Britain's better-than-expected economic growth in the first quarter turns out to have been boosted by a rise in inventories, while consumer spending was weak and investment fell, raising... Olesya Dmitracova and William Schomberg, Reuters Posted on 5-23-2013 at 8:31 AM
The European Central Bank is looking into expanding its range of policy tools, while the U.S. central bank is mulling scaling back its support measures, highlighting the contrasting... Leigh Thomas and Jason Lange, Reuters Posted on 5-23-2013 at 8:21 AM
The biggest plunge in Japanese stock prices since a 2011 earthquake and tsunami was a temporary pullback that will not derail the government's "Abenomics" policy of loose money and fiscal... Tetsushi Kajimoto, Reuters Posted on 5-23-2013 at 8:15 AM
The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill as expected on Wednesday declaring that a presidential permit was not needed to approve the Canada-to-Nebraska leg of the Keystone XL oil... Ros Krasny, Reuters Posted on 5-23-2013 at 8:09 AM
China's factory activity shrank for the first time in seven months in May as new orders fell, a preliminary manufacturing survey showed, entrenching fears that its economic recovery has... Aileen Wang and Koh Gui Qing, Reuters Posted on 5-23-2013 at 7:56 AM
World markets fell sharply as investors piled back into safer assets, unnerved by unexpected weakness in China's economy and signals that the U.S. central bank may scale back stimulus.... Richard Hubbard, Reuters Posted on 5-23-2013 at 7:22 AM
Toronto-Dominion Bank reported a 2-percent increase in quarterly earnings as higher trading, business lending and U.S. banking income offset slowing loan growth in its core Canadian market. Cameron French, Reuters Posted on 5-23-2013 at 7:08 AM
The country's main stock index climbed on Wednesday, led by gold miners, after a day of choppy trading as optimism that the U.S. Federal Reserve will keep its easy money policy in place for... John Tilak, Reuters Posted on 5-22-2013 at 6:29 PM