Avaneesh Pandey

Federal Reserve officials including Chairwoman Janet Yellen are scheduled to speak Thursday, and with a rate hike looking likely, their remarks will be closely scrutinized.

Even as leaders from the European Union and Africa converged on Malta for a two-day summit, at least 14 refugees, including seven children, drowned off the coast of Turkey.

The approval came despite stiff opposition from the Israeli government, which termed the policy as “disguised anti-Semitism.”

The three-day trip to Britain will come shortly after Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party absorbed a big defeat in key elections in the eastern Indian state of Bihar.

Retailers may be forced to offer massive discounts during Black Friday sales events unless they clear the goods piling up on their shelves, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Close on the heels of a strong quarterly performance, the fast food giant announced a 5 percent increase in fourth-quarter dividend for shareholders.

The resolution, approved by Catalonia’s regional parliament, calls on the assembly to start working on legislation within 30 days to create a separate social security system and treasury.

The prize, founded in 2012, is awarded to scientists who make "fundamental discoveries about the universe, life and the mind."

Europe's Financial Stability Board has recommended that the world's largest banks create financial buffers to save taxpayers from paying for expensive bailouts in the future.

Eric Rosengren has in the past spoken about his preference for not waiting too long for a rate hike for fear of falling behind the curve.

Weyerhaeuser will buy Plum Creek, in a deal that could be valued at over $8.4 billion, to create a $23 billion company.

The heavy ion collisions will be aimed at recreating the quark-gluon plasma, which existed for a few millionths of a second after the big bang,

Low oil prices and a weak euro are likely to boost growth in the 19-nation eurozone this year, before their fading impact slows growth in 2016, the European Commission said.

The world’s top-selling automaker announced a 13.5 percent rise in second-quarter profit, but cut its annual sales target because of slowing sales in emerging markets.

The standalone, real-time news app will allow users to subscribe to certain news organizations and receive notifications each time a story breaks.

The deal is the latest in a series of increasingly expensive acquisitions Expedia has undertaken over the past year in order to compete with its rival Airbnb.

Investors will keep a close eye on Thursday's event at the New York Fed, where many top policy makers -- including IMF Chief Christine Lagarde -- are scheduled to speak.

The Asian rally -- led by China, where the Shanghai Composite ended the day's trade up 4.3 percent -- pushed global stocks higher Wednesday.

In a new report, the United Nations Refugee Agency urged countries to act immediately to end statelessness before the problem is "set in stone."

The jury began deliberating in a landmark trial in Manhattan, in a case that could set a precedent for other high-profile Libor-rigging scandals.

Anheuser-Busch InBev now has until 12 p.m. EST on Nov. 11 to submit a formal takeover offer for SABMiller. The previous deadline was set to expire Wednesday.

The first-of-its-kind hearing will focus on the U.S. Federal Reserve's plans for regulating the nation's banks and overseeing its financial system.

Muslim and Arab advocacy groups criticized the agency for a proposed video game-style website that aims to help people identify a victim of radical extremism.

Chinese President Xi Jinping said Tuesday that the country's annual economic growth rate over the next five years will not be less than 6.5 percent.

In a new report, Amnesty International accused the Anglo-Dutch oil giant of failing to adequately clean up oil spill sites in the Niger Delta.

While markets welcomed Turkey's election outcome Sunday, investors await substantive economic reforms in a country hobbled by slow growth and high inflation.

Standard & Poor’s said Monday that the banks may be in for a downgrade if it assesses the prospects of any future government support to be "uncertain."

Mullah Mohammad Rasool, who served as governor of the southern Nimruz province during the Taliban regime, has been appointed as the leader of a Taliban faction.

The Greek state-owned bailout fund will supply at least $11 billion in aid to the country's four largest banks through purchase of convertible bonds and shares.