Nintendo Co Ltd, the top maker of the current generation of video game consoles, said on Wednesday it will cut the price of its Wii video game console by $50 to $199.99,
Asian shares outside Japan fell on Thursday, mirroring investor caution in the United States, while the dollar was steady after the Fed reiterated interest rates would stay low for a long period.
Leaders of the world's biggest rich and developing countries meet on Thursday to seek ways to nurture the economic recovery and build safeguards against future catastrophes. U.S. President Barack Obama, hosting his
Asian shares outside Japan fell on Thursday, mirroring investor caution in the United States, while the dollar was steady after the Fed reiterated interest rates would stay low for a long period.
Brazil will push for tighter financial regulation at the G20 summit this week, proposing annual "stress tests" for banks and the extension of Basel rules to derivative markets, Finance Minister Guido Mantega
A U.S. drive to build a more balanced global economy gained the qualified support of China on Wednesday in a sign that Group of 20 leaders may be ready to take joint
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner argued forcefully on Wednesday for creating a government agency to protect financial consumers, while giving cautious support to paring back its scope. Amid stiff resistance by banks
U.S. mortgage applications jumped last week to their highest since late May as interest rates tumbled below 5 percent, data from an industry group showed on Wednesday. The Mortgage Bankers Association said
U.S. stocks were little changed in early trading on Wednesday as investors cooled their heels ahead of a Federal Reserve policy statement. With the Fed likely to keep interest rates unchanged, investors
Bank of England policymakers papered over August's split on the appropriate scale of quantitative easing this month, after Governor Mervyn King held back on pressing for a bigger expansion to the scheme.
