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Asian stocks chalked up modest gains on Monday, buoyed by upbeat U.S. data, while Chinese shares rose nearly 3 percent as investors reacted with relief that Beijing's policy moves to cool inflation

Evidence of green business profits and more direct industry engagement may be needed to push U.N. climate talks out of stale rich-poor rivalries to a global agreement. Negotiations like the just-finished 190-nation

A majority of British retailers believe Christmas will be no worse than last year, despite the financial pressures of the last 12 months and the recent snow, a survey said on Monday.

Capital Intelligence, the international credit rating agency, has raised the long-term foreign currency rating of Turkey’s Finansbank A.S. (FB). That rating, which continues to be constrained by the country’s sovereign rating, was

Moody's Investors Service has downgraded by one notch the global local-currency (GLC) deposit ratings and standalone bank financial strength ratings (BFSRs) of five Pakistani banks: Allied Bank, Habib Bank, MCB Bank, National

Cyber activists striking at companies seen as enemies of WikiLeaks sought to block the website of online payment firm Moneybookers on Friday but denied their campaign was intended to damage economic activity.

The U.S. trade deficit narrowed much more than expected in October, as exports rose a robust 3.2% and imports declined slightly in the face of slackening demand for industrial and petroleum products,

Ireland's parliament pushed through the third major vote underpinning the 2011 budget on Friday, setting the stage for its expected approval next month. Deputies in the lower chamber passed the financial emergency

HSBC named insider Samir Assaf as its new head of investment banking, a last ripple of a power struggle that saw previous incumbent Stuart Gulliver take the top job at Europe's biggest