LONDON (Reuters) – British scientists have devised a way of using graphene, the thinnest material in the world, to capture and convert more light than previously, paving the way for advances in high-speed Internet and other optical communications.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks rose for a third straight day on Tuesday in a volatile session, after minutes from the latest Federal Reserve meeting boosted expectations the U.S. central bank will act again to stimulate the economy.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Consumer confidence plunged in August to its lowest since the 2007-2009 recession, after a bruising battle over the budget slammed stock prices and pushed the nation to the brink of default.
SOCHI, Russia/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp and Rosneft signed an agreement to extract oil and gas from the Russian Arctic, in the most significant U.S.-Russian corporate deal since U.S. President Barack Obama began a push to improve ties.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The central bank in early August discussed a range of unusual tools it could use to help the economy, with some officials pressing for bold new steps to help the economy.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Creditors of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc will be allowed to vote on the failed bank’s $65 billion payback plan, clearing a major hurdle in the path to ending the biggest bankruptcy in U.S. history.
NEW YORK/CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) – Bank of America Corp was sued by the trustee of a $1.75 billion mortgage pool, which seeks to force the bank to buy back the underlying loans because of alleged misrepresentations in how they were made.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Oracle Corp accused Hewlett-Packard Co of fraud for concealing facts during negotiations between the two companies, according to a court filing.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Billionaire investor Carl Icahn said on Tuesday his nominees for Clorox Co’s board would try to sell the bleach maker if elected, with him backstopping an auction with a $10.26 billion bid.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Starting Wednesday, three data points coming out this week on jobs in August will help Treasury traders predict the direction the economy could take, but they probably won’t move prices drastically themselves, analysts said on Tuesday.
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