Tropical Storm Nate expected to strengthen in Gulf

The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Nate is nearly stationary off Mexico’s coast but is expected to strengthen over the next two days.
Early […]

Fleishman-Hillard hires Garrett for marketing post

Patrick Garrett, has joined Fleishman-Hillard as senior vice president, director of digital marketing.
Garrett has 16 years of experience in search engine marketing, digital marketing and […]

Pledge of common tax in Euro zone not enough to boost wallowing markets

Stock markets stayed stuck in negative territory Tuesday, wallowing in a spate of bad economic news that stretched from the U.S. to the European Union.
First […]

Stocks resume heavy losses as world waits for U.S. markets to open

LONDON

Regulators shut small banks in Va, SC; 60 in 2011

Regulators on Friday shut down two small banks in Virginia and South Carolina, boosting to 60 the number of U.S. bank failures this year.
The pace […]

Jobs report pushes stocks up despite debt worries

A strong report on jobs is sending stocks higher even as a stalemate continues over the U.S. debt limit.
The government reported first-time applications for unemployment […]

UK police now asked to investigate phone ‘pinging’

With Britain still coming to terms with the illegal voicemail interception at one of its biggest newspapers, Scotland Yard was asked Thursday to look into […]

China to sell pork from stockpiles to dampen price

China’s government will sell pork from stockpiles to dampen inflation that pushed up the price of its staple meat by 57 percent last month, the […]

Canada

Income inequality in Canada is widening as the rich get richer and poor and middle-income Canadians lose ground, says the Conference Board of Canada in […]

Jobless rate falls as self-employment picks up slack

OTTAWA