Markets

Spain Minister: Bankia needs to bolster defenses
Bankia, the nationalized Spanish bank which had to reassure savers last week to fend off a reported run on its deposits, needs to strengthen its ...
Markets inch up after G-8 vague on Europe fix
Global stocks rose modestly on Monday, though gains were limited by concerns that leaders from the Group of Eight most powerful countries had failed ...
Stocks open higher on Wall Street; Facebook falls
Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street after a new survey suggested that economists are more optimistic about housing and employment. Facebook slid ...
Ahead of the Bell: Facebook below IPO price
Facebook Inc. stock has dropped below the initial public stock offering price in premarket trading Monday, an inauspicious start to the company's ...
Oil rises to near $92 ahead of Iran nuclear talks
Oil edged up closer to $92 a barrel Monday ahead of another round of talks over Iran's nuclear program. By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark oil ...
Germany insists no eurobonds to solve debt crisis
A German official made clear on Monday that Berlin continues to oppose the idea of jointly-issued bonds for the 17-nation eurozone, which France's new ...
World stock markets edge up after G-8 summit
Assurances that world powers want debt-laden Greece to remain in the euro helped support world stock markets Monday after sharp losses over the past ...
Europe faces difficult search for growth
On paper at least, European leaders agree: They need stronger growth measures to help their economies expand out of their 2½-year-old government debt ...
Obama, G-8: Recovery takes both growth and cutting
Confronting an economic crisis that threatens them all, President Barack Obama and leaders of other world powers on Saturday declared that their ...
Greek politics, Spain banks test eurozone survival
Chaos in Greek politics and Spanish banking combined this week to underscore just how fragile Europe's economy remains after an eviscerating austerity ...
Oil prices lower ahead of G8 summit
Crude oil prices fell Friday ahead of a weekend meeting in which President Barack Obama and leaders of the world's biggest economies will search for ...
US stocks edge lower on Europe worries
It's going to take more than Facebook's initial public offering to push the stock market higher. U.S. stock indexes were flat-to-down slightly in ...
Oil edges up to near $93 after big 2-week sell-off
Oil prices edged toward $93 a barrel Friday as financial markets stabilized after a sharp two-week sell-off caused by the latest flare-up in Europe's ...
World stock markets sink on US, Europe worries
World stocks fell Friday after credit downgrades slapped on Spanish banks unnerved investors already worried about the stability of the 17-country ...
Asia stock markets sink on US, Europe worries
Asian stocks dived Friday after discouraging U.S. economic reports unnerved investors already worried about the stability of the 17-country euro ...
Stocks slump again; 10-yr yield near all-time low
Unable to shake their worries about Europe, investors drove stocks to a four-month low Thursday and piled into bonds, sending the yield on the 10-year ...
Spain banking sector shaken by report of bank run
Confidence in Spain's banks and its teetering economy was shaken Thursday after a newspaper reported that depositors were rushing to withdraw their ...
Natural gas prices drop on rising supplies
Natural gas is no longer at decade lows, but the price remains sensitive to reports of any significant increase in supply. The price dropped Thursday ...
Oil dips further below $93 on euro crisis concern
Oil prices edged further below $93 a barrel on Thursday, extending a sharp two-week sell-off, as traders monitored Europe's debt crisis and its ...
Oil rises to above $93 as traders mull Europe
Oil prices rose slightly to above $93 a barrel Thursday in Asia as traders mulled whether concern over Europe's debt crisis justifies extending a ...
J.C. Penney's shares in free-fall after 1Q loss
Wall Street doesn't seem to like J.C. Penney's new everyday low pricing any better than Main Street does. The department store chain's stock plunged ...
Price of oil still falling as supplies grow
The price of oil continues to decline on the expectation that world markets will be flush with extra supplies this year. Benchmark U.S. crude on ...
Greece gets caretaker PM until next vote in June
A senior judge was sworn in Wednesday to head Greece's caretaker government for a month as the debt-crippled country lurches through a political ...
Greek turmoil spreads pessimism across markets
The unending turmoil in Greece spread fallout across the financial markets Wednesday. The Dow Jones industrial average fell for the ninth day out of ...
Indian rupee hits all-time low against the dollar
The Indian rupee hit a fresh all-time low against the dollar Wednesday, as risk averse global investors wary of India's twin deficits drowned out ...