New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo subpoenaed Genworth Financial Inc. , Unum Group and an insurer acquired by France’s Axa SA as the state widens a life- insurance fraud probe, said a person briefed on the demands.

Saudi Arabian shares rose, with the Tadawul All Share Index recording the third-biggest monthly gain in a year, following flat trading in U.S. and European shares.

Egypt agreed to buy 180,000 metric tons of wheat from Russia, Nomani Nomani, vice chairman of the General Authority for Supply Commodities said in Cairo today.

BP Plc wants to sell its German gas station unit Aral to finance expenses related to the Gulf of Mexico disaster, Wirtschaftswoche reported, citing unidentified bankers involved in the sale.

Metro AG, Germany’s largest retailer, plans to outsource at least 400 information-technology and accounting jobs to eastern Europe and India to reduce costs, Lebensmittelzeitung reported, citing unidentified people close to the company.

Treasury notes gained for a fourth consecutive month, pushing two-year yields to the lowest ever, as data that showed U.S. economic growth is cooling fueled demand for the safest securities.

Congress should retain tax cuts passed under former President George W. Bush without offsetting the $40 billion cost of including families earning more than $250,000, said Indiana Representative Mike Pence , the third- ranking U.S. House Republican leader.

Arizona’s bid to overturn a court ruling blocking its immigration law was set for a November hearing before the U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco.

Gamesa Corporacion Tecnologica SA fell to the lowest closing level since 2003 in Madrid trading after the company reduced its forecast for wind turbine sales.

In a small, windowless room in the basement of International Business Machines Corp. ’s Almaden lab in Silicon Valley, Dharmendra Modha is building a simulated monkey brain using images projected on flat-screen TVs.

Bloomberg's Rich Jaroslovsky talks about the outlook for the electronic-reader market including Amazon.com's Kindle and Apple Inc.'s iPad.

I flipped the levers to no avail. Clearly the motor that raises the anchor on this old lightship was toast and the thing was going nowhere.

Sunderland midfielder Kieran Richardson signed a new three-year contract until 2013, the Premier League club said on its website.