Another dismal U.S. jobs report triggered the years biggest stock selloff and erased what was left of the Dow Jones Industrial Averages 2012 gains.
Manufacturing activity in China and across a wide swath of Asia slowed in May, heightening fears that the turmoil in Western economies is dragging down one of the few remaining engines of global grow...
A protégé of former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta took the stand in Mr. Guptas insider-trading trial, but prosecutors were precluded from asking him some of their most potentially explosive ques...
A further decline in euro-zone manufacturing and a record jobless rate of 11% suggest that the regions economy will continue to flounder.
Auto makers on Friday reported a 26% rise in May U.S. sales of new cars and light trucks, shrugging off worries about the American economy despite further signs the recovery is slowing.
Most commodities tumbled after dreary economic news spurred fears that global growth is slowing and eroding demand for raw materials. Gold was one bright spot.
Lawyers for News Corp. and phone-hacking victims estimated that the company could ultimately face about 500 civil claims related to illegal voice-mail interception.
BP received expressions of interest to buy its stake in its TNK-BP Russian venture from two bidders: Russian state energy holding company Rosneftegaz and BPs existing Russian partners.
Wal-Mart still bills itself as a fast-growth business, but it is shifting to a mature-company strategy to reward investors: becoming a dividend cow.
General Motors said it aims to reduce its pension obligations by $26 billion by overhauling its U.S. pension plan for retired white-collar workers, cutting by nearly 20% the biggest drag on its balan...
J.P. Morgan Chase has returned roughly $600 million that was ensnared at the bank when MF Global collapsed in October.
The Securities and Exchange Commission approved a long-awaited plan by U.S. stock exchanges to upgrade and broaden measures designed to guard markets against another "flash crash."
Google has begun notifying users in China when they use search terms that can trigger Chinas Internet blocks, in its boldest challenge in two years to Beijings efforts to restrict online content.
The dismal jobs report is sure to sharpen a debate at the Federal Reserve about whether to take new actions to spur economic growth, but it likely doesnt settle it.
Groupon shares brushed an all-time low on Friday, as restrictions were lifted on stock sales by the companys employees and other insiders.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will participate in a Nevada program that cuts loan balances for certain homeowners who are current on their mortgages and owe more than their houses are worth in what coul...
The owners of oil recycler and industrial-parts cleaner Safety-Kleen plan to offer the company for sale while also laying the groundwork for an IPO.
Dynegy Inc. said a settlement agreement between subsidiary Dynegy Holdings LLC and its creditors was approved by a U.S. bankruptcy court.
Federal regulators are using powers they gained in the Dodd-Frank financial law to ramp up an inquiry into the recent trading blunders at J.P. Morgan.
Gold prices roared to a three-week high on speculation of fresh monetary stimulus triggered by a disappointing U.S. monthly employment reading.
WebMD named Cavan M. Redmond chief executive, ending a search that began in January after the abrupt resignation of the health-information providers former chief.
Verizon agreed to buy Hughes Telematics, a provider of wireless-enabled services to cars, for $612 million in cash.
General Motors plans to shut down a vehicle assembly line at its Oshawa, Ont., plant next year, leaving just a small fraction of what was once a massive manufacturing presence there.
Japanese officials ramped up their rhetoric against the rising yen with the countrys finance minister strongly suggesting that he may order a currency market intervention.
Canadas first-quarter growth was well below the central banks forecast, expanding at an annualized rate of 1.9%.
has postponed the European launch of two cars for its namesake brand by at least a year, the latest example of the Italian auto makers efforts to save money by slowing the development of new models a...
Gambling revenue in Macau last month was the second-highest in history, but the rate of growth was the weakest since 2009 due to a variety of statistical factors and stress from a slowdown in the Chi...
A Las Vegas Sands unit said it has abandoned attempts to win the rights to Macau land in which the casino operator has already invested more than $100 million, thwarting its expansion plans there.
Asias major PC makers will showcase tablet computers and laptop PCs that run on a preview version of Microsofts Windows 8 at the Computex trade show in Taipei next week.
European stocks fell, Spanish bond yields crept higher and bund yields hit record lows after downbeat manufacturing figures from China, the euro zone and the U.K., ahead of the release of U.S. nonfar...
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