Retail sales across the 17 European Union countries that use the euro slumped far more than anticipated in October, largely due to a huge drop in Germany, in a development that will put more pressure...

    Officials responsible for the near-collapse of Cyprus' banks that pushed the island to seek an international bailout must face justice, the country's president said...

Germany and France were divided over of the powers a new European banking supervisor should have to better deal with financial crises, leaving European Union finance ministers deadlocked with a...

The number of people officially registered as unemployed in Spain has edged up toward 5 million as the country's recession shows few signs of abating and its struggling banks await crucial bailout...

The leader of an anti-bailout party leading opinion polls in Greece has called for a delay in the repayment of rescue loans until the country emerges from its major recession, which is heading into a...

Worries about the U.S. economy following the release of a disappointing manufacturing report sent oil prices lower Tuesday.   Benchmark crude for January delivery was down 27 cents to $88.82...

    U.S. manufacturing shrank in November to its weakest level since July 2009, the first month after the Great Recession ended. Worries about automatic tax increases in the New Year...

The British government said Monday it would spend more money catching tax avoiders, after a lawmakers' committee accused major multinational companies including Starbucks, Google and Amazon of...

The White House has laid out its vision for pulling back from the looming "fiscal cliff" and now demands that opposition Republicans get specific about their plan to prevent what many...

Details of a plan for Greece to reduce its heavy debt by buying some of it back at bargain prices will be presented Monday to finance ministers from the 17 European Union countries that use the...