Moody's Investors Service on Monday downgraded France, stripping it of its prized AAA credit rating due to concerns over its prospects for economic growth and its exposure to Europe's...

    Fishing countries on Monday voted to keep up strict limits on catching Atlantic Bluefin tuna, overruling fierce opposition from critics who argue that the key sushi ingredient is on...

U.S. sales of previously occupied homes rose solidly in October, helped by improvement in the job market and record-low mortgage rates. The increase along with a jump in homebuilder confidence this...

The head of Germany's central bank says a future Europe-wide banking supervision system can't solve the region's financial crisis, and is expressing concern that struggling countries might...

Zhang Hanzhong, who supplies locks for auto manufacturers, is part of a swath of China's economy that is lagging in a two-speed recovery.   Business for retailers, hotels, photo studios...

    Europe's government-debt crisis is no longer panicking financial markets. But it won't end until the region's economy starts growing strongly again.   And that...

    Congressional leaders from both parties voiced fresh optimism Friday after meeting with newly re-elected President Barack Obama about avoiding year-end "fiscal cliff" tax...

Greece's creditors will eventually have to write down the value of the country's debt further, but only after Athens has done the hard work of getting its budget into shape and reforming its...

Small and medium-sized companies in Latin America could play a key role in strengthening and consolidating the region's economic growth, which this year will slow down for the first time in nearly...

Spain approved a two-year suspension of evictions Thursday for some needy homeowners unable to pay their mortgages, but activists said the government failed to address the larger issue of how those...