LONDON (Reuters) - Change swept through the top of Britain's banks on Tuesday as Barclays said its investment banking supremo Bob Diamond will take over as chief executive and HSBC was expected to say its chairman is going into government.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Silicon Valley technology giant Oracle Corp has hired Mark Hurd, the former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard Co who resigned amid a scandal, as president.

BEIJING (Reuters) - China must resist external pressure for yuan appreciation because a stronger exchange rate would take a big bite out of economic growth, according to a pair of senior government researchers.

BANGALORE (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice department is looking into Google Inc's takeover of airline ticketing software firm ITA Software Inc, to determine whether the deal would exert too much influence on the online travel industry, the Wall Street Journal said.

HONG KONG/TAIPEI (Reuters) - American International Group Inc is leaning toward a new sale of its Taiwan unit, according to one of the original buyers, opening the way for a number of Taiwanese banks who have expressed interest.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian and European stocks eased on Tuesday as caution over the global economy persuaded investors took profits on recent gains, while the euro fell after a newspaper report rekindled fears about the vulnerability of European banks.

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou reshuffled his cabinet early on Tuesday to try to better deal with the debt crisis and signaled he would stay the fiscal course by leaving his finance minister unchanged.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the Congress showed little willingness to help President Barack Obama approve $350 billion worth of measures to boost the economy with midterm elections less than two months away.

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, scrambling to jump-start job creation in a sluggish economy, proposed a six-year plan on Monday to rebuild aging roads, railways and runways with an initial $50 billion investment.

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