A billionaire banker and a senator from President Dilma Rousseff's party have been arrested as part of the corruption investigation at the state-owned Brazilian oil company Petrobras. The two are accused of obstructing the inquiry, which has been ongoing for two years. Also today: the US robotics company that's feeling the Force of a Star Wars connection.

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