Greece, creditors on verge of clinching debt deal

8 days 23 hrs 59 mins ago

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece and its private creditors said on Saturday they were piecing together the ...

Freddie Mac hired Gingrich as it reshaped strategy

9 days 3 hrs 16 mins ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Within months after taking over as chief lobbyist at mortgage lender Freddie ...

Yemen's Saleh heads for United States

9 days 5 hrs 52 mins ago

ADEN (Reuters) - President Ali Abdullah Saleh was heading to the United States on Saturday, Yemen's ...

Syria tells Arab League to head for U.N. "or the moon"

13 days 9 hrs 51 mins ago

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Gulf Arab states withdrew their observers from Syria on Tuesday after it rejected...

Aggressive Romney takes new tack in Florida

13 days 9 hrs 59 mins ago

TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Republican Mitt Romney looked to get his White House campaign back on tra...

Greek creditors urge quick deal after eurozone knockback

13 days 10 hrs 6 mins ago

ZURICH/ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's private creditors pleaded Tuesday with European officials who rej...

Italy tax police at Fitch Milan offices: prosecutor

13 days 10 hrs 52 mins ago

MILAN (Reuters) - The Italian tax police was in the offices of ratings agency Fitch in Milan on Tues...

Exporter Japan eyes first trade deficit in 3 decades

13 days 14 hrs 49 mins ago

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan probably produced its first trade deficit last year in more than three decad...

Nuclear experts in Iran on day of oil embargo vote

9 days 1 hr 57 mins ago

TEHRAN (Reuters) - U.N. nuclear inspectors arrived in Iran on Sunday, hoping to shed light on suspec...

UK police arrest Murdoch tabloid staff, raid offices

9 days 4 hrs 3 mins ago

LONDON (Reuters) - British police arrested four current and former staff of Rupert Murdoch's best-se...

S & P says likely to declare Greece in default

13 days 9 hrs 51 mins ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Standard & Poor's will likely downgrade Greece's ratings to "selective default"...

Romney returns show low tax rate

13 days 9 hrs 55 mins ago

TAMPA, Fla./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney bowed to political ...

IMF warns that Europe poses global recession threat

13 days 10 hrs 3 mins ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The euro zone debt crisis is escalating and could derail the global economic ...

Sarkozy admits election defeat is a possibility

13 days 10 hrs 49 mins ago

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy is facing up to the possibility that he could los...

Obama to make pitch for second term in State of the Union

13 days 13 hrs 11 mins ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will pitch new initiatives on jobs, taxes and housing ...