Friday 08:00 BST. Japanese stocks closed higher, but only after another extremely volatile session leaked uncertainty into global equity markets that some investors consider vulnerable after many months of strong gains.

NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 22: Bob McDonald, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Procter & Gamble, speaks during the seventh annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) at the Sheraton New York Hotel on September 22, 2011 in ...

WASHINGTON - Economic data released on Thursday indicated solid job growth and provided further signs that housing is recovering. The New York Times.

By Jessica Dye. Thu May 23, 2013 1:30pm EDT. (Reuters) - A group of U.S. retailers, including Macy's Inc. (M.N) and Target Corp.

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.

The volatility in the Japanese government debt market has unnerved investors in domestic banks, with some of the country's biggest lenders alone holding an estimated 40 trillion yen ($390 billion) worth of these bonds.

Michael Jeffries's penchant for having the male crew on Abercrombie & Fitch's (ANF) corporate jet wear the retailer's boxer briefs, flip-flops, and cologne certainly hasn't hurt the chief executive officer's standing with his board.

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

Only hours after announcing that it had acquired popular blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash, Yahoo Inc. had more big news up its sleeve.

Gap Inc. notched a 43% rise in quarterly earnings as the apparel retailer kept up the momentum of its turnaround. Enlarge Image. image.