PARIS (AP) - U.S. markets rose Thursday as positive economic data helped steady investor nerves after Japan's main stock index plunged into "bear market" territory. European markets were mixed. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
PARIS (AP) - Positive U.S. economic data helped stabilize world stocks on Thursday after a sharp selloff in Japan put its main index in "Bear Market" territory, rattling investors. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
LONDON (AP) - Stock markets edged lower on Wednesday as investors worried about the future of monetary stimulus by two major central banks, the Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's Jiroemon Kimura, who had been recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living person and the oldest man ever, died Wednesday of natural causes. He was 116. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's Jiroemon Kimura, who had been recognized by the Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living person, the oldest living man and the oldest man ever, died Wednesday of natural causes. He was 116. (Source: Associate... [Full Article]
BEIJING (AP) - Asian stocks fell Wednesday amid concern about a lack of new Japanese moves to calm bond markets and uncertainty about the outlook for U.S. monetary policy. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
By Chikako Mogi TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese stocks slumped and commodities were mostly lower on Wednesday, extending an overnight global selloff in equities, as the absence of fresh steps from the Bank of Japan to quell turbulence in the domestic bond... [Full Article]
LONDON (AP) - Disappointment that the Bank of Japan did not unveil more measures to boost the economy as well as uncertainty over the course of U.S. monetary policy weighed on global markets Tuesday. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
LONDON (AP) - Disappointment that the Bank of Japan did not unveil more measures to boost the economy as well as uncertainty over the course of U.S. monetary policy weighed hard on global markets Tuesday. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock futures fell on Tuesday after Japan did not offer new measures to calm its bond market, disappointing U.S. investors who are also trying to gauge the future direction of central bank policy at home. * The news sent U.S. Tre... [Full Article]