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Europe's plan to strengthen its banking system is set to fall well short of market expectations, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.

French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy gave birth to a baby girl on Wednesday night. It is her first child with her husband French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Global risk assets were weighed down during Wednesday's U.S. session on a barrage of negative headlines.

Plans to tackle the euro zone debt crisis have stalled with Paris and Berlin at odds over how to increase the firepower of the region's bailout fund, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Wednesday.

When Susan Sarandon called Pope Benedict XVI a Nazi, numerous religious groups condemned the actress, and rightly so. In a bizarre and disturbing twist, however, Sarandon's notoriety has now spread to her support of Occupy Wall Street, with many grouping her comments and her activism as examples of liberal ignorance and hypocrisy. In the process, we lose the opportunity to condemn the use of rampant Nazi and Hitler comparisons in general, a widespread phenomenon recorded en ma...

U.S. stocks closed decidedly in the negative territory on Wednesday as high expectations regarding the Eurozone bailout were dimmed.

Coalition of U.S. solar cells and panels makers have petitioned the U.S. government to stop rising tide of heavily subsidized product entering the American market from China's state-supported solar industry.

U.S. stocks are down Wednesday on disappointing earnings from the tech sector.

Germany's government launched its own channel on the video sharing website YouTube on Wednesday in its latest effort to reach new audiences.

As Porsche prepares to introduce the Cajun model, the company announced the expansion of its production facility in Leipzig, Germany.

The Nasdaq fell on Wednesday, a day after a profit miss from technology heavyweight Apple, but gains in chipmaker Intel and insurer Travelers pushed the Dow and S&P 500 higher.

Gold eased on Wednesday as growing hopes of a resolution to the Eurozone debt crisis persuaded investors to shrug off a downgrade to Spain's credit rating and buy riskier assets such as equities.

The Nasdaq fell on Wednesday after technology heavyweight Apple missed earnings expectations, while the other big indexes were little changed after a run-up in the last session on a report Europe would beef up its crisis fund.

The Nasdaq was set to fall on Wednesday after technology heavyweight Apple missed earnings expectations, while the other big indexes looked to open little changed after a run-up in the last session on a report Europe would beef up its crisis fund.

U.S. stock futures have turned negative on a weak earnings report from Apple and tempered optimism on hopes of a big Eurozone bailout.

Nasdaq index futures fell on Wednesday after technology heavyweight Apple missed earnings expectations, while the broader market was little changed after a big run-up in the last session on a report Europe may beef up its crisis fund.

Switzerland should not agree to tax deals with countries beyond the European Union so as to ease economic integration with the bloc and avoid even bigger costs for Swiss banks, the deputy head of the Geneva Financial Center said on Wednesday.

U.S. stock futures are mixed Wednesday morning on conflicting reports about the possibility of a giant bailout for the Eurozone.

French on-line music streaming service Deezer will launch in more than 100 countries in the coming weeks, and the start-up is negotiating with roughly a dozen telecom operators on partnerships in a bid to expand its global reach.

Gold prices held steady on Wednesday, shrugging off the downgrade of Spain's sovereign credit rating, as investors wait for clarity on Europe's plans to tackle the debt crisis at this weekend's European Union summit.

Actress and social activist Susan Sarandon reportedly called Pope Benedict XVI a Nazi, during a public discussion at a film festival in New York City. The remark, not unnaturally, has drawn criticism from both Catholic and Jewish groups.