By Paul Carrel and Terhi Kinnunen | FRANKFURT/HELSINKI Aug 1 (Reuters) - The United States raised pressure on euro zone leaders to take decisive action to solve the region's debt crisis, notably by lowering troubled members' borrowing costs, ...

By Lucy Hornby | BEIJING (Reuters) - Asia's powerhouse manufacturing centres suffered weak export orders and declining output in July, surveys of purchasing managers showed on Wednesday, as misery wrought by the euro zone debt crisis poured pessimism ...

Financially strapped borrowers whose mortgages are backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will not be allowed principal reductions to help save their homes from foreclosure, a decision that will impact consumers as well as communities.

NEW DELHI - It had all the makings of a disaster movie: More than half a billion people without power. Trains motionless on the tracks.

By Luke Pachymuthu | SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Brent crude steadied below $105 per barrel on Wednesday after slipping to its lowest in almost a week on softer official manufacturing data from top energy consumer China, while fading hopes for US stimulus ...

AP NEW YORK - An octagon-shaped penthouse in midtown Manhattan is on the market for $100 million. The 8000-square-foot apartment is at CitySpire on West 56th Street.

Bernstein Research analyst Toni Sacconaghi this morning speculated in a research note that Apple could be considering a stock split - a move that would improve the prospects for inclusion of the market's largest capitalization company in the ...

FILE - In a Feb. 2, 2012 file photo Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony before the House Budget Committee is visible on a television screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.