Wall St volatile after mixed US jobs report
US stocks see-sawed after a mixed monthly jobs report created further uncertainty about the pace of the economic recovery

Air Products in fresh bid for rival
The industrial gas supplier plans to go public with a hostile $5bn all-cash offer and appeal directly to Airgas’s shareholders after its previous advances were rejected

Time Warner joins rebound from crisis
Some of the biggest US media companies are rebounding from a crisis that many expected to finish them off with a spate of dividend increases

U.S. wholesale inventories unexpectedly fall in December
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. wholesale inventories unexpectedly fell 0.8 percent in December, while sales rose 0.8 percent, a government report showed on Tuesday.

McDonald’s January same-store rise
CHICAGO/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – McDonald’s Corp posted an expectations-topping 2.6 percent increase in January sales at established restaurants, as overseas results overshadowed a sluggish performance in the United States.

Wall Street rises after Greece comments
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks rose on Tuesday after a senior German ruling coalition source said euro zone governments have decided in principle to help debt-burdened Greece and that various options were being considered.