Automakers Vie for Market Share in China Featuring more than 1,100 flashy, new vehicles, the Beijing Auto Show is now among the largest in the world. Car News web magazine editor Tycho de Feyter says it's an important showcase of China's economic clo...
US Moving to Undercut Iran Oil Markets As the world's third-largest exporter of crude oil, Iran is a major supplier for China, Japan and India, as well as the European Union. The United States is pushing to dry up that market because it says Iran use...
Realtors' Association Welcomes GOP Debate on Housing Market More than four years after the housing bubble burst, the U.S. housing market is still struggling to recover. Among the hardest hit states are California, Nevada and Florida, where foreclosur...
Realtors' Association Welcomes GOP Debate on Housing Market More than four years after the housing bubble burst, the U.S. housing market is still struggling to recover. Among the hardest hit states are California, Nevada and Florida, where foreclosur...
European markets reacted nonchalantly Monday after credit rating agency Standard Poor's downgraded nine countries, including France and Austria, late Friday. The widely followed agency also reduced the ratings of Italy, Spain and Portugal, as well as...
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Only two weeks after its shipment, Amazon's Kindle Fire has already shown the momentum to grab the second place in global tablet computer market, research firm IHS predicted on Friday. Amazon is expected to ship 3.9...
Stocks soared after the U.S. Federal Reserve and other major central banks agreed to make it easier to borrow dollars overseas, in a bid to ease the fallout of the European debt crisis. The move came as European finance ministers delayed key decision...
Markets Rise But Questions Remain After Euro Debt Deal Markets rose sharply on news of European leaders reaching an agreement vital to solve the region's huge debt crisis. The deal is aimed at preventing the crisis spreading to larger eurozone econom...
Investors Seek New Way to Predict Markets Wild and unpredictable swings on financial markets are making investors seek better ways to gauge the future direction of the economy. Market participants have traditionally - and successfully - watched the c...
World Markets on Edge as Greece Misses Deficit Reduction Target U.S. stocks followed European and Asian markets into the red on Monday after Greece announced it will miss deficit reduction targets worked out in a bailout deal with lenders. Despite a...
