tuesday.

AP-GfK Poll: Worries about debt rising once again (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2011 12:06 AM PDT AP - Just last fall, Americans were feeling better about their personal finances. Now they're starting to worry more about how they'll pay off debts as they feel the nation's economic recovery wobbling.

Fayyad seeks $300 mln to ease Palestinian cash crisis (AFP) Posted: 26 Jul 2011 10:06 AM PDT AFP - Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad said on Tuesday that the Palestinian Authority (PA) needed 300 million dollars "urgently" to help ease a financial crisis.

New-home sales fell 1 percent in June (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2011 07:10 AM PDT AP - Fewer people bought new homes in June, evidence that the housing market remains weak.

Oil above $100 a barrel as debt talks continue (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2011 09:51 AM PDT AP - Oil was rising Tuesday afternoon as lawmakers continued to talk about raising the nation's debt limit and the dollar weakened on uncertainty about the economy.

Michigan Activists Gearing Up for Fight to Recall Gov. Rick Snyder (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 26 Jul 2011 09:43 AM PDT ContributorNetwork - Since easily triumphing over his opponent to be voted into office in November, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has become increasingly unpopular due to sweeping reforms he and the Republican-dominated state legislature have pushed through since his inauguration in January. Cuts to education funding, the elimination of the film tax credit and the introduction of a tax on retirees' pensions, all while dramatically cutting business taxes, have drawn the ire of many of Michigan's voters.

Saab delays paying white-collar wages (AFP) Posted: 26 Jul 2011 09:50 AM PDT AFP - Troubled Swedish automaker Saab has delayed paying wages to white-collar employees after some funds committed by investors were not paid in time, its parent company said Tuesday.

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