Reuters

Wal-Mart said it plans to have 20,000 "rollbacks", or a product discounted for at least 90 days, on offer starting on Saturday.

Citigroup is one of six major banks that are expected to settle with Britain's Financial Conduct Authority by mid-November.

Rival Barclays said on Thursday that it had set aside $800 million. JP Morgan, UBS and Citi have also set aside large sums.

The jolt from the BOJ came as the government signaled its readiness to ramp up spending to boost the economy.

The announcement came three months after the Chinese government launched the operation to hunt down absconding officials and businessmen.

Thirty billion dollars in funding for roads, bridges and thousands of new homes in areas devastated by the tsunami in Japan is still languishing unspent in the bank.

Some critics of Russia question whether its motivation is financial or whether prolonging the wrangling suits Moscow's diplomatic agenda.

It is one of six banks that are in talks with UK regulators about a coordinated settlement over alleged manipulation of foreign exchange markets.

The fears are rooted in politics and a history of perceived broken promises.

The people living in the affected hilly area are mostly of Indian Tamil origin.

Hagel approved a strict, 21-day quarantine-like monitoring period for all U.S. troops returning from the Ebola relief mission in West Africa, the Pentagon said.

NATO aircraft tracked Russian aircraft over the Baltic in what the Western alliance called an unusual burst of activity at a tense time in East-West relations.

The Fed’s statement will be read for signs of how inflation, growth and financial market volatility have influenced U.S. policymakers.

The ECB said in its latest quarterly Bank Lending Survey that banks are expected to ease credit standards further in the final quarter.

Chris Viehbacher's dismissal was blamed on poor relations between him and the board.

At issue is how private equity firms report how they calculate average net returns in past funds in their marketing materials.

After 30 years of breakneck economic expansion, China wants to retool its economy to generate slower but better-quality growth.

Opinion polls show immigration is a major concern for voters and it has fuelled the rise of the UK Independence Party.

The survey also showed that concerns about the economy and job prospects had been replaced by worries about war and terrorism.

Mainly-Muslim Bangladesh has suffered three major army coups and two dozen smaller rebellions since gaining independence from Pakistan in 1971.

Cyber intrusions and other data breaches put the personal records of 18.5 million Californians, nearly half the state's population, at risk in 2013.

Libya's government said it would launch a new state news agency to replace the one seized by armed factions that have set up a parallel government.

The new mis-selling charge comes two days after the bank only narrowly passed a test set by regulators.

The attempted rigging of Libor showed that it was not just a case of a few bad apples, according to BoE Deputy Governor Minouche Shafik.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung met with officials of the Tata group during a two-day trip to India.

Loretta Lynch, the head federal prosecutor in Brooklyn, is emerging as a leading candidate to replace U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, according to people familiar with the matter.

The program will create portfolios of exchange-traded funds managed by Schwab and other providers.

Oscar Taveras died in a car crash in the Dominican Republic on Sunday.

A slew of organizations including the OECD, the IMF and leading institutes have slashed their forecasts for German economic growth.