The cost of protecting government debt against default in Greece, Spain and other peripheral euro zone debt issuers fell on Tuesday as investors switched back to riskier assets post-bank stress tests. Five-year
Sales of new U.S. single-family homes rebounded strongly in June from the prior month's record low, pushing the number of houses on the market to the lowest level in nearly 42 years.
Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will release a book about the global economic crisis in November, publisher Simon & Schuster said on Monday. The book, Brown's first he was ousted from
Asian stocks rose to their highest in two and a half months on Tuesday, boosted by solid U.S. housing data, while the euro inched up towards two-month peaks on relief over stress
A former Wall Street trader accused with associates of swindling more than $140 mln from investors is angling for his own reality television show, eager to prove his innocence in the court
Elvis Presley's white grand piano and his 1955 contract with RCA Records are going up for auction in Memphis next month, with the piano expected to fetch more than $1 mln, auctioneers
Investors gave European banks the benefit of the doubt on Monday over stress tests that prompted more transparency from Spanish banks needing to raise capital than from German banks cagey about sovereign
US stock index futures pointed to a slightly lower open on Wall Street on Monday, as investors take a breather following last week's strong gains sparked by a flurry of reassuring company
BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward will collect a pay and pension package worth at least 11.8 million pounds ($18.03 million) when he steps down from his role at the company, the Times
Customers will not be able to get their hands on Apple Inc's white iPhone 4 until later this year, the company said on Friday, conceding that making the model has proven surprisingly
