U.S. stock index futures were little changed on Friday, though recent weakness was enough to put the Dow and S&P 5…

Theme lunches, giant TVs and viewing parties. Silicon Valley may be far from the World Cup in Brazil but tech employee…

British construction output grew faster than previously thought in the first quarter, new figures showed on Friday, bu…

Porsche will return to the Le Mans sports car race for the first time in 16 years on Saturday, intensifying its rivalr…

Investors braced on Friday for a UK interest rate hike later this year, pushing sterling to five-year highs and hurtin…

General Motors Co recalled 511,528 Chevrolet Camaros on Friday for an ignition switch problem similar to the defect l…

Ukrainian forces surrounded the rebel-held port city of Mariupol in fighting with pro-Russian separatists after launch…

China's crude steel output hit a record of 70.43 million tonnes in May, up 2.6 percent from a year ago, government…

Petra Diamonds Ltd said it had recovered an "exceptional" 122.52 carat blue diamond at its Cullinan mine in …

Ukrainian forces regained control of the port of Mariupol on Friday, raising the national flag over the southeastern c…

Indonesian government officials met with major foreign copper miners on Friday, with the chief economics minister hopi…

North-Sea focused oil producer EnQuest has agreed to take over ExxonMobil's share in the Malaysian Seligi oil fie…

EU energy ministers agreed a deal on Friday to limit production of biofuels made from food crops, responding to critic…

A rare 122.52-carat blue diamond found in South Africa could fetch more than $35 million for a London-listed mining co…

The leader of South Africa's AMCU union said on Friday a wage deal with the top three platinum producers was immin…

The U.S. economic recovery should accelerate in coming months as an energy boom, steadily falling unemployment and a r…

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U.S. stock edged higher at the open on Friday as some positive corporate news supported markets, though ongoing violen…

Stock funds worldwide attracted $11.4 billion in the week ended June 11, marking the biggest inflows into the funds si…

U.S. Treasury debt prices slid on Friday, pressured by sharp losses in UK bonds after Bank of England Governor Mark Ca…

Britain's finance minister George Osborne this week rejected European Union plans to outlaw currency market manip…

The leader of South Africa's AMCU union said on Friday a wage deal with the top three platinum producers was immin…

General Motors Co said on Friday it will recall 511,528 Chevrolet Camaro cars, mainly in North America, because a driv…

China wants London's Heathrow airport to expand its capacity so that Chinese airlines can introduce more flights b…

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles will meet its 2014 targets even though the Brazilian car market is set to remain difficult …

Thailand's military government lifted a curfew nationwide on Friday, citing the absence of any violence and the ne…

Investors braced on Friday for a UK interest rate hike later this year, pushing sterling to five-year highs and hurtin…

A senior U.S. Treasury official on Friday rejected calls to recapitalize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, saying it would …

The advance of Sunni militants in Iraq leaves Turkey facing a widening Islamist insurgency in two of its southern neig…

Travel website owner Priceline Group Inc will buy restaurant reservation website operator OpenTable Inc for $2.6 bill…

Palladium tumbled to a one-month low on Friday, extending its biggest drop in nearly a year in the previous session, a…

Brazil's 3-1 win over Croatia in the World Cup opener on Thursday generated 58 million posts on Facebook, almost f…

Major European stock indexes ended lower on Friday, with British equities slipping on the possibility of an early rate…

Wal-Mart Stores Inc will launch its business-to-business e-commerce platform in the Indian cities of Lucknow and Hyde…

Britain could become the first major economy to tighten monetary policy since the 2008 financial crisis, Bank of Engla…