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'); document.write(''); document.write('STRASBOURG, France (AP) — The United States should be ready to spell out its long-term vision for reducing carbon emissions over the next two decades, not just until 2020, the European Union said Tuesday.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('NEW YORK (AP) — Stock futures are little changed ahead of Tuesday\'s opening as investors await a report that is expected to show the economic recovery in the third quarter was not as fast as initially estimated.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('NEW YORK (AP) — Citigroup Inc. said Tuesday it is selling its Diners Club North American franchise to BMO Financial Group as it continues to shed noncore assets and streamline operations.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('AUSTIN, Minn. (AP) — Hormel Foods says its fourth-quarter profit rose more than 50 percent, helped by lower ingredient costs even as sales slipped on lower meat prices and a continuing pullback in consumer spending.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('PITTSBURGH (AP) — H.J. Heinz Co.\'s second-quarter profit dropped 16 percent from last year, when the company\'s results were boosted by currency shifts.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. (AP) — Merck & Co. on Tuesday said a U.S. district court dismissed claims against the company in a second key case alleging the osteoporosis drug Fosamax causes painful jaw bone destruction.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('LONDON (AP) — The pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline says it has advised medical staff in Canada to not use one batch of swine flu vaccine for fear it may trigger life-threatening allergies.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission conceded Tuesday the agency \"hasn\'t been acting as quickly as it should\" on crib safety problems.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('NEW YORK (AP) — Medical device maker Medtronic says its fiscal second-quarter profit rose 59 percent on higher sales of implantable heart devices and stents, while costs fell.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('NEW YORK (AP) — BMO Financial Group said Tuesday that it will buy the Diners Club North American franchise from Citigroup Inc., more than doubling its corporate card business.
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