Across Europe, holiday "shoppers" this season are doing more browsing than buying.   Retailers remain hopeful for a last-minute burst of Christmas consumerism,...

    Disney says it has completed its acquisition of Lucasfilm Ltd. for $4.06 billion in cash and stock.   The company said Friday that it issued 37.1 million shares and made a...

    Viral star PSY has reached a new milestone on YouTube.   The South Korean rapper's video for "Gangnam Style" has reached 1 billion views, according...

    The Cyprus government has vowed to do what is needed to finalize a bailout agreement with international lenders after ratings agency Standard & Poor's downgraded Cyprus...

    Official figures show Poland's jobless rate rose to 12.9 percent at the end of November from 12.5 percent the previous month as the economy shows signs of slowing...

    U.S. sales of previously occupied homes jumped to their highest level in three years last month, bolstered by steady job gains and record-low mortgage rates. The report was the...

Finland expects economic contraction this year and little improvement in 2013 as the export-dependent country continues to suffer from reduced demand among European trading partners.   The...

It is difficult at this point to eliminate the political overtones from any consideration of world or country-specific finances, since most of the present problems in many country’s financial...

The justice policies of the European Union (EU) can be a key driver both in helping to rebuild trust among citizens and in reinforcing the EU strategy for economic growth. The EU believes in...

Commonwealth Bank has cut deeply into its controversial European base in low-tax Malta, repatriating funds to Australia and liquidating one of its four entities.   Newport, the CBA holding...