Chile’s Senate unanimously approved a 10 percent wage increase for public workers on Thursday, ending a strike by 400,000 state employees that had halted garbage...

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Stocks plunged for a second straight day Thursday, falling to levels not seen in at least five years, as financial and energy stocks tumbled while demand for the safety...

A pre-dawn grenade attack on protesters occupying the offices of Thailand’s prime minister killed one person and wounded 29, dimming hopes that the...

Gap Inc. reported Thursday that its third-quarter profit rose 3.4 percent as cost-cutting efforts offset a sales slump. The apparel chain also affirmed its profit...

World stocks fell sharply Thursday as fears of a deep global recession gripped markets and sent oil prices below $50 a barrel to levels not seen in more than three...

Argentina’s plan to nationalize $23 billion in private pension funds might protect retirees from the international financial crisis in the short run, but will...

PepsiCo plans to invest up to $3 billion in Mexico in the next five years to grow its beverages and food brands Sabritas and Gamesa there.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:

Investors flooded into government debt again on Thursday, launching the 30-year Treasury bond to a huge one-day gain as worries mounted about an auto industry...

The New York Times Co. is slashing its quarterly dividend by 74 percent to preserve cash as the advertising slump worsens.

A look at the maximum weekly unemployment benefits available in each state.

Mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are suspending foreclosures during the holiday season.

Banco do Brasil SA plans to spend 3.4 billion reals ($2.3 billion) to boost its stake in Nossa Caixa, expanding its reach a month after losing its spot as...

A Brazilian senator is proposing tax incentives to encourage the return billions of dollars sent that were shipped abroad.

Apparel chain Gap Inc. says its third-quarter profit rose 3.4 percent as cost-cutting efforts like inventory control offset a sales slump.

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has approved a change to Brazil’s telecommunications law, allowing fixed-line telecoms to operate in more than one region of...

A restructuring expert overseeing the liquidation of Lehman Brothers will replace Richard Fuld as chief executive on Dec. 31, Lehman lawyer Harvey Miller said...

WHAT’S HAPPENING: Retailers are pushing deeper price cuts for the day after Thanksgiving than they did a year ago, hoping to pull in shoppers who have stayed away...

The Pentagon’s chief weapons buyer said Thursday the Bush administration’s long-term military budget plan calls for increased defense spending in future...