Norway's vast oil wealth fund has recorded a return of 4.7 percent, or 162 billion kroner ($22.44 billion) in the third quarter, attributing the increase mainly to rising global stock markets,...

James Murdoch has been re-elected to the board of British Sky Broadcasting with little opposition.   However, his 95 percent share of the vote at the company's annual meeting on Thursday...

Americans' confidence in the economy surged last month to the highest level in nearly five years, as many were encouraged by an improving job market.   The Conference Board said Thursday...

U.S. worker productivity grew at the same modest rate this summer as in spring, a sign that companies may be nearing the limits on how much output they can get from their employees.   The...

Wall Street is back in business. The New York Stock Exchange opened trading without problem Wednesday after a historic two-day shutdown caused by superstorm Sandy.   New York City Mayor...

Unemployment in the 17-country eurozone rose to a record 11.6 percent in September, official figures showed Wednesday, in another grim development for a region that is struggling to get to grips with...

Superstorm Sandy grounded more than 18,000 flights across the Northeast and the globe, and it will take days before travel gets back to normal.   According to the flight-tracking service...

Whoever wins the U.S. presidential election will likely struggle to manage the biggest economic threats he'll face.   That's the cautionary message that emerges from the latest...

Official figures show Spain's economy shrank for the fifth quarter in a row.   Spain's National Statistics Institute says Tuesday that the country's economy contracted 0.3...

Japan's central bank expanded a government bond-buying program Tuesday, acting to spur growth following news of a further decline in industrial production.   The Bank of Japan's...