MSNBC: Business

Immortality may not be a reality yet, but rapidly evolving technology is making it more realistic, Google's engineering director says."The life expectancy was 20, 1,000 years ago. ... We doubled it in 200 years. This will go into high gear within 10 and 20 years from now, probably less than 15, we will be reaching that tipping point where we add more time than has gone by because of scientific...    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

General Motors is recalling another 230,000 midsize SUVs due to a potential fire risk serious enough that the maker also is advising owners to park outside until repairs can be made.The recall expands upon an action GM took last August – that time covering about 250,000 vehicles, including the Chevrolet Trailblazer and GMC Envoy – sold in 20 Snowbelt states. Similar recalls have impacted several o...    

    

    

    

The Federal Aviation Administration did "everything right" in dealing with battery issues that grounded Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner for months, the aircraft maker's chairman and CEO James McNerney told CNBC on Monday from the Paris Air Show.He told CNBC that he's "highly confident" in the overhauled lithium-ion batteries. "We re-examined the technology as we learned more," he said. "We have a very...    

    

    

    

    

Stocks added to their sharp gains on Monday, recovering losses after dropping more than 1 percent in the previous week, fueled by a global rally as investors looked ahead to the Federal Reserve's meeting later this week. (Read More:Here's Bernanke: Time for the Fed to Be Specific) "There's been a tug-of-war in the market [in the last few sessions], but investors are anticipating some more c...