Australia’s air safety bureau is investigating the sudden altitude plunge of a Qantas airplane that left as many as 40 people injured, 20 of them seriously,...

Oil prices rebounded to around $90 Tuesday in Asia after plunging to an 8-month low Monday on concerns a significant slowdown in global economic growth will undermine...

Oil prices rebounded to above $90 Tuesday in Asia after plunging to an 8-month low the previous day on concerns a significant slowdown in global economic growth will...

Oil prices have fallen below $90 a barrel on worries that the spreading financial crisis will exacerbate a global economic slowdown and cut demand for crude oil.

Oil prices fell below $92 a barrel on Monday in Asia on fears a U.S.-led financial crisis is spreading across the globe, exacerbating an economic slowdown that will cut...

Asian stock markets plunged Monday as investors took scant comfort from Washington’s passage of a $700 billion bank bailout and focused instead on deepening...

Oil prices were steady above $93 a barrel Friday in Asia as investors waited to see if a reworked $700 billion bailout package will pass the U.S. Congress and help...

Oil prices fell to $93 a barrel Friday in Asia as investors waited to see if a reworked $700 billion financial industry bailout package will pass the U.S. Congress and...

Asian markets fell Friday in the wake of another plunge on Wall Street amid doubts that Washington’s bank bailout plan _ even if it passes _ will prevent a...

Oil prices were steady at $98 a barrel Thursday in Asia as expectations the U.S. Congress will pass a revised $700 billion financial industry bailout package this week...

Oil prices rose above $99 a barrel Thursday in Asia on expectations the U.S. Congress will pass a reformulated $700 billion financial industry bailout package this week...

With the death of Joshua B. Jeyaretnam, this thriving Southeast Asian city-state has lost its most iconic political maverick, dealing another blow to an opposition...

Oil prices rose to almost $102 a barrel Wednesday in Asia on expectations that U.S. lawmakers will pass a revised bank bailout plan that they rejected earlier this...

Oil prices rose to above $101 a barrel Wednesday in Asia on expectations that U.S. lawmakers will pass a revised bank bailout plan that they rejected earlier this...

Oil prices fell to $95 a barrel Tuesday in Asia after plummeting overnight as investors weighed the fallout from U.S. lawmakers’ rejection of a proposed $700...

Oil prices were steady near $96 a barrel Tuesday in Asia after plummeting overnight as investors weighed the fallout from U.S. lawmakers’ rejection of a proposed...

Oil prices fell to near $103 a barrel in Asia Monday on concern that economic growth will slow across the globe despite a tentative agreement in Washington on a $700...

Oil prices fell below $106 a barrel Monday in Asia on concern that economic growth will slow across the globe despite a tentative agreement in Washington on a $700...

In Formula One’s first night race, Renault’s Fernando Alonso captured the Singapore Grand Prix after starting 15th on the grid Sunday while McLaren’s...

Two-time Formula One champion Fernando Alonso of Renault won the Singapore Grand Prix, the first night race in F1.