Japanese stocks recovered Friday in another day of volatile trading, while Australia continued to struggle following Thursday's weak Chinese manufacturing data.

In the year or so that Bob McDonald was under intense pressure from critics, he never entirely accepted the premise of their complaints about Procter & Gamble's listless performance.

LONDON - A British Airways passenger plane has made an emergency landing at Heathrow Airport, prompting the closure of both runways, the airport said on Friday.

WASHINGTON�The number of U.S. workers seeking new unemployment benefits fell last week by more than expected, another sign of slow improvement in the labor market.

MUNICH | Fri May 24, 2013 4:47am EDT. MUNICH May 24 (Reuters) - German economic growth is expected to increase considerably in the second quarter thanks in part to an "immense" pick-up in construction activity, Ifo economist Klaus Wohlrabe told ...

A $7 billion antitrust settlement over credit-card processing fees that critics say would make things worse for retailers suffered another insult today as Target Target, Macy's Macy's and J.C.

Sears Holdings Corp. swung to a fiscal first-quarter loss from a profit a year earlier, when the retailer booked a large gain on asset sales.

Abercrombie & Fitch's two-hour meeting this week with critics of its no-large-sizes strategy, and of CEO Mike Jeffries' 2006 remarks that it only courts �attractive, cool� kids, prompted a mea culpa from the chain, and a vow to �take concrete steps to demonstrate ...

European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said it was "imperative" that Europe's leaders create a new agency with powers to restructure busted banks in order to help the region leave its economic and financial crisis behind it once and for all.

Kaiser Permanente, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of California are all expected to participate in the state-run market for individual health coverage.