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LONDON - Gold prices eased on Tuesday in line with stock markets, oil and the euro as investors took profits after last week’s 6-1/2 month high, though expectations the Federal Reserve’s latest stimulus measures would spark further price gains limited losses.

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NEW DELHI — India’s government says its hold on power remains secure even as a key ally reviewed its support Tuesday after Delhi announced a slew of contentious economic reforms.

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BEIJING/ATHENS - Greece will meet its nominal 2012 deficit reduction targets but faces growing strain because of the deepening recession, Finance Minister Yiannis Stournaras said on Tuesday as pressure grew on international creditors to give Athens more time to catch up.

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LONDON - Copper fell for a second day on Tuesday after a broad rally triggered last week by the US Federal Reserve’s new efforts to stimulate the flagging economy ran out of steam and investors booked profits.

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NEW YORK - U.S. stock index futures retreated for a second day on Tuesday, suggesting stocks would continue to ease from multi-year highs as investors looked to upcoming economic data to help extend the central bank stimulus rally.

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LONDON - Global investors are more bullish on euro zone equities than they have been since mid-2011, with new crisis-fighting plans soothing worries over the region’s sovereign debt, a fund managers’ survey showed on Tuesday.

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FedEx Corp lowered its fiscal 2013 profit target on Tuesday, saying earnings could slide as much as 6 percent for the year, as a weakening world economy prompts customers to shift toward lower-priced and slower shipping options.

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BRUSSELS - Concerns are growing among European investors and lawmakers that plans for a eurozone banking union will end up half-baked, with the financial backstops required to underpin the ambitious scheme unlikely to be in place for years.

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