The U.S. dollar was sharply weaker Friday as stocks drifted...

Auditors, former executives, Barclays Bank, and Wall Street banks have copped a serve from a court-appointer examiner who probed the Lehman Brothers...

Australia's biggest banks are gouging its customers, the Reserve Bank of Australia...

Junk bonds and other risky investment instruments are being sought after, pushing prices above those of investment grade...

The US Ambassador to India Timothy J. Roemer on Thursday inaugurated an annual international food festival 'Aahar-2010' in the national...

San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Janet Yellen is expected to be nominated to become Ben Bernanke's...

The American president told the U.S. Export-Import Bank in Washington he was launching a new strategy to improve...

Sri Lanka will soon build a second international airport on the south of the island, with much of the money coming from...

There has been no agreement reached between British Airways and the Unite...

The US sales of Toyota vehicles declined nearly 9 percent in...

In the US, the school board in Kansas City has decided to close 26 of the city's 59 public schools to keep the district afloat...

The Chrysler Group in the US has named a new executive to head the reintroduction of the Fiat brand to the local...

A surge in bank shares returned the major indices to the black Thursday, after rough sailing earlier in the...

In a courtroom packed with family members, supporters and attorneys for bilked investors, a former Andover printer pleaded guilty Friday to 36 counts of securities fraud in a $53 million Ponzi...

NEW YORK - KKR & Co. LP, the parent of private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts said Friday that it plans to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange.KKR originally sought a public listing...

FILE - In this July 28, 2006 file photo, blood thinner medication Plavix is shown in New York. The Food and Drug Administration is adding its strongest warning to the label for Plavix Friday, March...

HADDONFIELD, N.J. -- Before he was rounded up in a sweep of suspected al-Qaida terrorists in Yemen, Sharif Mobley was a laborer at five nuclear plant complexes in Maryland, New Jersey and...

Bernard Madoff’s Manhattan penthouse, Long Island getaway and Florida estate are for sale in the hopes of raising tens of millions of dollars to help reimburse victims of his Ponzi...

BSQR ) announced today that it plans to release its financial results for the fourth quarter and 12 months ended December 31, 2009, after the close of regular market trading on Thursday, March 25,...

Retail sales rose 0.3 percent in February compared to January, beating a consensus forecast by 0.4 percentage points, the U.S. Commerce Department said.Economists predicted a 0.1 percent drop in...

Report for United States Bankruptcy Court says City law firm approved off balance sheet transactions that disguised true state of Lehman Brothers'...

Bob Diamond beamed cheerfully as a soul rendition of the US national anthem was partially drowned out by the din of circling helicopters and noisy protesters.In a marquee on a disused rail yard in...

India has become "the pharmacy of the world", home to dozens of generic copycat drug companies that have been producing expensive medicines at dirt-cheap prices that the poorest countries can afford....

Lehman Brothers was able to spout reassuring figures on declining indebtedness and healthy underlying trends until the day it collapsed, sending the global financial system into a near-apocalyptic...

Documents show the concerns held by the Financial Services Authority about the ability of Barclays to maintain a big enough capital cushion if it proceeded with the takeover of Lehman...

March 12 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said the global economy is forecast to expand about 4 percent this year and in 2011, and the U.S. may emerge faster from the...

March 12 (Bloomberg) -- The high-yield, high-risk leveraged loan market reached a more than 20-month high as companies, such as Fresenius SE, reduced minimum interest-rate floors to ensure a minimum...

March 8 (Bloomberg) -- JPMorgan Chase & Co., the New York- based bank run by Jamie Dimon, is the world’s biggest hedge-fund firm by assets, according to Pensions & Investments...

March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Pope Benedict XVI, during his tenure as archbishop of Munich, played a role in a decision to move a priest accused of molestation to undergo therapy in his diocese. The priest...

March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Vladimir Putin closed more than $10 billion in agreements with India, increasing Russia’s role as a partner in defense, nuclear energy, aerospace and...

J.P. Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Friday that a special bankruptcy process is needed to handle failures of the nation's global financial institutions. "Think of it as euthanasia,"...

Oil prices fell below $81 on Friday after peaking above $83 following mixed economic reports that kept investor on edge about the outlook for improving energy...

A permanent injunction against Microsoft selling versions of Word that contain XML editing ability effectively remains in place today, after a shot-in-the-dark appeal by Microsoft of...

Major companies tentatively scheduled to report quarterly earnings next week: Monday No major releases. Tuesday NEW YORK - Discover Financial Services releases quarterly financial results. ...

A strong jobs report pushed the Canadian dollar to its highest point in nearly two years on Friday. The Canadian dollar was trading at 98.35 cents US a little before noon Friday, up 0.72 of a...

Business Secretary Lord Mandelson said an outline agreement today followed detailed and "highly complex" talks between the Government and the United States-owned carmaker. Union leaders representing...

A statement from the club's administrator Andrew Andronikou revealed Mr Storrie had left "in the best interests of the club" after speaking with family and friends. Mr Storrie will continue to...

Which Agency is the Next to Go Broke? Jim MacDougald, CEO of Free Enterprise Nation, breaks down which government agencies are on the brink of bankruptcy. ...

MSFT ) on your PC. Elgato’s EyeTV software lets you watch and record HDTV on your computer, edit out the content you don’t need, and schedule future recordings, too. You can also use the device...

Resisting rich foods is a good way to control weight gain. Similarly, the best way to manage expenses is to go on a budget. You've heard the strategy of writing down every expense, even $2 for a...

European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said Friday in an interview on the FOX Business Network that the European Union supports Greece and that troubled country’s austerity measures. ...

With all this talk of Greece going to Hades it's time to brush up on Greek mythology. Here are some key characters, objects, places and events to keep in mind as Greece becomes history: ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Washington Mutual Inc. said Friday that it has reached a global settlement agreement with J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. The bankrupt bank said it...

A disappointing report on consumer sentiment offset a surprising increase in retail sales, with the U.S. stock market on Friday wavering between gains and losses. The Dow Jones Industrial Average...

Pratt & Whitney executives said Friday the company is prepared to be a standalone supplier for a new generation of aircraft engines being offered to Boeing Co....

(Updates with additional details throughout, including background on rule and comments from a dissenting opinion.) WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- A divided federal appeals court on Friday upheld the...

Chairman of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board Paul Volcker listens during his testimony before the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill in...

) may keep aggressive discounts available for U.S. consumers beyond this month after unprecedented incentives sent its U.S. sales sharply higher in early March, an executive said on...