Private sector job growth accelerated in November as employers created the most jobs in nearly a year, prompting economists to raise their forecasts for Friday's more comprehensive U.S. labor report.
British diplomats left Iran on Wednesday, a day after the embassy in Tehran was stormed by protestors.
LONDON - U.S. and British institutional investors walked away from euro zone bonds during November as fears for the future of the currency bloc grew, Reuters asset allocation polls showed on Wednesday.
Only 28 percent of the 1.2 million Americans living with HIV have the infection under control, increasing the risk that they will spread the disease to others, U.S. health officials said on Tuesday.
Toronto's main stock index was set to open higher on Wednesday, extending gains from the previous session after China unexpectedly cut its bank reserve requirement ratio by 50 basis points, and ahead of Canadian growth data.
The Obama administration on Tuesday appealed a U.S. judge's ruling and injunction that blocked tobacco companies from having to display graphic images on cigarette packs and advertising, such as a man exhaling smoke through a hole in his throat.
Stocks were set to gain more than 2 percent at the open on Wednesday as a coordinated action by major central banks to provide liquidity to the global financial system boosted investors' appetite for risky assets.
Enbridge Inc's proposed C$5.5 billion ($5.3 billion) pipeline to British Columbia poses a raft of environmental risks, according to a new report that signals the project will become the next battleground over the future of Canada's oil sands.
General Electric, the No. 1 U.S. conglomerate, unveiled a major upgrade of its Proficy Historian enterprise software to enable manufacturers to better access huge databases and improve quality.
Stock index futures soared on Wednesday as investors welcomed a coordinated action by major central banks to provide liquidity to the global financial system.
Australia's foreign minister on Wednesday backed the formation of a security pact with India and the United States, a tie-up that could fuel China's worries of being fenced in by wary neighbors.
As the case is taking too long to be solved, here are three vital points which can help investigators finding out the whereabouts of the toddler.
The Nikkei share average ended lower on Wednesday, reversing two days of gains on profit-taking as investors remained cautious over new
developments in the Eurozone debt crisis and looked to data later in the week.
Toshiba Corp said on Wednesday it would close three of its six discrete chip-making facilities in Japan and also trim output of certain types of chips over the year-end as demand for PCs and TVs slides in Europe and the United States.
Drogba rejected to sign the latest contract offer from Chelsea.
Initial signs say that the former Godfather's pizza CEO and Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain's highly-anticipated next campaign move can be anything except dropping out of the race.
Stock index futures rose on Wednesday after China unexpectedly cut its banks' reserve requirements in hopes of boosting an economy running at its weakest pace since 2009.
The world's top four audit firms will have to split up and rename themselves under a draft European Union law to crack down on conflicts of interest and shortcomings highlighted by the financial crisis.
A November note from the Conference Board placed consumer confidence in the U.S. at a four-month high of 56.0, from a low of 40.9 in July. Most startlingly, however, the Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) soared to its largest month-over-month percentage gain since April, 2009 and its largest single points gain since April, 2003.
The lawyers representing convicted assassin Sirhan Sirhan has said he was framed for the 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy and that they are seeking to overturn his conviction.
Barclays Capital said its checks indicate that sales over Black Friday and Cyber Monday were quite solid for Apple Inc., largely in line with its expectations.
For most of the Republican nomination race thus far, Jon Huntsman has been considered little more than a side note. But while his national poll numbers remain very low, he is gaining support in New Hampshire. What are his positions?
