Britain's leading shares shed 0.5 percent in early trade on Tuesday, giving back some of Monday's gains in tandem with losses overnight in Asia as investors paused for breath after markets hit
World stocks fell back after five days of gains on Tuesday and the dollar firmed as investors waited for more clues on whether the global economic recovery was truly picking up steam.
Japan's Nikkei average drifted lower on Tuesday, hit by profit-taking after surging 3.4 percent the day before, with investors finding few reasons to buy actively before Japan's Aug. 30 election and U.S.
U.S. President Barack Obama will nominate Ben Bernanke to a second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve on Tuesday, seeking to keep him in place to steer the world's largest economy
Asian shares and commodities slipped on Tuesday in a partial reversal of the previous day's solid gains, but many investors stuck to the sidelines awaiting more clues on whether the global economic
The White House and the Congressional Budget Office are expected to release new estimates on Tuesday of the scope of federal budget deficits and the health of the U.S. economy. The Obama
Ben Bernanke began as Federal Reserve chairman by meekly promising to maintain the status quo. He ended up facing the worst downturn since the Great Depression and changing central banking in ways
A 400 billion euro plan to power Europe with Sahara sunlight is gaining momentum, even as critics see high risks in a large corporate project using young technology in north African countries
European shares hit a 10-month peak on Monday, with euro zone industrial orders data providing more evidence of economic recovery, and miners gaining as metals prices rose. At 1037 GMT, the pan-European
Britain's top shares rose 0.4 percent mid-session on Monday as robust commodity prices pushing miners and oils higher, and financial stocks found support on optimism over the pace of global economic recovery.
