Economy

Air France-KLM orders 25 wide-body Airbus A350s
Air France-KLM ordered 25 Airbus A350 jets on Wednesday, saying the wide-body plane that flew for the first time last week will be central to its plan ...
Stocks edge lower as investors wait for the Fed
Stocks are edging lower in early trading on Wall Street as investors hold back ahead of a policy announcement from the Federal Reserve. The Dow Jones ...
Cyprus okays gas plant deal with Noble, Delek
Cyprus' deputy government spokesman says the Cabinet has ratified a preliminary agreement with U.S. firm Noble Energy and its Israeli partners Delek ...
Obama warns EU over high youth unemployment
President Barack Obama is suggesting Europe may need to adjust its economic policies to tackle high youth unemployment. Obama said at a news ...
Traffic returns to Wash. bridge that collapsed
Cars and trucks are rolling again across the Interstate 5 Skagit River bridge, restoring the traffic flow on the main route between Seattle and ...
FedEx 4Q profit drops as priority services lag
FedEx Corp.'s fourth-quarter profit fell 45 percent as international customers traded down to less-expensive delivery options. Excluding charges, the ...
Greek government back in talks to end TV crisis
Greece's governing coalition parties are to meet for a second time in three days to try and end a political crisis triggered by the closure of state ...
IMF calls for urgent steps on Spain unemployment
Spain faces the prospect of of high unemployment and sluggish growth lasting years unless the country and Europe take "urgent action" to slash the ...
UK banking commission urges better standards
British bankers could soon be facing harsher penalties for behaving badly. After a year which has seen major scandals involving rate-rigging, ...
Bribery trial of former Finmeccanica CEO opens
The former head of Italian aerospace and defense giant Finmeccanica, accused by prosecutors of making bribery part of the company culture, went on ...
United 787 heading to Tokyo diverted to Seattle
A Boeing 787 flying from Denver to Tokyo diverted to Seattle because of an oil filter issue, a United Airlines spokeswoman said. An airline ...
Currency factors weigh on retailer H&M's Q2 profit
Swedish fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz AB on Wednesday said profits fell by 11 percent in the second quarter due to the strong Swedish krona and ...
Japan's trade deficit climbs to $10.5B in May
Japan's trade deficit rose nearly 10 percent in May to 993.9 billion yen (nearly $10.5 billion), highlighting the challenge Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ...
Dish won't submit revised bid for Sprint
Satellite TV operator Dish Network Corp. said Tuesday it would not submit a revised bid for Sprint, leaving the path open for the wireless carrier to ...
Chrysler agrees to recall of Jeeps at risk of fire
After initially defying federal regulators, Chrysler abruptly agreed Tuesday to recall some older-model Jeeps with fuel tanks that could rupture and ...
Cape Wind gets $200M investment from Danish fund
The Cape Wind offshore wind project has secured a $200 million investment from a Danish pension fund in what the wind farm's president said Tuesday ...
Icahn changes tack, seeks $16B Dell stock buyback
Activist investor Carl Icahn on Tuesday proposed a $16 billion share buyback in his latest effort to thwart Dell Inc. founder Michael Dell's effort ...
Google asks FISA court to lift gag order
Google on Tuesday sharply challenged the federal government's gag order on its Internet surveillance program, citing what it described as a First ...
Waiting for word from Bernanke, stocks move higher
It's all about the Fed. Still. U.S. stocks moved higher Tuesday, helped by news of a pickup in home building and low inflation. But the Federal ...
Greece's public TV still off despite court ruling
State TV channels in Greece remained off-air Tuesday as the political storm over the future of public broadcaster ERT raged on, despite a court ruling ...
Sprint sues to stop Dish Clearwire buyout
Sprint is suing to stop Dish Network's buyout of wireless data network operator Clearwire. The nation's third-largest cellphone carrier said the ...
Fighters in Nigeria attack school, kill 9 pupils
Suspected Islamic militants have opened fire on students taking exams at a school in the country's troubled northeast, killing at least nine pupils ...
Chrysler expected to formally refuse Jeep recall
In one of the biggest-ever showdowns between an automaker and the government, Chrysler on Tuesday is expected to file papers explaining its refusal ...
Duke Energy names insider to take over for Rogers
Duke Energy Corp., the nation's largest electric utility, named Chief Financial Officer Lynn Good to replace Jim Rogers next month as CEO. Rogers, 65, ...