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The head of Societe Generale's Russian unit Rosbank faced up to seven years in jail for bribery on Thursday after Russian investigators released a film of him with cash piled on his desk in what several ...

$1,000 a share doesn't seem that far out of reach for the stock, but look at what happened to Apple.

State-backed Lloyds Banking Group said on Thursday that 95.91 percent of shareholders at its annual general meeting approved its executive pay plan in 2012. Lloyds also said 98.7 percent backed a resolution ...

Ground-breaking for new U.S. homes plummeted more than expected in April from an almost five-year high, but applications to build new homes shows the housing sector could still contribute to the strengthening economic recovery.

Credit rating agency Standard & Poor's on Thursday cut its rating on Berkshire Hathaway, the insurance and industrial conglomerate controlled by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, by one notch.

Kohl's Corp on Thursday said it expects sales to pick up in the current quarter, and the retailer reported a better-than-expected first-quarter profit, helped by cost-cutting, sending its shares up 7 percent ...

The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits climbed last week at the fastest pace in six months, a worrisome sign for the economy which has been hit by government austerity. Initial ...

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The euphoria or exuberance that has signaled the end of previous bull markets is a fraction of its former self, says Don Hays, founder of Hays Advisory Group.

The chances of Britain selling its stake in Lloyds improved during 2012 and the government should be able to start offloading its shares "over time", the bank's chairman told shareholders on ...

On approaching his 60th birthday this year, long-serving Tullow Oil boss Aidan Heavey told staff he felt "like two 30 year-olds". A handful of recent shock departures by 50-something chief executives ...

The head of Societe Generale's Russian unit Rosbank faced up to seven years in jail for bribery on Thursday after Russian investigators released a film of him with cash piled on his desk in what several ...

Weak data fanned expectations on Thursday of more central bank action in Europe, keeping yield-hungry investors focused on the region's stock markets and the dollar near a six-week high against the euro. ...

Bangladesh will reopen more than 300 garment factories on Friday, ending a three-day forced closure due to worker protests over pay and working conditions after a building collapse killed more than 1,100 ...

A tax deal between the British government and Goldman Sachs worth up to 20 million pounds to the U.S. bank was lawful but "not a glorious episode" for the tax authority, a judge ruled on Thursday. ...

A deepening recession and banking stress tests could find Italy's mid-sized lenders short of billions of euros, putting the state on the hook for a new wave of cash calls and triggering an overhaul of ...

British oil company BP wants Prime Minister David Cameron to intervene with the U.S. government over the escalating cost of compensating U.S. companies for the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster in 2010, the ...

Alternative asset managers such as Blackstone Group LP and KKR & Co LP have for decades scoured the stock market for undervalued companies. Now they are trying to convince investors that shares in their ...