NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors will try to tack another leg on to the year-long U.S. stock rally, looking to next week's economic data and statement from the central bank for evidence the recovery is still on track.

Investors aren't interested in funding virtual farms anymore. They want distribution and real-life application.

Science writer Timothy Ferris launched a record of humanity into space.

FIA's Martin Fridson on the impact of sovereign defaults on the global economy.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Author Michael Lewis, known for exposing the culture of excess at Solomon Brothers with his book "Liar's Poker," says Wall Street bonuses at banks bailed out by Washington are "a very elegant form of theft."

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Janet Yellen, a monetary policy dove, tops President Barack Obama's list to be No. 2 at U.S. central bank, the White House said on Friday.