Neither premium chicken sandwiches nor Angus burgers could tempt U.S. consumers to spend more on higher-priced items at McDonald's, as a tepid U.S. economic recovery kept restaurant spending in check.
Hao Li
May 08, 2012
Yolanda Quesada has been fired from her customer service position at Wells Fargo for a shoplifting crime she committed 40 years ago.
Anila Alexander
May 08, 2012
America's losing battle of the bulge shows no signs of abating, with obesity projected to cost a staggering $550 billion in health expenses by 2030.
ambrosia sabrina
May 08, 2012
Prime Minister Marian Rajoy said on Monday the government was ready to step in to save banks, starting with Spain's fourth largest, Bankia, which was first in line for state aid.
Oliver Tree
May 08, 2012
Socialist Francois Hollande will lead France after Nicolas Sarkozy got ousted by voters fed up with austerity. In Greece, the far-left and far-right have made big gains. But it may not be time just yet to start worrying about the fate of the euro zone.
Alberto Riva
May 07, 2012
About 150 people were injured when gas-filled balloons exploded during a rally for the Republican Party in the capital city of Yerevan
Palash Ghosh
May 07, 2012
Spain, the euro zone's fourth-largest economy, said Monday industrial output decrease by 7.5 percent in March compared to the prior year, following sharp unemployment and shrinking gross domestic product, according to official data.
Roland Li
May 07, 2012
According to the think-tank, a generally weaker economic outlook for a longer period in the UK, and revised jobless forecasts mean that only the affluent areas of London, the South East and East of England will escape the trend.
Oliver Tree
May 07, 2012
Asian stock markets plunged Monday as weaker-than-expected US employment report and election results from Europe weighed on investor sentiment.
Satya Nagendra Padala
May 07, 2012
Highlighting the economic data this week -- May 7-11 -- are the March trade-balance figures to be released Thursday. Economists expect the U.S. trade deficit to widen after its sharp narrowing in February.
Moran Zhang
May 06, 2012
Nicolas Sarkozy delivered a concession speech Sunday night, following his loss to Socialist candidate Francois Hollande in France?s presidential election. I bear the full responsibility for this defeat, Sarkozy said.
Palash Ghosh
May 06, 2012
Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives stood neck-and-neck with the rival Social Democrats (SPD) in an election in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, projections showed on Sunday, pointing to weeks of tough coalition talks to form a government.
Eric Linton
May 06, 2012
And we're off! Like the starting gunshot during Saturday night's Kentucky derby, the Obama campaign has signaled that the general election has begun.
Sara Dover
May 06, 2012
French voters turned out in force Sunday in the second round of presidential elections that are likely to make Nicolas Sarkozy the 11th European leader to be swept from office by the economic crisis.
Eric Linton
May 06, 2012
Polling began in Greece Sunday in an early general election that could push the debt struck country to further turmoil and uncertainty.
Sreeja VN
May 06, 2012
Both the center-right New Democracy and the center-left Pasok parties could be in for beatings on Sunday as Greece conducts its first general parliamentary elections since the country's sovereign-debt crisis mushroomed in late 2009.
J.J. McGrath
May 06, 2012
In accordance with global May Day celebrations, the Southeast Asian nation of Malaysia has introduced a minimum wage for the first time, following a decade of pressure by labor unions.
Palash Ghosh
May 05, 2012
In some U.S. presidential election years, one issue dominates, and that's likely to be the case in 2012. The issue: jobs, and so far the Obama administration's policies have not created enough. President Barack Obama needs to find ways to create more jobs, if he hopes to be re-elected.
Joseph Lazzaro
May 04, 2012
European stocks plunged Friday on fears a victory by the Socialist candidate in France's presidential election could upend prospects of setting the continent's second-largest economy on a sound footing.
Mike Obel
May 04, 2012
Mitt Romney appeared Friday on Fox to discuss the April jobs report showing 115,000 jobs added, far lower than expected.
Dan Rivoli
May 04, 2012
Unlike in France, where voters choose between two distinct candidates (conservative Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist Francois Hollande), the Greek election is more complicated.
Palash Ghosh
May 04, 2012
The U.S. economy added far fewer jobs than expected in April, while the unemployment rate edged down as more people gave up hope of finding jobs, reinforcing the fear that the job market recovery could be losing steam.
Moran Zhang
May 04, 2012
