date: 2010-08-27 09:02:00

Boeing will delay the delivery of the first 787 Dreamliner jet to the middle of the first quarter of 2011.

date: 2010-08-27 08:46:00

U.K. shares lose ground as heavyweight stocks in the banking and oil sectors fall.

date: 2010-08-27 07:54:00

European stock markets edged lower Friday as gains for airline stocks helped partially offset further weakness among banks and oil giant BP.

date: 2010-08-27 03:36:00

TOKYO (AFP) - Asian stock markets were sluggish on Friday following a lacklustre session on Wall Street and mixed economic data from Japan.

date: 2010-08-26 23:01:00

Foreclosures fell in the second quarter -- for the first time since 2006 and the largest drop since 2005 -- but the same Mortgage Bankers Association report found that the portion of homeowners falling slightly behind on their payments increased, and that may mean higher foreclosures down the road.

date: 2010-08-26 22:07:00

The U.S. dollar eases slightly against the euro and the yen, after U.S. initial jobless claims show a larger-than-expected decline for last week.

date: 2010-08-26 12:48:00

U.S. stock market futures move higher as the latest weekly jobs data show a steeper-than-expected drop in the number of people filing first-time unemployment claims. That, and more, in Before the Bell.

date: 2010-08-26 12:45:00

Oil prices rise as U.S. stock futures are near neutral and the U.S. dollar weakens.

date: 2010-08-26 12:44:00

The number of people filing first-time claims for unemployment benefits falls for the first week in four, with the Labor Department pegging the decrease at 31,000 to put the number of applicants at 473,000 for the week ended Aug. 21.

date: 2010-08-26 12:21:00

LONDON (Reuters) - A fall in euro zone long-dated rates, which has seen curves flatten sharply, has further to run as investors are forced to lock in longer-maturity returns in the face of a deteriorating global economic outlook.

date: 2010-08-26 10:50:43

A secretive industry opens up to meet the demands of investors and regulatorsFOR much of the past two years hedge-fund managers have tried to convince queasy investors not to give up on them. Now it seems that some of the industry’s biggest names have given up on themselves. Stanley ...

date: 2010-08-26 10:50:43

The sorry end to a bold banking experiment“LET’S change the world: ShoreBank’s slogan shouted that the Chicago-based lender saw itself as not just a bank but the leader of a movement. Founded in 1973, it set out to prove that money could be lent profitably to poor people in poor ...

date: 2010-08-26 10:50:43

A lawsuit in Germany highlights the flaws of hybrid securities“MORE capital, better capital has been the chant of central bankers and regulators, as they strive to rebuild the banking system on more solid foundations. The debate about how much capital banks should hold against unexpected ...