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The dollar rose against major foreign currencies Thursday as investors cheered a sharp drop in oil prices and a robust quarterly reading on the […]

Michelin (MICP.PA: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) of France on Friday scrapped plans for a second plant in Mexico due to slow demand in […]

Italian consumer confidence bounced back from a 15-year low in August as oil prices fell from record highs and expectations for economic growth improved. […]

Most of the bond strategists and salesmen that Resolution Investment Management Ltd.'s Stuart Thomson talked to last August expected the credit crunch to be […]

General Motors Corp (GM.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) has had preliminary contact with Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska on a possible sale of its […]

Corporate America may have turned its back on traditional pensions but it appears to be embracing 401(k)s more than ever.
While retirement savings remain largely […]

As election day draws nearer, the economy is becoming the defining issue for more Americans as they size up the candidates, a poll released […]

Eleven people, including three U.S. citizens, were indicted Tuesday on a number of charges in connection with the hacking of nine major U.S. retailers […]

Retailers in the U.S. may be dreading the approach of the school year almost as much as kids, given a forecast for the worst […]

Freddie Mac is doubling the amount of money it pays loan servicers for each successful mortgage workout among other measures to keep struggling borrowers […]