Reuters - Stocks slid on Tuesday, with the Nasdaq falling more than 3 percent, as worries about the worsening global economic downturn hounded markets.
Reuters - Mexican retail and media tycoon Ricardo Salinas Pliego owns 28 percent of Circuit City and could buy more of the troubled U.S. electronics chain, a Salinas spokesman said on Tuesday.
Reuters - U.S. auto executives were set to take their case for a $25 billion industry bailout to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as they hope to overcome political opposition from influential congressional Republicans and the White House.