G20 governments sign anti-tax evasion agreement

The United States, China, Germany and other major rich and emerging economies have pledged to fight cross-border tax evasion under an agreement approved Friday, which […]

American Airlines faces hard times as competition intensifies

A bankruptcy rumor tanked the stock of American Airlines on Monday, raising eyebrows among investors as well as fliers who depend on the second-biggest carrier […]

Deutsche Bank issues profit warning

Deutsche Bank issued a profit warning on Tuesday, saying that it could no longer reach its full-year target due to market turbulence caused by the […]

Homeowners struggle to qualify for refinance

About 2.3 million homeowners could have refinanced their mortgages last year if they didn’t owe more than their houses were worth or if lending standards […]

Hiring managers advised not to get atwitter about social networking

A heads up to digital natives unable to resist the urge to expose each and every detail of your lives on a social networking site: […]

Israel prevents Palestinians from free movement

Ahmad Ayyash once had a construction job in Israel, earning good money. Now he is a goat herder struggling to eke out a living, barred […]

US stock futures fall to start short holiday week

U.S. stock futures fell sharply Tuesday ahead of the first day of trading in a holiday-shortened week.
The losses came in the wake of steep declines […]

Unemployed face tough competition: underemployed

The job market is even worse than the 9.1 percent unemployment rate suggests.
America’s 14 million unemployed aren’t competing just with each other. They must also […]

Stocks rise after drop in unemployment claims

Stocks are rising in early trading after fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week and retailers reported strong sales in August.
First-time claims for unemployment […]

Vatican returns to profit but donations down

The Vatican has returned to profit after three years in the red but donations from the faithful fell nearly euro15 million ($22 million), or 18 […]