By Richard Hubbard. LONDON | Wed Jun 19, 2013 3:23am EDT. LONDON (Reuters) - European shares edged higher and major currencies and commodities were little changed on Wednesday as investors awaited clarity on the U.S.

Tue Jun 18, 2013 9:42pm EDT. * SEC will use no admit, no deny settlements in most cases. * White says SEC will only seek admission in selective cases.

Federal Reserve officials both expect and want inflation to be higher than it is. So far, that isn't happening. Consumer price data released Tuesday showed inflation rose a mere 1.4% in May from a year earlier.

Here's what to look for when the Federal Open Market Committee releases a statement and new economic forecasts at 2 p.m. after a two-day meeting in Washington and Chairman Ben S. Bernanke holds a press conference at 2:30 p.m.

Houston's Astrodome stadium, New York's old Pan Am Worldport Terminal at Kennedy Airport and Montana's one-room schoolhouses are joining a list of the nation's most endangered historic places.

The exercise, initiated last autumn after the emergence of the Libor scandal, focuses on a range of policy recommendations, including deferral of pay by up to 10 years and a new criminal sanctions regime.

Le BOURGET, France - Air New Zealand's new livery was front and center at the Paris Air Show this week, but it was the jet's "sharklets" that were the center of attention.

Dalian Wanda Group, the Chinese developer controlled by billionaire Wang Jianlin, is investing 1 billion pounds ($1.6 billion) in a British yachtmaker and a London site to build Western Europe's tallest residential tower.

Starting next Tuesday, your morning coffee to go will come with a full disclosure of its caloric content. Starbucks has announced that it will include calorie counts for each beverage on the menu boards at all of its more than 11,000 locations in the U.S.

Hedge-fund investor Daniel Loeb's firm has boosted its stake in Sony Corp., ratcheting up a campaign to persuade the Japanese electronics company to launch an initial public offering of its entertainment division.