WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Producer prices recorded their largest drop in three years in April as gasoline and food costs tumbled, pointing to weak inflation pressures that should give the Federal Reserve latitude to keep monetary policy very accommodati... [Full Article]
By Margaret Chadbourn WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Freddie Mac , the No. 2 provider of U.S. mortgage money, posted its second-largest quarterly profit in company history in the first quarter due to rising home prices, falling mortgage delinquencies and inc... [Full Article]
By Ulf Laessing and Khalid Abdelaziz KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Kenana, Sudan's biggest sugar producer, plans to more than triple its ethanol output within two years to become a major biofuel exporter and intends to make a stock market offering in Sou... [Full Article]
By David Brett LONDON (Reuters) - The FTSE 100 index jumped 2 percent on Tuesday on strong earnings reports and after weak German data fuelled expectations for a rate cut in the euro zone, the UK's main export market. The FTSE 100 rose 125.50 po... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - The biggest threat to Britain's sovereign debt rating is uncertainty about whether the economy will return to sustainable growth in the next couple of years, ratings agency Fitch told Reuters on Monday. Fitch stripped Britain ... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (AP) - A steep fall in commodity prices led the stock market to its worst day this year on Monday, as worries about the global economy resurfaced. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
Is it "the biggest cyberattack in history"? Or just routine flak that network-security providers face all the time? (Source: LiveScience.com)... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - House prices in England and Wales posted their biggest month-on-month gain in three years in March, driven by increases in London, a survey showed on Monday. House prices rose 0.3 percent from February, the biggest increase since M... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street advanced modestly on Friday on a much stronger-than-expected payrolls report, sending the Dow to yet another record intraday high and putting the S&P 500 on track for its biggest weekly gain since the first week o... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks edged lower on Thursday on caution ahead of Friday's all-important jobs report, but the S&P 500 still posted its best monthly gain since October 2011. The benchmark S&P 500 advanced 5.1 percent in January as i... [Full Article]