Reuters - Walt Disney Co reported a higher net profit on Tuesday as strength in its television business and theme parks outweighed a dip in profits at its studio.

Reuters - Cisco Systems Inc. on Tuesday posted a slight fall in quarterly profit on stock options expensing, although revenue beat Wall Street views, boosted by the acquisition of cable set-top box maker Scientific-Atlanta.

Reuters - Gold spiked up to a new 25-year high above $700 an ounce on Tuesday on dollar weakness, while platinum set a new record on strong industrial demand and fund buying.

Reuters - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has got a communication problem, but it isn't the one that markets blame him for and it isn't his fault.

Reuters - Blue-chip stocks rallied to a six-year-high on Tuesday -- driving the Dow Jones industrial average up to within about 100 points of its highest-ever close -- as investors grew optimistic that the Federal Reserve soon will signal a pause in nearly two years of interest-rate hikes.