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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.

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Technology company Oracle Corp increased billionaire CEO Larry Ellison’s compensation for last year by 24 percent.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The International Monetary Fund will lower its growth forecasts for the global economy next month, an IMF official said Thursday.

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LONDON — More Bank of England asset purchases to boost Britain’s weak economy are likely, even in the face of a worse short-term inflation outlook, a number of central bank officials said in policy minutes published on Wednesday.

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NEW YORK — US stocks opened lower Thursday as the impact of more weak data on China’s crucial manufacturing sector spilled through global markets.

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