The dollar declined for the first time in three days after Federal Reserve officials said a worldwide economic slowdown may delay interest-rate increases, damping demand for the U.S. currency. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index has lost 1.4 percent since reaching the highest since June 2010 on Oct...
India's consumer price inflation eased more-than-expected in September as the pace of increase in food prices slowed sharply, preliminary data from the Central Statistics Office showed Monday. The consumer price index rose 6.46 percent year-on-year after a 7...
Russia's central bank spent around $6 billion in the past ten days to defend the country's currency ruble, the Central Bank of Russia Governor Elvira Nabiullina said Monday...
Ferrari will unveil a new supercar this weekend, in its most anticipated launch since the company debuted the $1.4 million LaFerrari last year...
Sounding a more dovish note on monetary policy than he has in recent months, the governor of the Bank of England said in a rare interview with CNBC on Saturday that global weakness, lower inflation and troubles in European economies would influence policy at the bank's meeting next month...
Texas has moved to respond to complaints of air pollution due to fracking activities in South Texas, with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) installing an air monitoring station inside the Eagle Ford Shale...
By: Mike Paterson The Telegraph reports that a financial crash to rival the one caused by Lehman Brothers' collapse will be played out next week, in a “war game” designed to help end the “too big to fail” problem...
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch)—A stronger U.S. dollar is an obstacle to the Federal Reserve’s ability to meet its inflation mandate and will impede growth, Charles Evans, the president of the Chicago Fed, said on Saturday...
It wasn’t supposed to be this way. Tighter carbon-emission standards around the world and higher fuel-economy rules in the U.S. were to mean the end of muscle cars, or at least affordable ones. But, pleasant surprise, cars have actually gotten stronger, quicker, faster...
Samsung Electronics could be the world’s cheapest mega-cap stock. Just don’t expect it to stay that way...
From late 2013 until now bonds and the stock market have repeated the same price patterns from 2011.
If you have been paying close attention to the stock market, market internals/breadth, and bonds for the past three months, you’ve likely come to the same conclusion...
Futures for crude oil drifted lower, pushing Brent crude further into the bear territory a day after the highlight of global economic growth concerns by the Federal Reserve. November delivery light sweet crude futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange dropped 0.4% or 37 cents to $86...
Donald Trump catapulted himself into the spotlight with his gilded real estate ventures and vibrant personality. The latter is what has made his show, "The Apprentice," such a huge success. And over the years, he's had an opinion or two about the business world...
A Vancouver man who won $4 million in the lottery put his faith in an investment adviser - he claims the move resulted in him losing more than half of those winnings...
Ebola virus is in West Africa and now in Spain and in the U.S. With more than 3,500 deaths and about 8,000 reported cases, it is one of the most severe disease outbreaks in recent years. All the focus has rightly been on the medical implications of the disease and the tragic human consequences...
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Get ready for more rough sailing! Just in case this week’s string of 200-point-plus swings in the Dow (three in a row and counting, now), whipsawing currencies, and collapsing oil prices didn’t already make it clear, volatility is back...
European stocks dropped for a fourth day on concern the region is slowing, hurting global growth. Asian shares fell with metals and Brent crude slumped to the lowest since 2010. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index lost 0.8 percent by 8:26 a.m. in London. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index sank 1...
The Bank of Japan won’t reach its 2 percent inflation target next year and needs to manage expectations, according to the International Monetary Fund. “The BOJ hasn’t lowered the flag on that yet,” Naoyuki Shinohara, a deputy managing director at the IMF, said in an interview in Washington...
The Sector's correction has been particularly pronounced in the small-cap E&P sector where many popular stocks have seen peak-to-current declines in excess of 30%-40% in three-four months' time...
Sony Corp. (6758) is turning to the booming PlayStation business to help its struggling smartphone division, unveiling a new mobile handset with Verizon Communications Inc.’s network that streams video games. The new Xperia Z3v phone will go on sale in the U.S. on Oct...
