SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings and revenue on Tuesday and said fiscal year revenue and earnings would be at the midpoint of its previous forecast.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hedge funds are having their best year since 1998, yet most fund managers still are well below their peaks before the market’s meltdown last year, industry analysts said.

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc has replaced its chief executive, Harry Sloan, with a team that includes a turnaround expert and its production boss, Mary Parent, as the storied Hollywood studio grapples with reducing a high debt load.

Aug. 18 - Asian carmakers Toyota and Honda come out on top of a German automobile club’s list of environmentally-friendly cars.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil settled above $69 a barrel on Tuesday, up more than 3 percent, as stronger-than-expected earnings results lifted equities and boosted optimism about the economy.

Aug 18 - David Heupel, senior equity portfolio manager at Thrivent Financial, is bullish on managed care and recommends buying UnitedHealth Group as turmoil over health care reform in Washington continues.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mohamed El-Erian, the chief executive of top bond fund manager PIMCO, on Tuesday said the rally in U.S. stocks had topped out because valuations have shot up too quickly.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. producer prices fell by a larger-than expected amount in July and notched a record decline compared with a year earlier as gasoline prices plummeted, government data on Tuesday showed.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New U.S. housing starts and permits unexpectedly fell in July, pulled down by steeper declines in multifamily units, a government report showed on Tuesday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures pared gains on Tuesday after a government report showed new housing starts and permits unexpectedly fell in July.