The EU's trade balance overcame a trade deficit from the previous month, while the euro zone's surplus nearly doubled over last year's.
Stocks seem set to open higher at the beginning of a week that features a range of data releases and the crucial FOMC meeting.
Manufacturing activity has continued to expand in December but at the slowest rate in three months.
Companies looking to cut back on sugar and salt are turning to biotech to shore up the taste of processed food.
Many residents in India’s Tumkur slum, about 50 miles northeast of Bangalore, are still reeling from the 2010 microfinancing crisis.
Gun sales after the Newtown tragedy soared as consumers sought to stay ahead of potential legislation.
A merger would leave the U.S. wireless market dominated by three big companies.
Will GM's relationship with the Europe's second-largest automaker continue?
Did the question of a Fed taper became a little more muddled after Thursday’s jobless claims data clocked in at a two-month high?
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Gold prices have been heavily influenced by ‘paper’ trading of gold contracts, overpowering the dynamics of much smaller physical gold market.
Mary Barra will become GM's first female CEO on January 15, 2014.
GDP growth will slow just a little more in China, but that pace is in-line with the nation's plan for reform.
In honor of Friday, Dec.13, here are 13 facts about the unlucky holiday -- including how it got the bad rap.
Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, though it will cover 975 U.S. stores.
After nearly six years of waiting, a high-profile CEO is brought to justice over illegal activity during the global financial crisis.
But Puerto Rico's treasury secretary says "economic stabilization" is under way for the debt-wracked U.S. commonwealth.
The day’s trading could be influenced by data on unemployment and retail sales, and speculation about next week’s FOMC meeting.
Facebook's stock jumped after its inclusion to the S&P indexes, which puts it in the league of the largest US companies.
The 2-year-old Upworthy has generated phenomenal social traffic with its emotionally driven headlines, but not everyone thinks they’re worth the click.
Google, Apple and Microsoft remained heavy-hitters among top U.S. mutual and hedge funds.
Traditional risk rankings for global industrial companies may no longer measure up to reality, according to Barclays.
The renter share of all U.S. households is climbing, and half of renters are spending more than 30 percent of their income on housing.
Many companies use nonstandard accounting measures to put a creative spin on their financial reporting. The SEC is looking into that.
The world’s largest hotel operator is returning triumphantly to public markets.
Chinese consumer demand for gold may reach the highest ever for any country in 2013.
A fall in imports of the precious metal helped Asia's third-largest economy post a sharp annual decline in its trade deficit.
Markets might choose to slow down ahead of Thursday’s unemployment and retail sales data release, and next week’s FOMC meeting.
The Bank of America sees the S&P 500 hitting 2,000 by year-end 2014, and gold dropping to $1,250 per oz. in Q1, before rebounding.
Bob Diamond is asking investors for $250 million to fund a new venture with African billionaire Ashish Thakkar.
