Asian companies have been snapping up choice overseas assets, mainly in Europe, with mergers and acquisitions hitting a record $58 billion so far this year despite the...

There are ample reasons for America’s shoppers to act like grinches this holiday season, with lost jobs, wilting retirement accounts and shrinking home values...

Asian markets were mixed Thursday as investors waited for key interest rate decisions in Europe later in the day and braced for more bad news from Friday’s U.S....

A federal judge has banned MGA Entertainment Inc. from making and selling its hugely popular Bratz dolls in a sweeping decision that rival Mattel Inc. hailed as a major...

A judge on Wednesday granted an injunction sought by toy maker Mattel Inc. that bars rival MGA Entertainment Inc. from manufacturing or selling its popular pouty-lipped...

Vietnam has announced a $1 billion stimulus plan as part of efforts to keep the economy growing amid the global downturn.

Oil prices sank to fresh 3-year lows Thursday in Asia as more bleak news from the world’s largest economy signaled that crude could tumble below $40 by the end of...

China’s chief trade envoy urged Washington on Thursday to stabilize its economy and protect Beijing’s U.S. investments as the two sides opened economic...

In broadcasting the world’s first live 3-D football game to theaters in Los Angeles, New York and Boston on Thursday evening, the NFL promises an “up close,...

The outlook for the majority of the U.S. information technology sector is negative for 2009, Fitch Ratings said Wednesday.

Argentina’s lower house of congress approved a bill Wednesday authorizing the expropriation of the country’s largest airline from its Spanish owners.

The head of the nation’s largest automaker took perhaps the most important car ride of his life Wednesday, traveling 500 miles, mostly over highway through four...

Worried about their jobs and warned that the cost of failure could be a depression, hundreds of leaders of the United Auto Workers voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to...

Vale, the world’s largest iron ore producer, has cut 2.1 percent of its work force because of slumping global demand for the raw ingredient used to make steel,...

A severe pullback in spending for everything from houses in Connecticut to jewelry in Europe and steel in China has reached as far as the New Mexico mining town of...

A group of managers and employees has won an auction to buy Lehman Brothers Holdings’ prized investment management unit, which includes the Neuberger Berman money...

Latin American stocks opened lower Wednesday in line with European markets, then rebounded after Wall Street investors calmly absorbed the latest evidence of a...

World stock markets rose Wednesday as investors brushed aside further dismal economic news ahead of key interest-rate decisions in Europe and the closely watched U.S....

Gold and other precious metals prices fell Wednesday as investors again flocked to safer investments like cash and Treasurys in response to more bleak economic data.

Treasury yields, some of the most sensitive barometers of investor sentiment, keep dropping to new record lows as a torrent of bad economic news continues. But as...