IBT Staff Reporter

A major Australian study offers new insights into the loss of brain structures and the potential link with Alzheimer's disease.

U.S. stocks fell on Monday as a fraud case against Goldman Sachs weighed on the market for a second day, overshadowing positive Citigroup earnings and upbeat economic data.

Halliburton Co , the second-largest oilfield services company, posted a higher-than expected quarterly profit on strength in North America and said the industry's outlook had improved.

The videoconferencing industry is getting a boost in demand from the disruption to business travel across Europe caused by a volcano in Iceland, Cisco Systems said.

The high U.S. jobless rate and low inflation mean the Federal Reserve will likely keep its near-zero interest-rate policy in place for quite some time, a top Fed official said on Monday.

Russian Internet investment group Digital Sky Technologies, which bought a $300 million stake in Facebook last year, has led a $135 million investment round in Chicago-based social-commerce website Groupon.

Wall Street fell on Monday as a fraud case against Goldman Sachs weighed on the market for a second day, overshadowing positive Citigroup earnings and upbeat economic data.

A gauge of the U.S. economy's prospects rose more strongly than expected to a record high in March, pointing to a steady economic recovery, a private research group said on Monday.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc faced rising regulatory and legal pressure on Monday as allegations that the bank duped clients fueled momentum for regulatory reform on both sides of the Atlantic.

A new publishing company is betting that readers will bypass electronic readers such as Amazon's Kindle and Sony's Reader in favor of reading bite-sized stories on mobile devices they already own.

Citigroup Inc posted a $4.43 billion first-quarter profit, its best result in more than two years, as the global economic recovery lifted the values of its worst assets and allowed the bank to set aside less money to cover credit losses.

Representative Barney Frank said on Monday that securities regulators' fraud case against Goldman Sachs increases the chance that financial reform will pass.

Citigroup Inc posted a $4.43 billion first-quarter profit, its best result in more than two years, as the global economic recovery lifted the values of its worst assets and allowed the bank to set aside less money to cover credit losses.

A gauge of the U.S. economy's prospects rose more strongly than expected to a record high in March, pointing to a steady economic recovery, a private research group said on Monday.

New software by startup company ALGO Technologies offers to cut trade execution time to levels close to the speed of light, giving exchange clients an edge in the high-frequency trading arms race.

New software by start-up company ALGO Technologies offers to cut trade execution time to levels close to the speed of light, giving exchange clients an edge in the high-frequency trading arms race.

Hasbro Inc reported a larger-than-expected quarterly profit, helped by double-digit sales gains in its girls' toys like Littlest Pet Shop and in overseas markets, sending its shares higher.

President Barack Obama will push for his plan to tighten Wall Street regulations in New York on Thursday, the White House said on Monday, as he attempts to overcome solid Republican opposition.

Lenovo Group, the world's No.4 PC brand, said mobile Internet products will account for 10-20 percent of revenue in five years, as it embarks on a new drive into wireless computing.

U.S. stocks were little changed on Monday as lingering concerns over fraud charges against Goldman Sachs offset upbeat economic data and better-than-expected results from Citigroup Inc.

First-time buyers accounted for nearly half of all U.S. home sales in March as they took advantage of tax credits and more affordable prices resulting from distressed transactions, according to a real estate survey on Monday.

Halliburton Co , the world's second-largest oilfield services company, reported a 46 percent drop in first-quarter profit on Monday, hurt by charges in Venezuela and weak demand across Latin America.

Goldman Sachs may face legal action from German bank IKB and could be pursued by regulators in Germany and Britain after the U.S. investment bank was accused of duping clients.

(Reuters) - Some of the largest U.S. health insurers are changing their accounting practices to book administration costs as medical costs in an attempt to circumvent new industry reforms, according to a U.S. Senate panel's report released on Thursday.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Child care centers are too prone to send toddlers home for mild illnesses, doctors say.

(Reuters) - A brain implant made partly of silk can melt onto the surface of the brain, providing an intimate connection for recording signals, researchers reported on Sunday.

The volcanic ash cloud that has grounded many flights could deal a bigger economic blow to the airline industry than the attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001, the EU's transport commissioner said Monday.

U.S. stocks were set to open lower on Monday as lingering concerns over fraud charges against Goldman Sachs weighed on investor sentiment.

UK publishers Thames & Hudson have just come out with Vincent Van Duysen: Complete Works, a comprehensive monograph of the Belgian architect's work, featuring more than 30 projects photographed by Alberto Piovano.