President Barack Obama has called on US legislators to work toward a broad bank-reform effort to include a consumer financial protection...

British Airways cabin crews are now in strike mode, over job cuts and changes to work...

The UK government has announced a quarter of a million people over the age of 70 will receive an £80 electricity discount this...

Economic reports in the US have shown the economy is likely to grow slowly for the next few...

The Greek prime minister, George Papandreou, has warned his country may not be able to pay the interest on its debt without more commitments from the...

Google may yet leave China according to media reports within the...

Environmentalists have slammed the Hindustan Unilever, a subsidiary of the multinational firm Unilever, accusing it of polluting sensitive Pambar Shola reserve forest of the Western Ghat in Tamil Nadu...

Denmark’s Minister of Development, Soren Pind, has told Latin American countries they will be eliminated from the Danish International Development Agency economic aid...

The Buenos Aires Tourism Board is celebrating the 2009/10 cruise season, in which 11% more visitors came to the city by...

A new air traffic system has been created by NASA and partners for air traffic...

Family visitors to Dubai will now be able to take two children under 16 on Emirates Airlines for...

CEO Sally Smith runs Buffalo Wild Wings Inc., a very successful restaurant chain and one of Minnesota's best-performing stocks over the past seven years. Smith also stands out as one exception to...

I'm having a fabulous time on a tour promoting "Use Your Head To Get Your Foot in the Door: Job Search Secrets No One Else Will Tell You." I've met folks with so many stories that I could...

Like most business travelers, Richard M. Owens has occasionally sat in an exit-row seat on an airplane and wondered what he would do in a real emergency. He got to find out, he told me, on a...

Know your options Now may be time to be proactive if faced with a distressed commercial real estate loan. Options do exist and knowing what they are along with the ramifications helps in moving...

Payday likely is the most popular day in the workplace, holidays and vacation aside. Getting paychecks printed and distributed or direct-deposited accurately and on time has made for a growing...

WASHINGTON - A leading Democratic abortion foe in the House says he has reached agreement with the White House and party leaders to make sure health care legislation does not permit the use of...

The government's programme to introduce software to revolutionise the way patient records are kept has lost the confidence of many NHS staff Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images The...

A report last month warned of complacency over the huge dislocation from a terminal decline in global oil production. Photograph: David McNew/Getty Images Lord Hunt,...

March 22 (Bloomberg) -- Aabar Investments PJSC, the Abu Dhabi fund that is the biggest shareholder in Daimler AG, put plans to boost its stake in the German carmaker on hold after the shares surged,...

March 21 (Bloomberg) -- President Nicolas Sarkozy’s party was defeated in regional elections, the last major national test before France’s 2012 presidential...

While this week brings reports on sales of new and existing homes in February, there are no signs of heightened anxiety in the stock market. That's a big change from one and two years ago, when these...

BEIJING - The International Monetary Fund warned the world's wealthiest nations Sunday to watch their surging levels of government debt, saying it could drag down the growth needed to ensure...

CANCUN, Mexico -(Dow Jones)- Plans to inject new funds into the Inter-American Development Bank are stuck in a dispute over environmental standards, an IDB governor said Sunday. Brazil opposes a...

(This story and related background material will be available on The Wall Street Journal Web site, WSJ.com.) WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Democratic leaders raced to sew up final votes from antiabortion...

Wednesday's report on new home sales, which represents only a sliver of the housing market, is expected to show a slight increase. However, the new home segment remains moribund. Builder confidence...

Girls show off mall purchases online, becoming Web stars and gaining sponsors. A new phenomenon called "haul videos" means they can show off their purchases to the whole world. There are more than...

A leading Democratic abortion foe in the House says he has reached agreement with the White House and party leaders to make sure health care legislation does not permit the use of federal funds for...

Chicago officials say there were no injuries after an emergency landing at O'Hare International Airport. Chicago Department of Aviation spokeswoman Karen Pride says there was "a pressurization...

WASHINGTON - Tucked into President Barack Obama's health care bill are several 11th-hour changes that help major insurance companies and doctor-owned hospitals. Among the beneficiaries, according...

PHOENIX - The death of a former top executive at CSK Auto Corp. means federal prosecutors won't be able to prove criminal charges that he manipulated earnings reports at the auto parts supplier. ...

By ALAN FRAMASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER WASHINGTON -- Tucked into President Barack Obama's health care bill are several 11th-hour changes that help major insurance companies and doctor-owned...

Manchester United supporters spearheaded by a group calling themselves the Red Knights are poised to table a £1.25bn bid for the club by June that will involve fans owning a majority stake.Under...

A BA flight approaches Heathrow behind a Unite union picket line on the second day of a three-day strike by cabin crew. Photograph: Max Nash/AFP/Getty Images The Unite trade union has...

NEW DELHI: Bharti Airtel on Sunday created a huge build-up of expectations that its proposed acquisition of Africa's Zain telecom would be sealed soon by announcing the tie-up of its entire...

MUMBAI: The buyout of South Africa's Shoprite Holdings single retail store in Mumbai by the Future group on Saturday, could well pave the way for stronger ties with French retail giant Carrefour, ...

SEOUL: GM Daewoo, the South Korean subsidiary of US car giant General Motors, recalled more than 58,000 vehicles on Sunday because of defects, in the latest blow to Asia's crisis-hit auto ...

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Your rightful indulgences like shopping, eating out, going to movies, most certainly have a bolstering effect on the economy. But, there exists a dark side which cleverly evades...

March 22 (Bloomberg) -- Bharti Airtel Ltd. moved a step closer to its proposed $9 billion acquisition of Zain’s African assets after it arranged funding for 90 percent of the bid, a level of...

China's state media has attacked Google for having what it said were "intricate ties" with the US government.Google provides US intelligence agencies with a record of its search engine...

CANCUN, Mexico -(Dow Jones)- Mexico's Central Bank believes current pressures on inflation are from one-off factors which will disappear over the next 12 months. As a result, "it doesn't make sense"...

(Updates with comment from Rep. Marcy Kaptur) Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- A top House Democrat on Sunday said his party has rounded up enough votes to approve a health-care...

(Updates for additional comments from minister, added details, background) By Rakesh Sharma and Eric Yep Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW DELHI -(Dow Jones)- Qatar is in talks with India to raise the...

CANCUN, Mexico -(Dow Jones)- Brazil's National Development Bank, or BNDES, will end its extraordinary funding to the Brazilian economy in June, but the private sector should be ready to take over,...

The death of a former top executive at CSK Auto Corp. means federal prosecutors won't be able to prove criminal charges that he manipulated earnings reports at the auto parts supplier. Prosecutors...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is seen during her speech at the German Federal Parliament (Bundestag) in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, March 17, 2010. Chancellor Angela Merkel called the sex abuse...

Alice remains the queen of the box office. Johnny Depp and Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" took in $34.5 million to remain the No. 1 movie for a third-straight weekend, according to studio...

BERLIN - Rebuffing EU officials in Brussels, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday that Greece does not need any financial help and that EU leaders should not make aid an issue at their summit...

LOS ANGELES - Alice remains the queen of the box office. Johnny Depp and Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" took in $34.5 million to remain the No. 1 movie for a third-straight weekend,...