Earnings season can affect `dangerous market’

Third-quarter earnings season is just beginning, but the profits companies will report over the next few weeks could come across like ancient history.
Analysts are expecting […]

Americans’ income fell in August; lower consumer spending feared

Americans earned less in August, the first decline in nearly two years. With less income, consumers could cut back on spending and weaken an already-fragile […]

Tropical Storm Gert nears Bermuda

People in Bermuda hauled their boats onto beaches and shuttered their homes as Tropical Storm Gert neared the wealthy British archipelago on Monday.
A tropical storm […]

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

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Greek vote eases market fears ahead of Bernanke

The Greek government’s victory in a confidence vote helped steady markets on Wednesday ahead of an interest rate decision from the Federal Reserve, though a […]

Corn prices rise as multiple floods cut into crop

Brian Peterson admitted it’s hard to watch as floodwaters envelope the bright green cornstalks now about knee-height, but he said he’ll survive the loss at […]

ECB May Have More Leeway for Greek Restructuring Than Rhetoric Indicates - Bloomberg

European Central Bank officials may have more scope to cope with a Greek restructuring than they are letting on even as policy makers warn that […]

Radioactivity rises in sea off Japan nuclear plant

Levels of radioactivity have risen sharply in seawater near a tsunami-crippled nuclear plant in northern Japan, signaling the possibility of new leaks at the facility, […]

Libyan rebels face military surge on key outpost

Government soldiers and rebel gunmen battled in the streets of a key front-line city Saturday after the Libyan military used shelling and guerrilla-style tactics to […]

BOE’s Sentance Says World Economy to Withstand Japan Quake, Mideast Unrest - Bloomberg

Bank of England policy maker Andrew Sentance said the world economy will withstand the shock from the earthquake in Japan and political unrest in the […]