Federal regulators have indefinitely delayed a decision on the proposed restart of the shuttered San Onofre nuclear power plant in California, raising new questions Monday about whether the twin reactors will produce electricity again.  More »

By Mark Drajem Bloomberg News Alaska’s government proposed investing its own cash in an assessment of oil reserves in the U.S. Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, seeking to prod the federal government to consider drilling in the protected area. With the Interior Department working on a management plan for the area, Republican Governor Sean Parnell’s administration [...]  More »

Investors demanding more board oversight vowed to press on even after talking down the prospects of winning a vote to install an independent chairman  More »

The European Commission has days sent requests for information to Swiss-based commodities traders Glencore, Vitol and Mercuria, and possibly others  More »

The grey metal falls to the lowest level since September 2010 in early Asian trading, amid thin trading volumes  More »

Arabtec, one of the contractors that built the tallest tower in the world, said the company is ‘working to resolve the situation as quickly as possible’  More »

All-stock deal could bring an end to recent merger talks around Actavis and will create a speciality pharma group with an annual $11bn in sales  More »

Former Justice Department official was kicked out this month after he apparently refused to co-operate with Russia’s domestic spy agency, the FSB  More »

As new head of the US gas producer, Doug Lawler will face a tough agenda of strengthening the group’s finances while still investing in production  More »

Work trips can leave businesses particularly susceptible to security breaches but there are many ways to reduce the risk  More »

Chief executive Marissa Mayer targets growth on mobiles in her first comments since completing $1.1bn acquisition of social media website Tumblr  More »

Wells Dry, Fertile Plains Turn to Dust Vast stretches of Texas farmland lying over the aquifer no longer support irrigation. In west-central Kansas, up to a fifth of the irrigated farmland along a 100-mile swath of the aquifer has already gone dry. In…  More »