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DETROIT — With General Motors’ long-anticipated day of reckoning a little more than a week away, nearly all signs are pointing to the wounded […]

Michael Schiel knows first-hand the risks and rewards of self-employment.
After a decade working as a senior manager at KPMG LLP, the 38-year-old voluntarily left the […]

The Bank of England said on Thursday it would increase the size of its asset purchase program by 50 billion pounds to 125 billion […]

Credit Suisse’s first-quarter net profit far exceeded forecasts thanks to surprisingly robust trading gains and healthy rich client inflows, making it upbeat about its […]

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke may have brought an end to the worst quarterly start for Treasuries since 1980 by establishing a ceiling […]

Italy’s inflation rate fell to the lowest in 14 months as energy costs plummeted and the recession made it harder for retailers to raise […]

The federal and Ontario governments increased the pressure on thousands of auto workers at General Motors, Chrysler, Ford and scores of suppliers yesterday to accept […]

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

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

The Federal Reserve started buying so-called commercial paper on Monday to jumpstart a critical but faltering lending market used by banks and big businesses.
To […]