Investors welcomed a pair of corporate mergers Monday, but stocks were only modestly higher as investors await comments from Federal Reserve officials later in the week.

The Dow Jones industrial aver…

A sharp pullback in apartment and condominium construction led to a big decline in overall home building in April, even as single-family home construction remained strong, according to government dat…

A tiny device that can recharge cell phone batteries in as little as 30 seconds won 18-year-old Eesha Khare a major science award that will help fund her college education at Harvard University.

Khare…