Wed May 22, 2013 7:33am EDT. By Carmel Crimmins and Conor Humphries. DUBLIN May 22 (Reuters) - Ireland called on Wednesday for an international clampdown on multinationals shifting profits around the world to avoid tax, after criticism that Irish ...

Sony Corp. (6758) directors are discussing whether to adopt billionaire Daniel Loeb's proposal for an initial public offering of its entertainment business, a week after the TV maker said the assets weren't for sale.

The Bank of Japan vowed on Wednesday to take necessary steps to reduce volatility in bond markets that has threatened to jeopardize the government's fight to end deflation and revive growth.

As a North Carolina congressman, Mel Watt has tried to arm struggling homeowners with a legal �sledgehammer� against lenders and expand the ranks of people eligible to cut their mortgage principal.

All sides are playing hardball as the deadline to bring criminal charges against Steven A. Cohen fast approaches, with only two months left for the government to snag the hedge fund industry guru in what it describes as the most lucrative insider trading ...

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon won more investor support this year than in 2012 to remain chairman, weathering a push to divide the roles after the largest U.S.

At the same time Wells Fargo Bank of America and J.P. Morgan Chase sa id they had completed their obligation under the settlement.

LONDON--The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday urged the U.K. government to ease back on its austerity program to avoid inflicting long-term damage on the nation's growth prospects.

Ford Motor Co. plans to increase its North American manufacturing capacity by 200,000 vehicles in 2013 through a series of production-line expansions and a shortening of its normal summer shutdown by a week at several plants.

LONDON�Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC and Lloyds Banking Group PLC on Wednesday were given a pass by regulators to fill their multi-billion-pound capital holes through earnings and asset sales, taking the government off the hook from putting any ...