IBT Staff Reporter

International Business Machines Corp is looking to the building blocks of our bodies -- DNA -- to be the structure of next-generation microchips.

Stocks fell broadly on Monday as ongoing concerns about the speed of a global economic recovery were compounded by data from Japan, which showed that while the world's No.2 economy returned to growth, the recovery may be shaky.

North Korea said on Monday it would reopen its border with the South, ending a self-imposed 9-month blockade on a vital source of cash for its leaders as their ravaged economy is squeezed by tightening U.N. sanctions.

With two rivals set to merge, pressure is mounting on Japan's Asahi Breweries to be more aggressive on acquisitions and map out a clear growth path as its home market shrinks.

President Barack Obama will seek to shore up U.S. public support for the war in Afghanistan on Monday just days before an Afghan presidential election widely seen as a major test of his revamped strategy.

German utility RWE has submitted a bid for a 67 percent stake in Polish peer Enea, German paper Financial Times Deutschland reported, citing unidentified people in the financial industry.

Oil slipped toward $65 a barrel, its lowest this month, on Monday as investors became more cautious about the pace of global economic recovery and any revival in energy demand.

The Australian unit of Swiss bank UBS AG thriving, even as its parent struggles in the global financial crisis, and has earned a reputation for snatching deals from rivals and making a success of them.

Australian packaging group Amcor Ltd is set to raise about A$1.6 billion ($1.3 billion) in equity to help fund a purchase of Rio Tinto's Alcan packaging unit, sources said on Monday.

Despite unveiling a face-saving iron ore deal with Australia's Fortescue Metals Group on Monday, China's embattled steel industry body CISA seems to be ceding its grip on the levers of China's iron ore pricing talks.

U.S. videogame equipment and software sales fell 29 percent in July to $848.9 million, research group NPD said on Thursday, as the gaming industry limps through the economic downturn.

China's $200 billion sovereign wealth fund, which made big paper losses on stakes in Morgan Stanley and Blackstone, is set to invest up to $2 billion in U.S. mortgages as it eyes a property market recovery, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said on Monday.

The following is the text of a statement issued by the U.S. Federal Reserve and U.S. Treasury on Monday:

TomTom's much anticipated turn by turn app for the iPhone was released on Monday on iTunes for $99. The app uses the iPhone's built-in GPS chip to provide users with real-time navigation directions

Crude oil futures declined to their lowest level in the entire month to below $66 per barrel on Monday on concerns over the economic recovery. Crude was trading down $1.42 at $66.09 per barrel in the New York Mercantile Exchange ahead of the opening of the market by 8:39 a.m. today.

Stock index futures pointed to a steep fall at the open on Monday as global equities sold off after data from Japan showed that while the world's No. 2 economy returned to growth, a recovery may be shaky.

The world may be slowly emerging out of recession, but the global financial crisis appears to have gone unnoticed to a whole swathe of people: teenagers.

Simon Nicol, the last original member of folk rock band Fairport Convention, admits he's not into numbers, which may be why no one is quite sure what milestone just passed in this rural English village.

Singer/songwriter/guitarist Warren Haynes is rock 'n' roll's consummate jam band professional -- and these days, that isn't a contradiction in terms. A maverick on both the business and creative sides of his career, he handles duties as an integral player in the Allman Brothers Band and the Grateful Dead, as well as with his own hard-touring outfit, Gov't Mule, and occasionally finds time to engag...

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An American widow is selling her husband's burial spot directly above film legend Marilyn Monroe so that she can pay off her mortgage.

In an ode to Beat author Jack Kerouac, alt-country musician Jay Farrar has teamed with Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard for a collaborative album,

Stock futures slightly trimmed losses but still pointed to a steep drop at the open on Monday after a regional gauge of manufacturing suggested growth was returning to the sector.

Sony Ericsson on Monday entrusted the head of Ericsson's U.S. technology division with the task of leading the struggling cellphone maker back to profit and reversing a sharp decline in market share.

The Weinstein Co, founded by the two brothers behind some of the most iconic films of the past 20 years, are under pressure for one of their next movies to be a blockbuster, The New York Times reported on Sunday.

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Capital One Financial Corp's U.S. credit card defaults and delinquencies rose in July, as Americans kept losing jobs and struggled to pay their debts.

Swedbank will raise 15 billion Swedish crowns ($2.1 billion) in a rights issue to boost a balance sheet hit by bad debts in the Baltics, the bank said on Monday, after saying in June it didn't need more capital.