Drastic falls in the price of oil and gold, doubling of the yield in 30-year Treasurys and mass nationalizations in Japan’s struggling electronics industry may be on the agenda next year.
The Japanese people have handed Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party the chance to kick-start the country's moribund economy – but which companies could benefit from the LDP's plans?
The European Central Bank's new powers as a banking regulator may end up being all the more powerful for what they symbolize – the solidifying of the separation of European Union countries into two camps.
After years of economic troubles, an end to the euro-zone crisis is finally visible, but there is still plenty of pain to come, according to a new forecast.
The anarchic comedian and blogger who leads one of Italy's most rapidly-growing parties said Prime Minister Mario Monti is a mere "bankruptcy curator" who "needs to disappear."
The $16 billion Facebook share offering made the U.S. the biggest global market for initial public offerings (IPOs) for the first time since 2008 this year, according to figures from Dealogic.
The controversy surrounding the U.K. tax affairs of Starbucks, Amazon and Google shows few signs of abating, with new claims that consumers are choosing to shop elsewhere.
Silvio Berlusconi has confirmed he is planning a comeback just a year after an ignoble exit from office, but Italian stocks and bonds sold-off on the news.