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Carlotta grew into a powerful Category 2 hurricane on Friday as it neared Mexico's southern Pacific coast, where it is expected to brush the resort town of Puerto Escondido and then lash Acapulco.

LONDON (Reuters) - The government and Bank of England will flood Britain's banking system with more than 100 billion pounds, seeking to pump credit through an economy struggling to escape recession under the "black cloud" of the euro zone crisis. In his annual Mansion House policy speech to London financiers on Thursday, …

FRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) - Central banks from Tokyo to London checked their ammunition on Friday in preparation for any turmoil from Greece's election, with the European Central Bank hinting at an interest rate cut and Britain set to open its coffers. Tensions were high about how to manage the euro zone's debt crisis …

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A European banking union could help revive money markets by restoring confidence in the creditworthiness of banks and governments, European Central Bank Executive Board member Benoit Coeure said. Coeure, who is in charge of market operations on the ECB's board, called for closer integration as "uncoordinated …

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Instead of backyard barbecues and beer, this Father's Day could see many investors with their minds on Greece. The Greek election, that is. One thing is almost certain to come from the Sunday event, and that is more volatility for U.S. stocks, according to analysts and investors. "I think the S&P futures …

NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc , facing a raft of lawsuits from investors seeking to recoup losses from its botched IPO, laid out on Friday how cascading Nasdaq trading glitches might have stoked the confusion that marred its May 18 debut. The No. 1 social network and lead underwriters Morgan Stanley , …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Factory output contracted in May for the second time in three months and families took a dimmer view of their economic prospects in early June, signs that the economy's recovery is on shaky ground. Data released on Friday was the latest in a series of weak economic reports that have led analysts to …

There's a form of extra-sensory perception called psychometry, whose practitioners claim to learn things about objects by touching them. Smartphones set to be released this month by Samsung and Sony will have some of that ability: they'll learn things when you touch them to pre-programmed "tags."

(Reuters) - U.S. safety regulators have intensified a probe into possible driver-side door fires in some 2006 and 2007 model-year Chevrolet Trailblazer sport utility vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said its investigation was raised to an engineering analysis from a preliminary investigation …

(Reuters) - Burger King Worldwide Holdings Inc said on Friday it plans to open 1,000 of its namesake restaurants in China over the next five to seven years under a newly-formed joint venture. China is the world's fastest growing major economy and U.S. restaurant companies such as Yum Brands Inc , McDonald's Corp and Starbucks …

Japan's government on Saturday approved bringing the country's first nuclear reactors back online since last year's earthquake and tsunami led to a nationwide shutdown, going against wider public opinion that is opposed to nuclear power after Fukushima.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp , the Pentagon's largest supplier, has won a contract worth up to $1.91 billion to manage the U.S. military's Global Information Grid networks on a day-to-day basis, the U.S. Defense Department said on Friday. It said the contract would run for three years and included two two-year …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp has won a U.S. contract worth $490 million to start buying parts, material and components for a seventh batch of 35 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter planes, the Pentagon announced on Friday. Lockheed, the Pentagon's largest supplier, welcomed the agreement and said it would help ensure …

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rallied on Friday to close a second straight week of gains on hopes of collective action from global central banks if Sunday's election in Greece triggers market turmoil. The news helped offset the latest round of weak U.S. economic data, which pointed to sluggish domestic growth. But traders …

Democratic lawmakers have approved a plan to balance California's $15.7 billion deficit without Gov. Jerry Brown's endorsement so they can keep collecting their paychecks.

The unthinkable suddenly looks possible.

ATLANTA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines Inc kicked off a sale on Memorial Day weekend that offered flyers one-way fares from New York's LaGuardia Airport to Philadelphia for as low as $69. The sale, which ended on Wednesday, was aimed at drawing attention to a host of new flights that forms the centerpiece of Delta's …

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - General Electric Co aims to buy a medium-sized business in Germany in the next six months to expand its technological footprint, German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported, citing a manager at the U.S. conglomerate. "We hope to have managed a takeover by the end of the year," the paper cited Christoph …