Stocks End Off Lows; S&P 500 and Nasdaq Log Worst Week in 2013
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The results of a closely watched business confidence survey in Japan defying the optimism reflected in a soaring stock market.
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Canada says it will allow no further deals by Chinese state-owned enterprises after approving a $15.1 billion acquisition of Canadian energy firm Nexen by China's CNOOC. Experts say watch this space.
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China's new leaders do not officially assume their new posts until next March, but they're already on Forbes' Most Powerful People list. This may signal the growing clout of Asia's political figures in global affairs.
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Although the stream of gloomy economic data for the euro zone continues unabated, new downbeat forecasts by the European Central Bank's staff as well as Germany's central bank are too negative, Giles Keating, Head of Research at Credit Suisse said on Friday.
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With just a few weeks of trading left, 2012 is looking a lot like 2011 in one key regard: Investors still don't believe in the market.
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Extraordinary volume during the stock's plunge this fall signals another 20 percent decline is still ahead, a top chart analyst on Wall Street says.
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Following the sharp selloff in the euro, foreign exchange strategists tell CNBC they expect the single currency to bounce back quickly.
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Southeast Asia's largest economy is going to implement double-digit wage hikes next year which raises the question – Is the country's position as a hot spot for foreign investment under threat.
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Foreign retail companies could soon be free to move onto Indian soil after parliament voted to allow foreign direct investment in a fiercely contested debate on Wednesday evening.
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In line with expectations, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) delivered a 25 basis point rate cut on Tuesday, taking the benchmark interest rate to 3 percent - its lowest level since 2009. However, analysts remain divided on whether the central bank will push rates even lower next year.
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Muddy Waters Research characterized Olam's $1.25 billion fund-raising plan as a "sovereign bailout" since it is backed by Singapore state investor Temasek.
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The start of the downturn dates from the summer of 2007. To still not have resumed meaningful growth six years later suggests we need to take more radical measures.
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A change at the top of Microsoft, two companies that will go private, the two top NFL teams by year end and more predictions.
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