Singapore Airlines Ltd. will end non-stop services to New York’s Newark Airport and Los Angeles, the world’s longest commercial flights, next year because of rising fuel prices and slower demand for intercontinental trips.

Rajat Gupta, the former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. director and McKinsey & Co. managing director who rose to the pinnacle of Wall Street, was sentenced to two years in prison for passing inside tips to his business partner.

Bank of America Corp., the second- biggest U.S. lender by assets, was accused by the federal government in a $1 billion fraud lawsuit of selling defective residential mortgage loans to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that later defaulted.

Democrats are attacking Indiana Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock for saying that pregnancy caused by rape is something “God intended” and doesn’t justify an abortion.

U.S. stocks declined, sending the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to a seven-week low, as the Federal Reserve’s call for moderate growth offset signs of improvement in Chinese factory output and America’s housing market.

Mitt Romney, who has been criticizing President Barack Obama for letting the U.S. Navy shrink, is making a similar case about the Air Force.

Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook unveiled a smaller, thinner iPad that carries a price high enough to shore up profit while leaving room for competitors to sell their tablets more cheaply.