For oil markets, China isn't what it used to be

Fear of a Chinese economic slowdown and fiscal worries out of Europe have had more downward influence on crude prices in recent days...

McDonald's to open vegetarian restaurants in India

 NEW YORK -- McDonald's Corp., the fast food chain that brought the beef hamburger to the world, is opening its first company-operated...

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...

Banks pulling out of rate-setting panels in wake of Libor scandal

SINGAPORE/HONG KONG -- Banks are pulling out of panels that set interest rates in places like Singapore and Hong Kong, as they grow...

Rate scandal claims Barclays chairman

 LONDON -- Barclays Plc Chairman Marcus Agius resigned Monday as the interest rate rigging scandal claimed its first major victim and...

'Done ... for you big boy;' How emails nailed Barclays

LONDON -- "Done ... for you big boy," read a message sent by a Barclays banker to one of the lender's traders, who had asked him to fix...

At G-20, developing nations are now the cavalry

LOS CABOS, Mexico -- The scene at the just-concluded Group of 20 summit held in this seaside resort would have been unthinkable a decade...

Amid bribery investigation, Wal-Mart pushes integrity

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas --  Top executives of Wal-Mart Stores Inc did not directly mention a Mexican bribery scandal at an employee pep...

Amid bribery investigation, Wal-Mart pushes integrity

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas --  Top executives of Wal-Mart Stores Inc did not directly mention a Mexican bribery scandal at an employee pep...