Wall Street made a hesitant advance Tuesday, with investors refraining from making big bets in a volatile market battered by a stream of weak economic data.

The EU’s top labor affairs official said Tuesday there is no further need for Germany, Austria, Belgium and Denmark to keep in place job restrictions on citizens...

Finland’s government said it will hike the tax on alcohol by 10 percent next year in an attempt to discourage heavy drinking.

Deutsche Lufthansa AG said Tuesday its CityLine regional carrier will cut 20 percent of its 2,500-person work force and scale back the size of its fleet as it trims...

A Belgian commercial court on Tuesday threw out a shareholder challenge to the fire sale of troubled bank Fortis to France’s BNP Paribas.

Takeover talks for bankrupt budget airline Sterling A/S failed Tuesday because of disagreements between the potential buyer and a labor union representing flight crews,...

Shares of Corning Inc. tumbled 12 percent Tuesday after the specialty glass maker lowered its fourth-quarter sales and profit guidance to reflect slumping demand for...

The National Association of Realtors says home prices fell in four out of five U.S. cities in the third quarter, the latest sign of how the U.S. housing market’s...

A Danish shipping group says one of its vessels has been released after being hijacked for nearly 30 hours in Nigeria’s southern oil region.

Aegon NV, the Dutch owner of U.S. insurer Transamerica, said Tuesday it has signed up with the U.S. federal government’s financial rescue program but added it did...

Beijing agreed Tuesday to Belgium-based InBev SA’s takeover of Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc.’s Chinese operations as part of their global merger but limited...

Wall Street has opened mostly flat, with investors refraining from making bets in a volatile market battered by a stream of weak economic data.

InBev SA on Tuesday formed the world’s largest brewer when it closed its $52 billion (euro41 billion) takeover of Anheuser-Busch Cos.

The head of the FDIC is pressing again for more aggressive government action to help millions of home borrowers avert foreclosure, saying federal money is needed to...

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke are defending their management of a $700 billion financial bailout just one week after the...

InBev says it has closed its $52 billion (41 billion euro) deal to take over Anheuser-Busch to create the world’s largest brewer.

Wall Street headed for an uncertain open on Tuesday, with investors weighing another dose of weak economic data against an unexpectedly strong outlook from computer...

Carphone Warehouse Group PLC’s reported Tuesday a jump in first-half net profit on a one-time gain on asset sales. But shares plunged over 17 percent as the...

Luxury retailer Saks Inc. reported a wider-than-expected loss in the third quarter in contrast to a profit a year ago, as its affluent customers slashed spending as the...

NATO has no plans to intercept the Saudi supertanker hijacked by Somali pirates since its warships in the area have no mandate to board captured merchant vessels by...