From Staff Reports In yet another example of the impact that demand in China is having on global commodity prices, industrial-grade...
Could a ruinous trade war between the United States and China be coming? It sure looks that way.
President George Bush last week predicted that robust tax collections would cause the U.S. budget deficit to shrink to $205 billion...
In an effort to cut its holdings of the U.S. dollar, Iran has asked Japanese refiners to begin using the yen...
there are some problems within the U.S. economy and its accompanying financial system that are serious enough to merit ongoing vigilance...
Yesterday's "global" rally wasn't all that it seems.
China yesterday revised its 2006 gross domestic product growth to 11.1% from 10.7%, the fastest yearly growth the country has seen...
Though prognostications about the overall health of the U.S. housing market remain bleak, and interest rates have hit their highest level...
By Jason Simpkins By announcing a record-setting global trade surplus of $26.9 billion for June, China has re-ignited allegations that it’s...
Despite an abysmal housing market and a timid stock market, inflation remains the chief concern of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S....
Alcoa Inc and Rio Tinto PLC may be looking to lock horns over one of the world's leading suppliers of bauxite,...
Shareholders for the Chicago Board of Trade approved plans for CBOT to join forces with longtime rival, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange,...
The soaring prices of crude oil and gasoline are just part of a broad-based worldwide boom in commodities that is being...
By Jason Simpkins Violence in Nigeria and concerns that U.S. refiners are struggling to produce enough gasoline helped crude oil prices...
If you have even a passing interest in the art of investing, you've no doubt heard of investing guru Jim Rogers.
While the U.S. housing market continues to slump, the outlook is much better for America's neighbors to the north, where the...
The Bank of England boosted its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point to 5.75% on Thursday - the fifth increase...
In a deal that new France President Nicholas Sarkozy helped engineer, a private-equity firm controlled by the Dubai government has invested...
While other areas of the economy continue to falter, the U.S. service sector enjoyed an unexpected boost in June.
by Jason Simpkins Delinquencies on home-equity loans reached their highest level in 18 months in the first quarter of this year,...
