Reuters - Stocks extended their advance on Tuesday, sending benchmark indexes up more than 3 percent, as investors waded back into beaten-down sectors, including financials, following Monday's sell-off.

Reuters - Ford Motor Co said on Tuesday November U.S. sales were down 30.6 percent.

Reuters - U.S. automakers started to submit plans demanded by Congress as the Big Three's CEOs and lawmakers gird for debate over a $25 billion bailout the industry says it needs to survive.

AP - The percentage of people who are two months behind on their mortgages shot up in the third quarter from the same period last year, according to credit reporting agency TransUnion LLC.

Reuters - Stocks rose on Tuesday as investors snapped up beaten-down shares after Monday's steep sell-off and news that General Electric would maintain its dividend helped buoy sentiment.

AP - Shares in Tesco PLC jumped more than 6 percent on Tuesday after Britain's largest retailer revealed that its plan to lure in shoppers worried about the recession with a new budget range is working.

Reuters - Stocks extended gains on Tuesday, sending the Dow and S&P 500 up more than 2 percent as investors grew optimistic about a rescue for the U.S. auto industry.

Reuters - Ford Motor Co said on Tuesday it expects overall and North American automotive business pretax results to break even or be profitable in 2011.

Reuters - Stocks rose 1 percent at the open on Tuesday as investors snapped up beaten-down shares after Monday's losses, while renewed hopes for the auto industry tempered worry about the recession.

Reuters - U.S. automakers rushed to submit restructuring plans demanded by Congress before lawmakers reopen debate on a $25 billion bailout the industry says it needs to survive.