The planes are returning after a four-month grounding because of smoldering batteries on 787s owned by two other airlines. The incidents included an emergency landing of one plane, and a fire on another.

Rival online takeout services Seamless North America and GrubHub announced plans Monday to combine and create a company covering more than 20,000 restaurants in 500 cities across the country.

Mon May 20, 2013 3:19pm EDT. * Global equity markets continue to climb * Yen gains on minister's comments, rise seen temporary * Gold gains after longest losing streak in four years * Oil rebounds, rises above $105 a barrel (Adds oil settlement prices, ...

Bitcoin is not going away, the digital currency's developers say, and they're craving more technically savvy people to support its use.

Mon May 20, 2013 2:42pm EDT. * Silver hits Sept 2010 low before rebounding * Gold also shoots up from 1-month low and 7 days of losses * Investors await Fed chairman's testimony on Wednesday (Updates with U.S.

Federal Reserve policy makers say they want to avoid a sudden increase in interest rates when the time comes to start unwinding record monetary easing.

Caterpillar, the world's largest maker of construction and mining equipment, said Monday that demand for its machines continued to show weakness last month, led by a continued decline in Asia and a steeper fall in North America.

WASHINGTON | Mon May 20, 2013 12:55pm EDT. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of people living in poverty in U.S. suburbs surpassed the number of poor in cities over the past decade, driven by strong growth in overall suburban populations, ...

Shareholder activists targeting JPMorgan Chase were talking down the prospects of winning a vote to install an independent chairman at the bank ahead of Tuesday's annual meeting.

The big event this week is Wednesday, when U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke testifies in front of the Joint Economic Committee, while the Fed releases the FOMC minutes to the April 30 and May 1 meeting.

Royalty Pharma, an investor in royalty streams from pharmaceuticals, raised its offer to buy Elan Corp. (ELN) by 12 percent to $6.4 billion after the Irish drugmaker made acquisitions to boost revenue and resist the bid.

Judd Gregg, the former U.S. senator who has been an adviser to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS), was named chief executive officer of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, Wall Street's largest lobby group.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) officials must turn over more internal files on what directors knew about claims that executives handed out bribes to facilitate Mexican real-estate deals, a judge ruled.

The airline that introduced checked-baggage fees has learned the downside of funneling more suitcases into the cabin: It takes longer for people to board.