Greece raises 1.3 billion euros in T-Bill auction
Greece has raised €1.3 billion ($1.74 billion) in a Treasury bill auction, with the interest rate paid on the three-month loan roughly unchanged from ...

Japan's Nikkei jumps on weaker yen
Tokyo's Nikkei 225 led Asian stocks higher Tuesday as the yen weakened after a possible candidate for Bank of Japan governor voiced support for easier ...
Stock market drifts lower to start the week
U.S. stocks drifted lower in thin trading Monday, pulling the Standard & Poor's 500 index back from a five-year high. The broad-market index edged up ...
Oil rises on euro gains; pump price at $3.59
Gasoline prices leveled off in the Northeast, as the region's drivers hopped back in their cars after digging them out of huge snow banks over the ...
ECB member warns against trying to weaken euro
A member of the European Central Bank's governing council has warned that any government attempts to push the euro lower could backfire. Jens Weidmann ...
Oil dips slightly as Asia observes Lunar New Year
The price of oil dipped slightly toward $95 a barrel on Monday as investors cut back on speculative positions and most Asian markets were closed for ...
Most stock markets closed in Asia for holidays
Stock markets in Hong Kong, mainland China and Seoul were among those closed Monday for the Lunar New Year holiday. Japanese markets were also shut ...

In a switch, GOP governors back expanding Medicaid
Once largely united in resisting the Obama administration's new health care overhaul, a growing number of Republican governors are now buying into ...

S&P 500 hits five-year high, extends rally
The Standard and Poor's 500 edged up to a five-year high Friday, extending a rally that started in January. The S&P 500 rose 8.54 points to 1,517.
NY attorney general looks at ratings agencies
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has begun examining the nation's biggest credit rating agencies' compliance with agreements reached by his ...
Stocks edge higher; S&P 500 highest since Nov. '07
Stocks are closing slightly higher, pushing the Standard & Poor's 500 index to the highest point since November 2007. Trading was thin as a winter ...

Thousands rally for, and against, Slovenia's gov't
Thousands of people rallied for and against Slovenia's center-right government Friday, adding to the tensions in the small European Union country ...
Oil falls below $96 after early rise
Oil prices slipped back below $96 a barrel Friday afternoon, reversing course after rising earlier in the day. Benchmark crude for March delivery fell ...

EU leaders agree to $1.28 trillion 7-year budget
European Union leaders agreed Friday to a significantly reduced 7-year budget worth €960 billion ($1.28 trillion) — the first cut in spending in the ...

China gives markets a lift at end of bruising week
Markets in Europe and Asia ended the week strongly after better-than-expected Chinese figures shored up hopes over the world's second-largest economy.
Stocks edge higher; Dow average near 14,000
Stocks are edging higher on Wall Street after a report showed that the U.S. trade deficit narrowed sharply in December. The market is also getting a ...

Polish transsexual lawmaker loses shot at top post
The before and after photos of Anna Grodzka show how much she — and her country — have transformed. As a man, she once wore a thick beard.

Corruption scandal new worry for hard-hit Spain
It's not as though Spain doesn't have enough to worry about— two years of recession, harsh austerity programs, sky-high unemployment and an unstable ...
German exports up 3.4 percent in 2012
Strong demand from outside Europe pushed exports from Germany, Europe's biggest economy, to a record high last year, offsetting the effects of the ...

EU leaders battle over budget at tough summit
A European Union summit to decide EU spending for the next seven years entered a second day after all-night negotiations left a standoff over spending ...