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September 21, 2016

UK report say hiring at some firms on hold post-Brexit

A new Bank of England survey suggests some businesses are freezing both investment and hiring in the aftermath of Britain's ...

September 21, 2016

The Latest: PM: UN peace fund gets half $300 million needed

The Latest on the high-level U.N. General Assembly meetings (all times local): 11 p.m. A U.N. fund to help prevent countries ...

September 21, 2016

Bank of Japan policy tinkering explained

Japan's central bank chose to keep its policies for sustaining a stronger economy mostly unchanged at a policy meeting that ...

September 21, 2016

Bank of Japan sets higher inflation goal to revive economy

Struggling to rejuvenate an ailing economy, Japan's central bank has set a more ambitious goal for raising inflation and ...

September 21, 2016

Stocks rise after Bank of Japan move, ahead of Fed

World stocks rose Wednesday after Japan's central bank rejiggered its stimulus policies to have a greater influence over ...

September 21, 2016

Japan's central bank keeps negative interest rate unchanged

Japan's central bank decided Wednesday to keep its monetary easing strategy mostly as is, while adjusting its asset purchases ...

September 20, 2016

How the Dow Jones industrial average fared on Tuesday

U.S. stocks inched higher Tuesday in another cautious day of trading as investors kept an eye on central banks in the U.S.

September 20, 2016

Thousands protest planned trade link-ups with US, Canada

Thousands of demonstrators marched at the European Union headquarters on Tuesday to protest trans-Atlantic trade talks with ...

September 20, 2016

Asian shares mixed as Bank of Japan, Fed mull policy options

Asian shares meandered Wednesday as markets awaited the outcomes of monetary policy meetings in the U.S. and Japan.

September 20, 2016

The Latest: Watson, Ramirez bring glitz to UN women event

The Latest on the high-level U.N. General Assembly meetings (all times local): 10:30 p.m. Emma Watson cheered the possibility ...

September 20, 2016

As election looms, Dutch government loosens restraint

The Netherlands has emerged stronger from the global economic malaise, but still faces a series of challenges from extremist ...

September 19, 2016

How the Dow Jones industrial average fared on Monday

U.S. stocks wobbled and finished mostly lower Monday as investors waited for central bank meetings in the United States and ...

September 19, 2016

Egypt says it's in talks with China over $4B loan

An Egyptian Cabinet minister says the government is negotiating a $4 billion loan with China. Minister of International ...

September 19, 2016

Asian stocks mostly lower amid US, Japan central banks wait

Asian shares were mostly lower Tuesday amid a nervous wait for potential policy moves by the U.S. Federal Reserve and the ...

September 19, 2016

Pressure builds on India gov't to retaliate against Pakistan

India's prime minister came under increasing pressure Monday from within his own party, as many in the country demanded a ...

September 19, 2016

Global stocks rally ahead of Fed and Bank of Japan meetings

Global stock markets started the new trading week strongly Monday as investors appeared to put last week's jitters behind ...

September 19, 2016

Asian stocks higher as Fed, Bank of Japan in focus

Asian stock markets were moderately higher on Monday as investors awaited the outcome from the Federal Reserve and Bank of ...

September 18, 2016

Amid hefty tourism drop, Turkey hopes to weather storm

With summer drawing to a close, Turkey is counting the cost of a tough year that saw a string of terrorist bombings and the ...

September 17, 2016

Germans rally against planned EU trade deals with US, Canada

Thousands of people are rallying in cities across Germany to protest against planned European Union trade deals with the ...