HONG KONG (Reuters) - American International Group is selling part of its stake in AIA Group to raise about $6 billion, which will help the insurer repay part of its governmen...

DALLAS (Reuters) - Only a dire situation would call for the Federal Reserve to buy more assets, and that is unlikely given the better-looking economic data, a top central bank...

ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss lawmakers have passed a tax proposal seen as key to settling a U.S. probe into Swiss banks with hidden offshore accounts.The proposal, which clarifies...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The basic materials and energy sectors led stocks lower on Monday after China, the world's second-largest economy, cut its growth target for 2012.Data sho...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Daimler <DAIGn.DE> will recall more than 103,000 trucks in North America because of potentially faulty fuel lines, the United States Nation...

LONDON (Reuters) - China's acceptance of a slower rate of growth rattled markets on Monday, but it also shows that the gradual rebalancing of the global economy long sought by...

DALLAS (Reuters) - Only the most "dire of circumstances" should spur the U.S. Federal Reserve to buy more assets, and that is unlikely, a top central bank official on Monday.D...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell on Monday, dragged lower by the basic materials and energy sectors after China, the world's second-largest economy, cut its growth target for ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic lawmakers called on the country's futures regulator to crack down on excessive speculation in oil markets as rising gasoline prices moves to ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street's bonuses were estimated on Monday to have fallen nearly 25 percent in 2011 by a New York City fiscal watchdog, almost twice what the state co...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell on Monday, dragged lower by the basic materials and energy sectors after China, the world's second-largest economy, cut its growth target for ...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank is likely to signal on Thursday that it has done all it intends to do to fight the euro zone crisis, putting the onus back on g...

LONDON/ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's major bondholders voiced their support on Monday for a deal that will halve the value of their debt holdings and aims to put the country bac...

(Reuters) - The owners of the New York Mets baseball team on Monday lost their bid to end a $386 million lawsuit brought by the trustee seeking money for victims of Bernard Ma...

PARIS (Reuters) - John Leahy, the American supersalesman who propelled Airbus from European upstart to the world's largest maker of passenger jets, disclosed he has no plans t...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks extended losses on Monday as data showing a decline in European private sector activity last month and a reduced target for China growth renewed co...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The services sector expanded at its fastest pace in a year in February, but new orders for factory goods dropped in January, data showed on Monday.The Ins...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New orders for factory goods dropped in January by the most in over a year and businesses cut orders for new capital goods, suggesting one of the driver...

(Reuters) - El Paso Corp <EP.N> delayed a meeting at which shareholders are due to vote on the pipeline company's more than $23 billion acquisition by rival Kind...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street stocks eased on Monday after data showing a decline in European private sector activity last month and a reduced target for China growth gave ...

ATHENS (Reuters) - Major holders of Greek government debt said on Monday they will take part in a bond swap plan.Twelve banks, insurers, asset managers and hedge funds in the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The pace of growth in the U.S. services sector unexpectedly picked up in February to its highest level in a year, according to an industry report released...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The pace of growth in the U.S. services sector unexpectedly picked up in February to its highest level in a year, according to an industry report released...

ATHENS (Reuters) - Major holders of Greek government debt said on Monday they will take part in a bond swap plan.Twelve banks, insurers, asset managers and hedge funds in the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks edged lower at the open on Monday after data showing a decline in European private sector activity and a lower growth target for China gave investo...

(Reuters) - Walgreen Co <WAG.N> suffered a bit in February, with comparable sales down 4.6 percent in the second month that the largest U.S. drugstore chain did ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The $64 billion global video games industry, shaken up by the likes of Zynga in recent years, may be on the verge of another identity crisis.Hardware...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - American International Group (AIG) is selling part of its stake in AIA Group to raise about $6 billion to help the U.S. insurer repay a huge federal gove...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures eased on Monday after data showing a decline in European private sector activity last month and a lower target for China growth gave i...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Jaguar Land Rover and Chery Automobile Co are seeking regulatory approval for a 17.5 billion yuan ($2.78 billion) car venture in eastern China, two people ...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Pork donuts may not be palatable to Americans or Europeans, but the parent company of Dunkin' Donuts and the Baskin-Robbins ice cream chains is catering ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures fell on Monday after data showed Europe's private sector activity declined last month and China cut its growth target, reigniting conc...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures fell on Monday after data showed Europe's private sector activity declined last month and China cut its growth target, reigniting conc...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Jaguar Land Rover and Chery Automobile Co are seeking regulatory approval for a 17.5 billion yuan ($2.78 billion) car venture in eastern China, two people ...

VIENNA (Reuters) - European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Monday he was confident Spain would fulfill its EU budget discipline commitments despite setting i...

LONDON (Reuters) - The European Commission moved one step closer on Monday to forcing companies to increase the number of women on their boards with a consultation on imposed ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone shoppers increased spending in January, a surprise after four months of falls but economists said a quarterly reading that smoothes over the dat...

(Reuters) - Stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Wall Street on Monday, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.48 percent, Dow Jones futures down 0.51 percent, ...

ZURICH (Reuters) - Credit Suisse <CSGN.VX> said on Monday it planned to buy back up to 4 billion Swiss francs ($4.4 billion) in outstanding securities in a bid t...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Jaguar Land Rover and Chery Automobile Co are seeking regulatory approval for a 17.5 billion yuan ($2.78 billion) car venture in eastern China, two people ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Jaguar Land Rover and Chery Automobile Co are seeking regulatory approval for a 17.5 billion yuan ($2.78 billion) car venture in eastern China, two people ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Iran's biggest Indian oil client, Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) <MRPL.NS>, plans to cut its annual import deal with Tehran ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao cut his nation's 2012 growth target to an eight-year low of 7.5 percent and made boosting consumer demand the year's first prior...

LONDON (Reuters) - Commodities trader Glencore <GLEN.L>, which has agreed to a $37 billion takeover of miner Xstrata <XTA.L>, said on Monday the de...

LONDON (Reuters) - Commodities trader Glencore <GLEN.L> brushed aside worries over recalcitrant Xstrata <XTA.L> investors on Monday, sticking to wh...

LONDON (Reuters) - Shares in BP rose over 2 percent on Monday after the oil giant reached a settlement with businesses and individuals impacted by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Jaguar Land Rover and Chery Automobile Co are seeking regulatory approval for a 17.5 billion yuan ($2.78 billion) car venture in eastern China, two people ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Shares in BP are expected to rise 5-9 percent on Monday after the oil giant reached a settlement with businesses and individuals impacted by the Gulf of Mex...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The euro zone is out of the emergency ward, but it may face a chronic debilitating illness rather than a rapid convalescence.The challenges confronting Eu...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - American International Group (AIG) <AIG.N> is looking to raise about $6 billion by selling part of its stake in Asia subsidiary AIA Group &...

Wall Street off on economy concerns, dip buying seenNEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street stocks eased on Monday after data showing a decline in European private sector activity la...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao cut his nation's growth target to 7.5 percent for 2012 to give the economy more room to slow down if needed while the government...