World Economic

French business confidence fell to the lowest in more than 15 years in November as the euro-region economy slipped into a recession.
An index […]

The Philippine central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged for a second month on concern a cut in borrowing costs would weaken the […]

TOKYO–Japan fell into a recession in the third quarter for the first time since 2001, as the impact of the global slowdown took its […]

CHICAGO–Best Buy Co Inc. slashed its fiscal 2009 profit forecast Wednesday driven by weak consumer spending trends heading into the crucial holiday selling season.
Best […]

Prime Minister Gordon Brown will call on governments around the world to coordinate tax and spending policies to shore up a slowing world economy, […]

Carolyne Parfitt, an RBC credit card customer since 1983, couldn’t believe how she was treated when she missed a few monthly payments while travelling.
The bank […]

Five years ago, drivers here would have been horrified by $2 a gallon gasoline. These days, they might feel fortunate.
The current economic malaise […]

Piramal Glass, a glass-bottle maker based in India, plans to temporarily lay off 40 percent of the work force at its Park Hills, Mo., […]

A sharply slowing euro zone economy has persuaded financial markets that the European Central Bank could slash interest rates by as much as 75 […]

Gasoline prices fell to their lowest level in more than a year and a half Thursday, according to a nationwide survey of credit card […]