WASHINGTON, Sept 11 - The U.S. government on Friday posted a smaller-than-expected $111.40 billion budget deficit for August, marking a record-matching 11 straight months of deficits. The August budget gap was well below the forecasts...
* U.S. dollar index at 12-month low, euro hits 2009 high * China data boosts economic recovery hopes; shares rise * U.S. dollar/yen at 7-month low * U.S. consumer sentiment improves (Recasts, adds comments, updates...
* 'Flash orders,' 'dark pools' under the gun * Some say next big scandal lurks in market structure NEW YORK, Sept 11 - In obscure corners of the U.S. stock market -- where "flash orders,"...
NEW YORK, Sept 11 - U.S. investigators are probing the former head of American International Group Inc's Financial Products unit, Joseph Cassano, and other executives for securities fraud, a law enforcement source familiar with the...
WASHINGTON, Sept 11 - U.S. import prices spiked 2 percent in August as the cost of oil rose, the Labor Department said on Friday, The increase, twice what analysts polled by Reuters had expected, was...
WASHINGTON, Sept 10 - The U.S. trade deficit widened the most in more than 10 years in July as imports grew a record 4.7 percent on resurgent U.S. demand for foreign cars, consumer goods and...
* Comes amid calls for more regulation * Report gives high marks to Vanguard and T Rowe Price BOSTON, Sept 9 - Target-date mutual funds, the investment vehicles popular with many U.S. retirees, need to...
BRASILIA, Sept 9 - Brazil's Environment Minister Carlos Minc said on Wednesday that U.S. targets for greenhouse gas emissions were unacceptable and that it should seek reductions of at least 20 percent over levels in...
WASHINGTON, Sept 8 - Total U.S. consumer credit fell by a record $21.6 billion in July, Federal Reserve data showed on Tuesday, while June's decline was bigger than previously thought. July consumer credit outstanding fell...
WASHINGTON, Sep 8 - The Obama administration's ambitious plan to overhaul U.S. financial regulation...