
Asia stocks down, China manufacturing growth slows
Asian stock markets fell Wednesday in holiday-thinned trading after the pace of China's manufacturing growth slowed in April, raising fears of a ...

Swiss central bank posts $11.95 billion Q1 profit
For the Swiss central bank, cash was king this quarter. The Swiss National Bank showed Tuesday how it turned a pitfall of the country's status as a ...

Asia stocks up after S&P hits record; Nikkei slips
Asian stock markets rose Tuesday, brushing off tepid Japanese manufacturing data after the Standard & Poor's 500 index closed at another all-time high

Britain dodges recession as economy grew in Q1
Britain has given the slip to the Triple Dip. The U.K. dodged a third recession after official figures showed the economy grew 0.3 percent in the ...
Asia stocks mixed after US durable goods falls
Asian stocks rose Thursday as mixed U.S. corporate earnings and a slump in orders for U.S. durable goods convinced investors that central banks would ...
Asia stocks up on US company earns, home sales
An increase in new U.S. home sales and strong corporate earnings across a range of industries lifted investment sentiment in Asia, where most stock ...

Asia stocks fall after China production slips
Asian stock markets fell Tuesday after China's manufacturing growth slowed in April, adding to worries about the health of the world's second-largest ...

European austerity yields meager results in 2012
The austerity pain pursued by a number of European countries led to very little gain in 2012. Figures Monday from Eurostat, the European Union's ...

World finance leaders issue sober assessment
World finance leaders issued a somber assessment on Saturday of the global economy, saying the recovery remains uneven with growth and jobs in short ...

Markets steady at end of bad week; yen falls again
Stocks looked to end a bad week on a steady note while the Japanese yen headed toward four-year lows against the dollar Friday as the country found ...
Asia stocks up as investors look to G-20 summit
Asian stock markets posted modest gains Friday, ignoring a raft of disappointing U.S. corporate earnings as officials from the world's biggest ...

Asian stocks rebound on the heels of US rally
Asian stock markets rose Wednesday, boosted by a strong U.S. housing report and better-than-expected corporate earnings that added further evidence ...

Asia stocks sink on global growth worries
Asian stock markets were mostly lower Tuesday as weak economic data, falling commodity prices and big losses on Wall Street shook investors. A deadly ...

Anti-euro party a wildcard in German elections
The leader of a new anti-euro party called Sunday for Germany to leave the common currency, telling an inaugural convention that the euro forces ...

US retail sales drop keeps markets in check
More disappointing U.S. economic figures weighed on markets Friday after a solid run that's seen the two main U.S. stock indexes strike a series of ...

Asian stock markets mixed as gains cashed up
Asian stock markets were mixed Friday as investors turned cautious and took profits from recent rallies in spite of evidence pointing to an improving ...
Asia stocks up as Wall Street climbs on tech gains
Asian stock markets powered higher Thursday after a U.S. communications company posted a surprise jump in earnings that led to big gains in technology ...
Asia stocks rise on heels of new Dow record high
Asian stock markets mostly gained Wednesday on the heels of a record high on Wall Street as traders waited for the latest Federal Reserve meeting ...
Asia stocks fall on slack US jobs data; Nikkei up
Asian stock markets were mostly lower Monday after a disappointing U.S. jobs report, although the Nikkei piled on more gains as the yen's dramatic ...

World stocks fall on weak US jobs data
Most stock markets fell sharply Friday after weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs data raised concern about the recovery in the world's largest economy.
Oil price flat as supplies increase
The price of oil was nearly unchanged above $94 a barrel Thursday, stabilizing after a sharp drop the day before sparked by rising U.S. crude supplies

Asia stock markets fall on weak US economic data
Weak economic reports on hiring and service industry growth in the U.S. sent Asian stock markets lower Thursday. The Institute for Supply Management ...
Austrian court rejects challenge to euro fund
Austria's constitutional court has thrown out a challenge against the ratification of the euro area's rescue fund, the European Stability Mechanism.

Eurozone inflation down for third month running
Inflation across the 17 European Union countries that use the euro fell for the third month running in March to its lowest level in nearly three ...