CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – NASA ordered additional repairs to space shuttle Discovery after more cracks were discovered in the ship’s fuel tank, but the flight remains targeted for early February, officials said.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks were little changed on Friday, the final day of the year, as investors were reluctant to make big bets after a rally that put the S&P on track for its best…



LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – An arbitrator ruled that United Continental Holdings cannot use Continental’s codes for 70-seat jets operated by its regional partners since a labor contract requires them to…



NEW YORK (Reuters) – Money flows to global equity and other stock funds accelerated during the fourth quarter, signaling a possible twist in 2011 from the record investments made in bond portfolios…



LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Crude oil was set to close the year up more than 12 percent despite a slight decline Friday, due to a resurgence in global demand, an unusually cold winter and falling…



BEIJING/NEW YORK (Reuters) – China will crack down on what it called illegal Internet telephone providers, according to a circular from the Chinese government, a policy that could hurt the popular…



SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Transocean Ltd, the world’s biggest offshore rig contractor, aims to stop a seventh U.S. body from investigating the accident that sank one of its rigs while causing the…



LONDON (Reuters) – The euro currency area has only a one-in-five chance of surviving in its current form over the next 10 years because of competitive imbalances between its members, a leading…



NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Hedge funds often claim to offer strong returns that are not correlated with broader markets, but in 2010 many failed on both of those counts.



PARIS/TORONTO (Reuters) – Steel giant ArcelorMittal upped its takeover bid for Baffinland Iron Mines on Friday, valuing the company at about C0 million (0 million) as it pursues its undeveloped…


