MARKETS / FINANCE

Trading is expected to remain subdued throughout the day as many market participants are away for the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday.

The euro dropped below $1.06 Thursday, as the European Central Bank is expected to lower interest rates further.

The China Securities Regulatory Commission is investigating the country’s largest brokerage houses for alleged irregularities.

Angola's kwanza has weakened around 30 percent officially this year and far more on the parallel market as subdued oil prices hit Africa's second largest crude exporter.

The United Nations’ Food and Agricultural Organization says the dry conditions have led to a drop in the forecast of China’s corn production this growing season.

Riyadh may detail a strategy to cope with an era of cheap oil as soon as next month, when the finance ministry presents the 2016 budget plan.

Europe’s top investment banks are restructuring, but one thing won’t change: Bonuses for their top executives will rise.

Firm gains came as Wall Street shares closed flat overnight in a pre-Thanksgiving holiday lull and Asian stocks closed modestly higher.

China's HKND Group postponed construction on the canal as its CEO's net worth plunged sharply following a stock market slump in the Asian nation.

The U.K. government has proposed changes to limit minor personal injury claims in road accidents, commonly referred to as “whiplash claims.”

Major banks have prevented new competition from non-banks in the lucrative market for dealing interest rate swaps, a class-action suit asserts.

U.S. stock indexes rose slightly ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan edged up about 0.4 percent, while Japan's Nikkei added 0.5 percent in early trading.

Most of the documents are related to the law firm's advice from 2010 to 2013 on three crashes involving Chevrolet Cobalts.

With China’s economy stalled, Beijing is facing tough choices about state-owned behemoths that provide jobs but have less economic impact than private-sector counterparts.

Trading volume was low as many market participants were away in the last session before the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday.

Bankers from Goldman Sachs leave for Uber as the tech world scopes Wall Street for new hires. Fred Katayama reports.

Indians are turning to Internet-based financial services to locate investments and loans beyond banks. This trend will only grow.

The European Central Bank is concerned about the adverse effects a U.S. Federal Reserve rate increase and China's continuing slowdown could have on the eurozone.

Citic says the error was caused by a system upgrade, and the figures were amended at the beginning of this month.

The fund could receive 10 billion euros ($10.66 billion) over three years to deal with emergency situations.

The European Union has yet to sign off on the proposed transaction, although the companies have said they received assurances that EU regulators would OK it.

U.S. stocks rose as the incident boosted oil prices, fueling energy stocks.

If world leaders gathering in Paris next week resolve to contain global warming, energy companies would need to abandon huge capital spending projects, a report finds.

A Reuters/Ipsos poll finds shoppers are willing to wait until closer to Christmas for deeper discounts. Fred Katayama reports.

Nitrogen oxide emissions of Renault's 1.6 dCi Espace were found in tests to be up to 25 times higher than the current Euro-6 limit, according to a German environmental lobby group.

The Islamic State group "has big money, hundreds of millions -- or even billions -- of dollars, from selling oil," the Russian president said.

GDP growth wasn't as slow in the third quarter as previously thought, putting additional pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates next month.

Borrowers who fall behind on payments may have more options than they realize, as long as they are proactive.