   |       |         |      |        | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hurricane Sandy, the monster storm bearing   down on the East Coast, strengthened on Monday after hundreds   of thousands moved to higher ground, public transport shut down   and the stock market suffered its first weather-related closure   in 27 years.. |          |     |                                                                                                                                            |       |         |      |        | MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.N.-Arab League peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi   expressed regret on Monday that a U.N.-brokered truce had not   been more successful in Syria but said he would not let this   discourage his peace efforts.. |          |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                 |     |         |      |        | LONDON (Reuters) - World share and commodity prices fell on Monday   as the recent run of downbeat corporate earnings cast a shadow   over the growth outlook and investors braced for the impact   of a giant U.S. hurricane.. |          |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                 |     |         |      |        | LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Acclaimed Iran hostage thriller "Argo"   brought home its first box-office win over a quiet weekend,   leading movie charts with $12.4 million in U.S. and Canadian   ticket sales as would-be moviegoers hunkered down for Hurricane   Sandy.. |          |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                 |     |         |      |        | DETROIT (Reuters) - The San Francisco Giants capped a wild post-season   ride by beating the Detroit Tigers 4-3 in 10 innings on Sunday   to complete a four-game sweep and be crowned World Series champions   for the second time in three years.. |          |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                 |     |         |      |        | SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The firing of Citigroup stock analyst   Mark Mahaney on Friday in the regulatory fallout from Facebook   Inc's initial public offering was greeted with shock and dismay   in Silicon Valley, where Mahaney was a well-known and well-liked   figure.. |          |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                 |     |         |      |        | SUDBURY, Ontario (Reuters) - In an office trailer parked outside   a mine shaft in northern Ontario, operator Carolyn St-Jean leans   back in her chair and monitors a machine loading nickel-rich   ore into rail cars deep underground.. |          |     |                                                                                                                                                 |     |         |      |        | BEIJING (Reuters) - A man in central China has been sentenced   to a year in jail for ringing a bell to end a national college   entrance exam too early, forcing the students to hand in their   papers nearly five minutes before the exam should have ended,   state media said on Friday.. |          |     |                                                          |          |                                                                                            |                |          |              | A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US                                                                             economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today |     |          |          |          |                |          |              | The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity,                                                                             hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today |     |          |          |          |        | » MORE NEWSLETTERS |          |          |   
  
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