By Masayuki Kitano. SINGAPORE | Wed May 22, 2013 10:00pm EDT. SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Japanese government bond prices dived and 10-year JGB futures tumbled a full point, prompting the Tokyo Stock Exchange to temporarily suspend trade as the ...

China's manufacturing is contracting in May for the first time in seven months, adding to signs that economic growth is losing steam for a second quarter.

A report Wednesday on U.S. sales of previously occupied homes in April may show the housing recovery has crossed a critical threshold.

Slightly more travelers are expected to drive to their getaway destinations this Memorial Day holiday weekend, AAA reports. While 31.2 million people will drive during the holiday, up 0.25% from last year, only 2.3 million will take leisure flights, down 7%.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline, the eighth time congressional Republicans have advanced a measure promoting the project.

SAN FRANCISCO - Meg Whitman said it would take five years to turn around Hewlett-Packard. On Wednesday, when the computing giant announced quarterly results that exceeded analysts' estimates, she stuck by her plan.

Wed May 22, 2013 11:22am EDT. May 22 (Reuters) - The following is a list of scheduled U.S. agency bill sales from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for 2013.

The decades-old tradition of shutting down U.S. auto factories for two weeks around July may be coming to an end, experts say, pushed out by strong demand and staggered vehicle launch dates.

DHAKA, Bangladesh - A factory building that collapsed last month outside Dhaka, killing more than 1,000 workers in the deadliest disaster in the history of the garment industry, was constructed with substandard materials and in blatant disregard for building ...

It pays to be in TV. On the list of 10-best paid CEOs of 2012 - the exclusive club inside an already-exclusive club - half are in the entertainment and media industry, according to executive pay research firm Equilar.