LUDWIGSBURG, Germany — The leaders of Germany and France met Saturday to mark a seminal 1962 speech by Charles de Gaulle, hoping to use the occasion to make headway on the euro crisis and a proposed EADS-BAE merger.
LUDWIGSBURG, Germany — The leaders of Germany and France met Saturday to mark a seminal 1962 speech by Charles de Gaulle, hoping to use the occasion to make headway on the euro crisis and a proposed EADS-BAE merger.
Gold has hit a high for the year on speculation that Spain may be working on a request for financial help from other European countries.
The market took a recess Friday from the Fed rally.
Maybelline should blush, and pay up, for overstating how long it takes a popular brand of lipstick and lip gloss to wear off, according to a lawsuit filed on Friday.
Technology company Oracle Corp increased billionaire CEO Larry Ellison’s compensation for last year by 24 percent.
LONDON/TOKYO — Apple fans queued around city blocks worldwide on Friday to get their hands on the new iPhone 5 — but grumbles about inaccurate maps tempered the excitement.
US manufacturing suffered its weakest quarter in three years and conditions at European businesses worsened, surveys showed on Thursday, while China’s economy continued to lose momentum.
Gold rose back above $1,770 an ounce on Friday as expectations that central bank measures to stimulate growth would boost liquidity, fuel inflation and keep interest rates at rock bottom put the metal on track for a fifth straight week of gains.
World trade will grow by a mere 2.5 percent this year, dragged down by Europe to less than half of the previous 20-year average, the World Trade Organization said on Friday.
The International Monetary Fund will lower its growth forecasts for the global economy next month, an IMF official said Thursday.