AMD's move to spin off its manufacturing operations into a separate company co-owned by a Middle East firm should help it renew its competition with Intel Corp.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Tuesday signaled a readiness to lower U.S. interest rates in a dramatic shift to support an economy battered by a financial crisis of "historic dimension."

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed two HIPAA-like bills that set new security requirements, breach-disclosure rules and fines for health care organizations operating in that state.