Tesla is under investigation by the US Department of Justice over chief executive Elon Musk’s claim last month that he had secured funding to take the electric car company private.

Wall Street was eyeing its biggest one-day gain in three weeks as technology stocks bounced back on Tuesday from declines in the previous session.

The head of Germany’s domestic intelligence agency was removed from his post on Tuesday, in an attempt by Angela Merkel to draw a line under the latest damaging row inside her coalition government.

The head of Glencore’s ferroalloys trading business has announced plans to retire.

A Spanish court has rejected an extradition request from Switzerland for Hervé Falciani, a former HSBC IT specialist who leaked data about thousands of wealthy customers and caused a scandal at the bank.

Ireland’s foreign minister has called for an “intensification” of Brexit negotiations saying the EU and UK should stick to their original target of a deal by October.

The US Treasury sold $40bn of one-month debt to investors at more than 2 per cent interest for the first time since 2008 on Tuesday.

Talk of an advertising downturn dragged ITV to a four-month low.

Facebook has been accused of discriminating against women by allowing employers to target only male users with job ads in a case filed with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Tuesday.

Brussels has stepped up its legal threats against the British government for failing to collect €2bn in lost customs duties in a sensitive case about border fraud ahead of Brexit.

The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield extended its move above an important 3 per cent threshold on Tuesday, as investors shrugged off new trade tariffs and instead responded to rising equity markets and expectations of further interest rate increases from the Federal Reserve.

Shares in US liquefied natural gas companies rallied on Tuesday after China’s latest round of tariffs on US goods included a lower than expected duty on the fuel.

The winds and storm surges caused by Hurricane Florence will cost insurance companies between $1.7bn and $4.6bn, according to new estimates from Air Worldwide, a modelling firm.

Ireland has collected €14.3bn in disputed back taxes and interest from Apple, more than two years after Brussels decided that the tech giant’s sweetheart tax deal with the country violated EU law.

A gauge of US homebuilder confidence remained unchanged in September as demand for homes remained firm and lumber prices slipped from record levels seen over the summer.

Roll up! Roll up! Shares in cannabis producer Tilray are getting sky high on Tuesday after US regulators approved plans by the group to import one of its marijuana products for medical research.

Sibanye-Stillwater said it was still keen to complete the takeover of troubled platinum producer after South African regulators placed conditions on the £120m deal.

Russian president Vladimir Putin has described the downing of a Russian military plane in Syria as “like a chain of tragic accidental circumstances”, in a measured statement that appeared to step back from earlier threats of direct retaliation against Israel made by his defence ministry.

Donald Trump has accused China of actively trying to influence US elections through unfair trade practices that hit farmers, as trade tensions between both countries continue to ramp up.

US stock futures tip Wall Street for a modest rebound from Monday, when the S&P 500 clocked its steepest one-day decline in more than a month.

General Mills on Tuesday issued upbeat first-quarter earnings that were overshadowed by a drop in its gross margin and sales that turned up just shy of Wall Street estimates.

Visa, Mastercard and a group of top-tier US banks have proposed a $6.2bn settlement of a long-running antitrust lawsuit over the card “swipe fees” they charge merchants.

Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban thanked Russian president Vladimir Putin for maintaining strong bilateral relations and helping to overcome the impact of EU sanctions against Moscow during a meeting between the two leaders on Tuesday.

Ferrari aims to double profits, embrace hybrid technology and expand its product range by 2022 in an “ambitious” plan to secure the sports car maker’s future.