South Africa will see its budget deficit widen a touch this year to support a weak recovery, but aims to constrain expenditure and keep debt in check and over the following three years.
The Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to a role for season ticket holders in the baseball team's bankruptcy, which the team said it will take longer to resolve than once thought.
Swiss banks will likely settle an extensive U.S. probe of offshore tax evasion by paying billions of dollars and handing over names of thousands of Americans who have secret accounts, according to people familiar with the situation.
China urged the European Union on Monday to deal with its debt crisis as soon as possible and prevent contagion from spreading, as the country's number four-ranked leader arrived for a visit of the continent, including Greece.
China urged the European Union on Monday to deal with its debt crisis as soon as possible and prevent contagion from spreading, as the country's number four-ranked leader arrived for a visit of the continent, including Greece.
NBA Finals MVP Dirk Nowitzki might be looking for work early next year but it is clear professional baseball will not be in his future.
Steve Jobs' authorized biography has revealed the Apple Inc. co-founder and longtime CEO was willing to go thermonuclear in an effort to destroy Google Inc.'s Android software because he considered it a stolen product.
Mining strikes are proliferating around the world, hitting global mining companies as well as regional ones.
EU antitrust regulators are investigating agreements between Johnson & Johnson and Novartis over concerns they may have delayed the entry of a generic version of a powerful painkiller on to the Dutch market.
The California state attorney general's office subpoenaed Bank of America Corp this week regarding the sale and marketing of troubled mortgage-backed securities to investors in the state, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The California attorney general's office subpoenaed Bank of America Corp this week about the sale and marketing of troubled mortgage-backed securities to investors in the state, the Los Angeles Times reported.
A roundup of factual statements from Tuesday night's feisty GOP debate that were either questionable or completely untrue.
Paul McCartney's ex-wife Heather Mills has been sued by a Los Angeles hairdresser who claims the former reality TV show contestant failed to pay as much as $80,000 as she pursued stardom in Hollywood.
Gilad Shalit was released on Tuesday, after being held captive for five years by Palestinian political group Hamas. After years of protests, failed compromises and international outrage, the Israeli solder was finally reunited with his family.
The Conservative government is increasingly showing impatience with federal labor laws as it seeks to prevent strikes that it says would damage the economy.
Canada-based Eastern Platinum Ltd. said Tuesday production from its flagship Crocodile River mine in South Africa fell nearly a third due mainly to the consequences of labor disputes earlier this year.
Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was released to a national outpouring of joy Tuesday after five years in captivity, exchanged for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in a deal with Gaza's Hamas rulers.
Officials and big banks are working on a plan that would make refinancing available to some borrowers whose houses are worth less than their loans, so long as they are current on mortgage payments, the Wall Street Journal reported.
A long-awaited prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas began before dawn Tuesday when the first of hundreds of Palestinian inmates were bused from their jails to border crossings where they will be swapped for captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
Michael Sitrick is the biggest name in crisis management, but the public relations guru is grappling with plunging earnings and a stream of executive defections that have set tongues wagging.
Now the kids have been back at school for a bit, you might feel you could use a little break from the domestic world with your partner, as long as the grandparents don't mind watching over the children while you jet off for a short holiday.
Stock exchanges from six of the world's largest emerging markets will join forces to cross-list equity indexes derivatives, to target investor demand for fast-growing economies.
