WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Reserve's top regulatory official laid out a sweeping plan to increase capital requirements for the nation's largest banks in the wake of recent bank failures, a move that was immediately met with criticism from the industry.

The Federal Reserve's top regulatory official laid out a sweeping plan to increase capital requirements for the nation's largest banks, saying recent bank failures underlined the need for regulators to bolster resilience in the system.

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan

A coming wave of North American liquefied natural gas (LNG) export projects faces staffing challenges that are prompting some of the biggest developers to expand training and coordinate projects to keep construction workers.

Pro-union baristas at Starbucks are taking their campaign on the road on Monday and trying a new tactic along the way: asking the coffee chain's customers to organize pickets at non-unionized U.S. cafes.