The US government shutdown had started its first day after 17 years after US President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans failed to settle the budget issue before the deadline on Tuesday, said a Reuters report.

In a telephone interview, mortgage industry experts say that the shutdown would not only delay approvals but also put banks at risk as they work around the government's lack of services.

Harbinger Group, Philip Falcone's investment firm, jumped in value as it sold off shares to a consortium headed by Leucadia National Corp.

Many CEOs said that the extended budget impasse on health care reform would only result in greater problems such as loss of economic gains from the 2008 financial crisis.

The state of Texas had dropped out of the lawsuit filed by the US Justice Department to block the US Airways-American Airlines merger, according to a Reuters report.

History showed greater economic performance after a shutdown, but there are many issues after that which need action from government.

Google modifies its search engines to accommodate competitors, as confirmed by EU Competition Commission and Google executives.

Stock market indices rose and long term instruments fell as the market responded to the first government shutdown in 17 years.

Canadian wireless telecom company Mobilicity said on Monday that it had obtained approval of a CAD30 million or USD29.2 million debtor-in-possession financing in preparation of its buyout by an anonymous buyer.

Google was advised by the Federal Trade Commission that it would not object to the search engine's acquisition of mapping app firm Waze.