Microsoft slapped with $733M fine by EU for breaching browser pact

The European Union fined Microsoft Corp 561 million euros ($733 million) on Wednesday for failing to offer consumers a choice of web...

Low expectations may start busy week for Wall Street

Wall Street will open October with a busy week, highlighted by low expectations for global manufacturing data and the U.S. jobs report,...

Stocks' rally now at three days as S&P tops 1,400

NEW YORK -- Stocks closed higher for a third straight day Tuesday, pushing the S&P 500 above 1,400 for the first time since early May, on...

Sources: Arrests are coming in Libor scandal

U.S. prosecutors and European regulators are close to arresting individual traders and charging them with colluding to manipulate...

Berlin may owe trillions from 450-year-old debt ... may

A certificate of debt, found in a regional archive, attests that Mittenwalde lent Berlin 400 guilders on May 28 1562, to be repaid with...

2nd half of year shapes up as big question for stocks

NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks finished the first half of the year with a bang as investors welcomed news that the euro zone is a step closer to...

Rough patch for stocks will continue this week

NEW YORK -- Wall Street navigated some potent obstacles last week -- Greece's elections and the Federal Reserve's slashing its U.S....

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G20 to press Europe for lasting fix to financial crisis

LOS CABOS, Mexico - World leaders were set to pile pressure on Europe at a G20 summit on Monday to outline a lasting strategy to save the...

Greek vote may give markets relief, if only temporarily

Updated 4:27 p.m. EDT: NEW YORK --  Early results from Greece's elections on Sunday showed pro-bailout parties are on course to win a...

Massive bailout for Spain may only be stopgap measure

ANALYSIS  PARIS -- Euro zone finance ministers rushed Spain into an EU-funded rescue for its debt-stricken banks to pre-empt the threat...

Spain debt deal will likely give stocks a boost Monday

NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks will get a lift on Monday after euro zone finance ministers agreed to lend Spain up to 100 billion euros ($125...