Asian stock markets were mostly higher early Wednesday after U.S. markets rose for a third straight day on confidence that business leaders expect the recovery to stick.

The post office is renewing its drive to drop Saturday delivery — and plans a rate increase — in an effort to fend off a projected $7 billion loss this year.

DUBLIN—-Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Hong Kong Tourism Report Q1 2010″ report to their offering.

SAN FRANCISCO—-Add exhibitor profile for SRA International to end of list of RSA Conference 2010 exhibitor profiles in this release.

Missouri’s revenues are falling at nearly twice the rate that was projected just two months ago, forcing officials to take a fresh look at merging state agencies, raising fees or making deep cuts to public services.

Automakers plowed through a snowy February to better-than-expected sales, and new incentives led by beleaguered Toyota will keep the momentum going into spring.

HOLDING PATTERN: Interest rates made only modest moves in the Treasury market after concerns over Greece’s debt problems eased. Investors expect Germany to orchestrate a bailout.

Getting new regulations to govern Wall Street boils down to this: If everybody hates a compromise, can it still work as a deal?

Qualcomm Inc. shares jumped after the wireless chip maker boosted its dividend and announced a new $3 billion stock buyback program.

VeriFone Holdings Inc. posted a profit in the latest quarter as the maker of electronic payment equipment benefited from higher sales.