China’s record debt has economists worried

In a world still awash in economic worry, China has stood apart as the one country that has come through the global slump with […]

EU sets Dec 14 deadline for Kraft’s Cadbury bid review

The European Commission has set a one-month deadline to review Kraft Foods Inc’s $16 billion hostile bid for British chocolate maker Cadbury after the […]

Barclays, HSBC signal bad debts may have peaked

Britain’s top two banks, HSBC and Barclays, signaled bad debts may be past their peak, with HSBC declaring on Tuesday the first improvement for […]

China hopes U.S. keeps deficit to appropriate size

China hopes that the United States will keep its deficit to an appropriate size to ensure basic stability in the U.S. dollar exchange rate, […]

Time Warner Cable quarterly profit falls

Time Warner Cable Inc posted a third quarter profit that beat expectations, as growth in sales of voice and Internet services overshadowed a decline […]

U.S. planned layoffs fall for third month in Oct

Planned layoffs at U.S. firms fell for a third straight month in October to a 19-month low, feeding hopes the labor market will continue […]

Obama says new data shows U.S. economy recovering

President Barack Obama used his weekly radio address on Saturday to tell Americans that this week’s positive job and economic growth figures are yet […]