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A gauge of manufacturing in New York state rose in November, ending five straight months of contraction, while the outlook for coming months strengthened, the New York Federal Reserve said in a report on Tuesday.

U.S. stock index futures fell on Tuesday, extending a drop in global equities, as doubts about the ability of Europe to tackle its debt crisis sent Italy's bond yields back into a perceived danger zone.

U.S. stock index futures fell on Tuesday, extending a drop in global equities, as doubts about the ability of Europe to tackle its debt crisis sent Italy's bond yields back into a perceived danger zone.

The European debt crisis is raising the odds of a U.S. recession, with economic contraction more likely than not by early 2012, according to research from the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank.

The reverberations of the Eurozone Crisis may hit the United States' shores, according to researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. The group pegged the chance of a 2012 recession at over 50 percent.

The European debt crisis is raising the odds of a U.S. recession, with economic contraction more likely than not by early 2012, according to research from the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank.

Is now a good time to consider the shares of American International Group (AIG)? And what, if anything, does AIG's stock price say about the U.S. economy?

A '60 Minutes' investigation claims several members of Congress may have made investment decisions based on insider information.

Asia-Pacific leaders will call on countries on Sunday to do what they can to bolster economic growth, rallying around the common threat from Europe's debt crisis despite divisions over trade and currency policies.

In a couple of weeks, the U.S. Federal Reserve will begin a new round of stress tests on America's largest banking organizations, a top Federal Reserve official said Friday.

The Federal Reserve will begin a new round of bank stress tests in a couple of weeks, a top Fed official said on Friday, warning that strains from Europe's debt crisis threaten the U.S. economy and financial system.

The government and the Bank of Canada agreed on Tuesday to renew without change the central bank's five-year mandate to target a 2 percent overall inflation rate.

Defending the Federal Reserve on the turf of his harshest critics, central bank chief Ben Bernanke on Thursday said the Fed was intently focused on lowering unemployment and warned that strains from Europe could trigger global economic shocks.

Gold has confounded market watchers by refusing to behave like a safe-haven and instead has tracked equities over the past few weeks, but the escalating European debt crisis could see bullion ditch its risk-asset mantle and return to record highs.

Spurring stronger growth and more robust job creation in the weak recovery are top priorities for the Federal Reserve, Chairman Ben Bernanke told a military audience at a rare public forum on Thursday.

Papademos’ resume is nothing short of sterling and diverse, with a heavy presence in the United States.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) registered another difficult day Tuesday, plunging 389 points to 11,781 on institutional investor concern that Italy will not be able to service its debt, and that one, and possibly more countries may leave the Eurozone. What's the prudent stance for the typical investor?

Maidenform Brands, Inc. (NYSE:MFB) badly missed Wall Street estimates for quarterly results released Wednesday, as the company faced sagging demand for the bras that support the bulk of its sales. The company's results, specifically its breakdown of sales growth by retailer type, painted an unflattering picture of a consumer economy weighed down by recessionary pressures.

Italian borrowing costs reached breaking point on Wednesday after Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's promise to resign failed to raise optimism about the country's ability to deliver on long-promised economic reforms.

Stock index futures tumbled on Wednesday as a spike in Italian bond yields sparked fears the country will need a bailout, ratcheting up the region's debt crisis to another level.

Italian borrowing costs reached the breaking point Wednesday after Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's promise to resign failed to raise optimism about the country's ability to deliver on long-promised economic reforms.