Allianz: Low rates to keep earnings under pressure
Low losses from natural disasters and higher prices in the key markets of Germany, Turkey and Latin America lifted profits at German insurance company ...

Asia stocks up as US small business mood improves
Enthusiasm on Wall Street sparked by another positive report on the U.S. economy helped push most Asian stock markets higher Wednesday. The National ...

Stock market rises back into record territory
The stock market marched back into record territory Tuesday as investors seized on the latest encouraging news about the economy. This time, it was ...

Hedge fund boss Loeb lobbies for breakup of Sony
The U.S. hedge fund manager renowned for shaking up Yahoo Inc. has set his sights on Sony Corp., proposing that the Japanese electronics giant spin ...
Dell raises intrigue by rescheduling 1Q report
Struggling personal computer maker Dell will report its latest quarterly earnings ahead of schedule in a move likely to spur speculation that the ...
Mutual funds continue to attract cash in April
Mutual funds continued to attract cash in April, although the pace slowed from the record amount that flowed in during the first three months of the ...
Visa to lower some card fees in EU antitrust probe
The European Union says Visa has agreed to reduce some credit card payment fees significantly to address concerns raised by the bloc's antitrust ...

Bloomberg exec apologizes amid new report of leaks
Financial data and news service Bloomberg LP moved to repair damage to its reputation Monday as a published report said that more than 10,000 of its ...

Dell board committee seeks more info on Icahn plan
Dell board members say they need more details from investor Carl Icahn if he wants them to seriously consider his latest challenge to Michael Dell's ...

LinkedIn looks to build on its impressive resume
LinkedIn and Facebook will celebrate the anniversaries of their IPOs just a few days apart this week. But their experiences as publicly traded ...

Euro ministers urge troubled Slovenia to act
European finance ministers on Monday urged Slovenia to move swiftly in addressing the problems in its banking sector and get its public finances under ...

Europe at odds over next steps to banking union
European leaders are increasingly at odds over how to create a full-fledged banking union, the bloc's key project to stabilize its financial system ...

Spain, Portugal demand quick action on bank union
The leaders of Spain and Portugal on Monday demanded that the 17-nation eurozone speed up efforts to create a banking union and complained that credit ...

Huge drug cost disparities seen in health overhaul
Cancer patients could face high costs for medications under President Barack Obama's health care law, industry analysts and advocates warn. Where you ...

True Religion Apparel agrees to $826M buyout offer
True Religion Apparel, best known for its high priced denim, has agreed to a buyout offer of about $826 million from the investment management firm ...

Icahn, Southeastern challenge Dell takeover plan
One of the biggest critics of Michael Dell's plan to take the company he founded private has launched a fresh challenge to that $24.4 billion bid and ...

Dollar rises above 100 yen for 1st time in 4 years
The dollar soared above 100 yen for the first time in more than four years Friday, driven by aggressive credit-easing aimed at reviving Japan's ...

Yen in focus as G-7 discusses nurturing recovery
Financial leaders from the world's top seven developed economies are gathering in the U.K. to discuss how to shore up the global recovery just as the ...

Bernanke says Fed increasing financial monitoring
The Federal Reserve has broadened its oversight beyond banks and now monitors a wide-range of financial institutions that could hasten another ...

Global network of hackers steals $45M from ATMs
The sophistication of a global network of thieves who drained cash machines around the globe of an astonishing $45 million in mere hours sent ripples ...
IMF says monetary easing could drive asset bubble
International Monetary Fund officials say they are watching carefully for signs that massive flows of cash unleashed in world markets by unprecedented ...

Feds in NYC: Hackers stole $45M in ATM card breach
A worldwide gang of criminals stole $45 million in a matter of hours by hacking their way into a database of prepaid debit cards and then draining ...

Hedge fund manager Falcone to settle fraud case
Billionaire hedge fund manager Philip Falcone and his firm have agreed to pay $18 million to settle civil fraud charges that he used fund money to pay ...

Stocks pull back from record levels on Wall Street
The stock market pulled back from record levels Thursday as investors became harder to please. Even a decline in the number of Americans applying for ...

Record profit signals healthier Fannie Mae
Fannie Mae said something Thursday that would have been unthinkable a few years ago: It earned a record $58.7 billion profit in the January-March ...