The S&P 500 declined for a third day on Friday, with the three major U.S. stock indexes posting their first negative week since mid-April on lingering concern that the U.S. central bank may scale back ...

Global equity markets slipped on Friday over worries the U.S. Federal Reserve may curb a stimulus program that has lifted stocks, while the dollar recovered against the euro after better-than-expected ...

The S&P 500 declined for a third day on Friday with the three major U.S. stock indexes posting their first negative week since mid-April on lingering concern that the U.S. central bank may scale back its ...

AirAsia, which smashed order records for Airbus jets to become Asia's largest budget carrier, could buy another 50 planes as it targets aggressive expansion in India, Chief Executive Tony Fernandes said. ...

Currency speculators increased bets in favor of the U.S. dollar in the latest week to the highest since at least June 2008, according to data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission released on Friday. ...

The dollar was headed on Friday for its worst week against the yen in nearly two years, extending the prior session's selloff, as volatility in Japan's stock market spurred investors to book profits on ...

U.S. stocks mostly declined for a third day on Friday, putting indexes on track for their first negative week since mid-April, on lingering concern that the U.S. central bank may scale back its stimulus ...

U.S. stock indexes pared most of their earlier declines on Friday and the Dow pushed into positive territory, helped by a strong gain in shares of Procter & Gamble. The Dow Jones industrial average edged ...

The dollar extended its declines against the yen in afternoon trade on Friday and was on track for its biggest weekly loss in three years against the Japanese currency. The dollar fell to 100.68 yen, a ...

U.S. Treasuries prices edged up on Friday as traders evaluated the likelihood of the U.S. Federal Reserve pulling back on bond purchases this year and whether a recent selloff was overdone. Benchmark 10-year ...

Canadian oil and natural gas producer Niko Resources Ltd said on Friday it made a significant gas discovery, along with its partners, in the KG-D6 block off India's east coast, sending its shares up 26 ...

The Irish labour court on Friday made a non-binding recommendation that Aer Lingus pay 110 million euros to help make up a shortfall in a pension fund that covers some of its employees. The pension scheme, ...

A leading German politician criticised EU draft plans for a financial transaction tax as "rubbish" on Friday, in a sign of growing concern that the tax could do more economic harm than good. ...

U.S. Treasuries prices edged up on Friday as traders evaluated the likelihood of the U.S. Federal Reserve pulling back on bond purchases this year and whether the recent selloff was overdone. Benchmark ...

Royal Dutch Shell Plc reported it was restarting a unit at its facility in Scotford near Edmonton, Alberta, according to a message posted on a community information line on Friday. There would be no impact ...

U.S.-listed shares of foreign companies declined on Friday, on track for their fourth straight decline, on concerns a tapering program of stimulus measures by the U.S. Federal Reserve may be on the horizon. ...

U.S. stocks fell for a third day on Friday, putting indexes on track for their first negative week since mid-April, on lingering concern the U.S. central bank may scale back its stimulus measures to support ...

British police closed one of the country's busiest motorways in both directions on Friday to deal with an incident which highway officials said involved a suspicious vehicle. "We are dealing with ...

Big industrial metals users are leaning heavily on the London Metal Exchange to fix its controversial metal storage system, although they have limited alternatives to relying on the exchange's global benchmark ...

European shares fell on Friday, marking their first weekly loss in a month, led by financials on concern over earnings prospects in Asia and the potential scaling back of U.S. monetary stimulus. The FTSEurofirst ...

British police said on Friday they are treating an incident involving a plane carrying almost 300 passengers from Pakistan as criminal rather that a terror-related. "It's a criminal investigation ...

UK small caps finish 0.1 percent lower, while the FTSE AIM All Share Index is flat, compared to losses of 0.8 percent on the mid-caps and 0.6 percent on the blue chips. AIM-listed ZincOx adds 23.7 percent, ...

Insurer Aviva has extended its title sponsorship of English rugby's Premiership club competition until 2017, the company said on Friday. The renewed commitment to rugby union comes after Aviva ended its ...

Golfer Sergio Garcia is a "really good guy", the head of his sponsor Adidas said on Friday, indicating the sportswear company would not drop the Spaniard over a jibe directed at Tiger Woods. ...

News Corp set the distribution ratios for the spinoff of its publishing business, which may start buying back stock right away. The board of the publishing business, which will retain the News Corp name, ...

Hedge funds hungry for trade ideas after the success of their bets on Japan's recovery have been turning their attention to the Australian dollar, betting the end of the commodities boom will drive down ...

Britain's benchmark equity index, which had raced to its highest level in nearly 13 years this week, fell sharply for the second straight session on Friday as a decline at major bank HSBC hit the market. ...

The European Commission expects to complete a review by October of ways to help Europe's struggling aluminium industry, looking at policies such as on import duties and long-term power contracts. About ...

HSBC called on regulators to speed up industry reform as its shareholders urged Europe's biggest bank to take a lead in cutting pay and criticised it for compliance failings and aiding tax avoidance. HSBC ...

British broadcaster ITV on Friday became the latest media outlet to have one of its Twitter feeds hacked by anonymous supporters of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, just days after Twitter beefed up ...

Canadian oil and natural gas producer Niko Resources Ltd said on Friday it made a significant gas discovery, along with its partners, in the KG-D6 block off India's east coast, sending its shares up 26 ...

Share-placement hopeful Russian diamond miner Alrosa said on Friday first quarter rough diamond output fell 7.5 percent year-on-year to 7.5 million carats. The firm, which is preparing for an autumn share ...