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By Alan Bjerga and Jen Skerritt |
May 23, 2013
Canada vowed to escalate a dispute with the U.S. over plans to impose stricter country-of-origin labeling rules for meat.
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By Carter Dougherty, Bloomberg |
May 23, 2013
U.S. bankers and insurers are trying to use trade deals, which can trump existing legislation, to weaken parts of the Dodd-Frank Act designed to prevent a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis.
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By Phil Flynn |
May 7, 2013
Oil prices swung back and forth like a juiced up yo-yo as it tried to balance rising geo-political risk as well as economic risks.
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By Ian Sayson and Maria Levitov, Bloomberg |
February 21, 2013
Emerging-market stocks fell the most in seven months, erasing 2013 gains after Federal Reserve minutes sparked concern the U.S. may curtail stimulus and declining commodity prices dragged producers lower.
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By Ian Sayson and Victoria Stilwell, Bloomberg |
January 2, 2013
Developing-nation stocks rose to a 10-month high after U.S. lawmakers passed a bill that averted spending cuts and tax gains that had threatened the world’s largest economy.
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By Lee Spears, Bloomberg |
October 1, 2012
Initial public offerings dropped last quarter to the second-lowest level since the financial crisis, as signs of a global economic slowdown threaten to extend the IPO market’s slump into 2013.
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By Shamim Adam and Jennifer M. Freedman, Bloomberg |
September 21, 2012
The World Trade Organization cut its forecast for commerce growth this year to 2.5 percent as the euro-region debt crisis drags down the global economy and the U.S. slows, WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy said.
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By Brian Wingfield, Bloomberg |
September 20, 2012
United Parcel Service Inc. projects short-term economic headwinds amid a decline in manufacturing orders in Asia while the company pursues a major acquisition in Europe, the head of its international division said.
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By Margaret Talev and Jennifer M. Freedman, Bloomberg |
September 17, 2012
The economy returned to the forefront of the presidential campaign as the U.S. today filed a challenge at the World Trade Organization accusing China of illegally subsidizing exports of automobiles and auto parts.
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By Jason Webb and Leon Lazaroff, Bloomberg |
August 6, 2012
Emerging-market stocks rose to the strongest level in almost three months as concern over Europe’s debt crisis eased and as better-than-estimated U.S. corporate earnings boosted the outlook for exporters.
