Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve chairman, offered the firmest timeline yet for tapering US central bank asset purchases, saying that the central bank's $85bn monthly programme could be slowed this year and end altogether around the middle of next year.

The men's clothier said Wednesday that it has fired the face of the company and its executive chairman, George Zimmer, 64, who appeared in many of its TV commercials with the slogan ''You're going to like the way you look.

Stratasys Ltd. (SSYS) unveiled plans to buy privately held MakerBot in a stock-for-stock transaction valued at $403 million, a deal that expands Stratasys' position in the three-dimensional printer market.

Four of the five largest mortgage servicers are failing to comply with key aspects of a national settlement designed to improve how struggling borrowers are treated, a report released Wednesday shows.

Wed Jun 19, 2013 2:40pm EDT. By Ann Saphir. June 19 (Reuters) - Traders of short-term U.S. interest rate futures now expect the Federal Reserve to begin lifting its target for short-term borrowing costs in late 2014 after the central bank on Wednesday said ...

Dunkin' Donuts is set to beat rivals McDonald's and Starbucks in the introduction of the industry's first gluten-free pastries.

Wed Jun 19, 2013 3:46pm EDT. By Nivedita Bhattacharjee. June 19 (Reuters) - FedEx Corp reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Wednesday as it cut costs and its U.S.

WASHINGTON�The Securities and Exchange Commission intends to make companies and individuals admit wrongdoing as a condition of settling civil charges in certain cases, or be forced to fight the charges in court, the agency's Chairman Mary Jo White ...

In this Tuesday, June 18, 2013 photo, OfficeMax CEO Ravi Saligram, right, and Illinois Sen. Tom Cullerton, D-Villa Park, left, make their pitch asking the state of Illinois for tax breaks to keep the company's headquarters in-state after the office supply chain's ...

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) fresh loan programme will be front-loaded and the government will be required to implement all the conditionalities before approaching the IMF Board for its approval.