Finance News

January 25, 2020

Fitch upgrades Greek credit rating by 1 notch to BB

Fitch ratings agency on Friday raised Greece's credit rating by one notch to BB with a positive outlook, implying that a ...

January 23, 2020

Britain's EU Journey: When Thatcher turned all euroskeptic

Britain officially leaves the European Union on Jan. 31 after a debilitating political period that has bitterly divided the ...

January 22, 2020

Boeing's new CEO sees 737 Max production resuming in spring

Boeing's new CEO said Wednesday that production of the 737 Max will resume this spring, months before the company expects ...

January 21, 2020

Thai court acquits opposition party of sedition charge

Thailand's Constitutional Court on Tuesday acquitted the country's third-largest political party of seeking to overthrow the ...

January 21, 2020

IMF downgrade of growth outlook ups pressure on India's Modi

A decision by the International Monetary Fund to downgrade its economic growth forecast for India is adding to pressure on ...

January 20, 2020

Paris transit strike eases; commuters, tourists relieved

Paris commuters who have battled through six weeks of misery-inducing transport strikes found their smiles again Monday as ...

January 18, 2020

Splits in France's strike movement trigger fears of violence

A French government minister warned that seditious groups bent on violence were hijacking the protest movement against ...

January 18, 2020

St. Louis donations wipe away $13 million in medical debt

Thousands of St. Louis-area families were freed from a major financial burden thanks to a charitable effort that is ...

January 18, 2020

Putin's moves leave Russian opposition with few options

Russian President Vladimir Putin played it differently this time. Instead of openly declaring plans to extend his rule like ...

January 17, 2020

China's 2019 economic growth weakens amid trade war

China’s economic growth sank to a new multi-decade low in 2019 as Beijing fought a tariff war with Washington, but ...

January 17, 2020

Trump boosts school prayer, faith groups as he rallies base

In a bid to solidify his evangelical base, President Donald Trump on Thursday vowed to protect prayer in public schools and ...

January 16, 2020

Putin fast-tracks effort to extend his rule in Russia

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday fast-tracked work on constitutional changes that could keep him in power well past the ...

January 16, 2020

Russia's new PM a career bureaucrat with no political aims

Mikhail Mishustin never had any political ambitions as a career bureaucrat and his name didn't come up as a top candidate to ...

January 15, 2020

UnitedHealth Group, BlackRock rise; Target, Nektar fall

Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Wednesday. UnitedHealth Group Inc., up $8.17 at $296.41. The nation's ...

January 15, 2020

Putin engineers shake-up that could keep him in power longer

President Vladimir Putin engineered a surprise shake-up of Russia's leadership Wednesday, proposing changes to the ...

January 15, 2020

UCLA receives $25M gift from head of Japanese retail giant

The University of California, Los Angeles has received a $25 million donation from Tadashi Yanai, the founder and CEO of ...

January 14, 2020

UK says it has struck deal to save troubled airline Flybe

The British government said Tuesday it had reached a deal to save the struggling regional airline Flybe. Though full ...

January 14, 2020

Citigroup profits rise 15%, helped by trading like JPMorgan

Citigroup's fourth-quarter profits rose by 15%, as the banking conglomerate benefited from a boost in trading similar to ...

January 14, 2020

Cuba warns citizens to prepare for cooking-gas shortages

The Cuban government is warning citizens to prepare for shortages of cooking gas due to Trump administration sanctions on the ...

January 14, 2020

Germany's top court mulls limits on spy agency's powers

Germany's highest court is considering imposing stricter limits on the activities of the country's foreign intelligence ...