Mexico slapped tariffs on U.S. pork products on Wednesday, ratcheting up the pressure on the United States in a long-running dispute over Mexican truckers' access to U.S. highways. Mexico published an updated
Ukraine, one of the world's top grain exporters, on Wednesday delayed a widely expected decision to introduce grain export quotas that would more than halve exports after severe weather ravaged its harvest.
General Motors Co will list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange and Toronto Stock Exchange after its initial public offering, a source familiar with the situation said on Wednesday. The
U.S. stocks fell at the open on Wednesday, weighed by underwhelming earnings and as energy shares tracked crude oil futures lower. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 51.16 points, or 0.49%, to
BHP Billiton, the world's biggest miner, launched a hostile $39 billion (£24.9 billion) bid for Potash Corp after the Canadian fertiliser group's board rejected the world's largest takeover offer this year. BHP
The yen rose on Wednesday, with traders citing yen buying by Japanese investors and exporters, while the Canadian dollar held gains scored on news of a huge takeover bid by global miner
Oil prices fell on Wednesday after an industry report signaled petroleum inventories in top consumer the United States were headed for a record, following an unexpected sharp increase in crude stocks last
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said without government backing for the housing finance system, future economic downturns could be harsher, when discussing the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The two mortgage
U.S. housing starts rose but to a much weaker rate than expected in July, while permits for future home construction fell to their lowest level in more than a year, pointing to
British airport operator BAA offered ground staff a 2% pay rise plus a one-off payment of at least 500 pounds ($781), averting strikes which had threatened to close major UK airports, the
