European stock markets and Wall Street futures traded higher Tuesday after strong earnings from investment bank Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and health care products maker Johnson & Johnson — but a surprising spike in U.S. producer price pressures capped the gains.

WASHINGTON—-WidePoint Corporation , a leading provider of information technology and identity assurance services, announced today its wholly owned subsidiary Operational Research Consultants has been awarded a Basic Ordering Agreement by the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association to offer exclusive member pricing for Federation for Identity and Cross-Credentialing Systems® certified credentials to its corporate members.

Republican Gov. Jan Brewer on Monday set a new course from her Democratic predecessor on the issue of abortion, signing a measure imposing new mandates and restrictions.

Has the recession cut heart-healthy seafood and leafy greens out of your budget? Are you squeezing boxed meals or fast food between two jobs?

WALTHAM, Mass.—-Active Endpoints, Inc. announced today that sales of its ActiveVOS business process management suite continued to experience rapid growth in Q2 2009. The growing sales success of ActiveVOS defies the conventional wisdom for application development software in an economic crisis and proves that an advanced, standards-based and competitively priced BPMS will gain market share even in challenging times.

WASHINGTON—-Cornerstone Research, a leading provider of economic and financial consulting and expert testimony, is pleased to announce the addition of David T. Scheffman, a former Director of the Bureau of Economics, U.S.

Wholesale prices took a bigger-than-expected leap in June, rising the most since November 2007, led by more expensive energy products.

NEW YORK—-Knovel, an online resource that helps engineers find reliable technical information faster, today announces the immediate availability of its Transportation Engineering collection.

Meredith Whitney’s upgrade of Goldman Sachs shook things up a bit, but the gains in the market came on anemic volume.