Europe’s five-year economic expansion is facing a midlife crisis as it copes with a potential debt explosion in Italy, a U.S.-China trade war and the risk of a disorderly British exit from the European Union.
A senior U.S. diplomat Friday backed gas exploration off Cyprus, as ExxonMobil and Qatar Petroleum started drilling despite opposition from Turkey.
Volkswagen could build up to 15 million electric cars over several years on its new electric vehicle production platform, the company said Friday, adding that its Chief Executive Herbert Diess had misspoken in an interview Monday.
European Central Bank head Mario Draghi warns that slowing world trade is proving to be a drag on the eurozone economy but says the current expansion remains "resilient" as consumers at home remain willing to spend and unemployment falls thanks to pro-business reforms.
European shares recovered Friday as investors licked their wounds after a tumultuous week and strong results from Vivendi boosted the media sector.
As oil suffered its biggest one-day slump in three years, it wasn’t OPEC or President Donald Trump that was shaking the market.
The pound slumped and gilts rallied as several U.K. ministers resigned less than 24 hours after Prime Minister Theresa May said she had won Cabinet approval...
Switzerland said Thursday it had opened a probe into whether major financial institutions including UBS and Credit Suisse boycotted mobile payment services...
Central Bank Gov. Riad Salameh said Thursday that Lebanese commercial banks have succeeded in maintaining the inflow of foreign currency deposits with the...
The index that tracks demand for properties in Lebanon improved in the third quarter of 2018 after the Parliament approved the allocation of LL100 billion...
Iraq’s central government has agreed with Kurdish authorities to resume oil exports from Kirkuk, the Oil Ministry said Friday, a year after federal forces...
When U.S. President Donald Trump asked Saudi Arabia this summer to raise oil production to compensate for lower crude exports from Iran, Riyadh swiftly told...
President Vladimir Putin said he discussed the price of oil with U.S. counterpart Donald Trump when they met in Paris briefly Sunday, adding that Russia is...
U.S. state spending topped $2 trillion for the first time in fiscal 2018, with Medicaid expenditures rising the most along with a significant increase in...
Sterling tumbled Thursday after a series of resignations rocked Prime Minister Theresa May's government and threw into doubt her long-awaited Brexit agreement...
Global oil supply will outpace demand throughout 2019, as a rise in output swamps growth in consumption that is at risk from a slowing economy, the...
The awarding of Amazon’s second headquarters to two affluent localities has fanned intense speculation around a key question: For the winning cities, will the...
Davos without vodka or caviar?
In a world where iPhone demand is on the wane, Apple Inc. has a Plan B.
President Vladimir Putin is finding out the hard way that Russia can’t accelerate economic growth and build barricades to limit the fallout from future U.S....
A China-backed bid to complete the world’s largest trade deal without the United States was pushed back to next year after Asia-Pacific trade ministers failed...
Oil prices fell more than 1 percent Tuesday, with benchmark Brent crude slipping below $70 per barrel and U.S. crude under $60, after U.S. President Donald...
European stocks just can’t seem to escape the bunker.
The Nasdaq Composite index fell about 2.5 percent Monday, hit by a slump in Apple Inc. shares after two suppliers cut their forecasts, sparking a sell-off in...
Singapore’s prime minister made an impassioned plea Monday for open markets and warned “political pressures” were driving countries apart, in a swipe at...
After years of low, low prices, fed by near-zero interest rates in a convalescing economy, Americans are waking up to costlier consumer living.
Sneakers on a popular Chinese e-commerce platform look like Adidas, but are branded "Ababis". Underwear resembling Calvin Klein are called "Caiwen Kani". Toys...
A proposal by Brazil’s next president to relocate its embassy in Israel, following U.S. President Donald Trump’s lead, may set off a diplomatic storm in the...
The United States Monday reimposed sanctions against Iran’s oil exports to punish Tehran for its involvement in several Middle Eastern conflicts. Washington...
Russian energy majors are putting pressure on Western oil buyers to use euros instead of dollars for payments and introducing penalty clauses in contracts as...
Fixed-income traders are telling the Federal Reserve that it might end up making a big policy mistake.
Investors hope the split between Republicans and Democrats controlling the U.S. Congress will open up opportunities to pick new winners and losers because...
U.S. telecom equipment maker CommScope Holding said Thursday it would buy set-top box-maker Arris International Plc in a $7.4 billion deal to bulk up its...