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The combined company, which will be called Pfizer plc, will bring together a huge US pharmaceutical company best known for iconic drugs like the cholesterol-fighting Lipitor and erectile dysfunction medication Viagra with Allergan, which is best known for making wrinkle-smoothing...

The pace of contraction in China’s manufacturing sector slowed in November and the services sector grew, signs that the country’s transition to a consumption-driven economy is back on track after a torrid summer, surveys showed Tuesday. In China, South Africa’s...

The ECB overnight deposit rate was cut from -0.2% to -0.3% to push banks to lend instead of parking money at the ECB, Mr Timms said.

Employers have now added a robust average 213,000 jobs a month over the past six months. September and October data were revised to show 35,000 more jobs than previously reported. Futures indicated a 100 point gain in the Dow Jones industrial average when the market opens at 9:30...

The Labor Department’s revised job growth for September and October was up by a combined 35,000.

“We call on the Turkish authorities to withdraw its military force from Iraqi territories and not repeating such an incident that hurt the relations between the two neighboring countries”, Masum said.

WASHINGTON | The U.S. economy generated another month of solid hiring in November, making it highly likely that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates from record lows this month. Payrolls climbed by 211,000 last month following a 298,000 gain in October that was larger...

In addition, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) fell 1.4%, and the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE) fell 2% on December 3, 2015. More radical options under discussion included the purchase of corporate debt or a split deposit rate that would punish banks parking too much cash...

USA job growth likely remained solid in November in a show of the economy’s resilience, which could pave the way for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates this month for the first time in almost a decade.

OPEC ministers ended their policy meeting in Vienna on a discordant note, unable to decide as a group how much it should pump in aggregate.

OPEC members failed to agree on an oil production ceiling on Friday at a meeting that ended in acrimony, after Iran said it would not consider any production curbs until it restores output scaled back for years under Western sanctions.

Yahoo Inc. will consider selling the company’s core internet business, with the possibilities being discussed in a series of board meetings being held from Wednesday to Friday, the Wall Street Journal reports.

The acquisition will help Pfizer to slash its tax bill in the US, but will certainly spark outrage on Capitol Hill and the White House over the maneuver to lower its corporate tax bill.

USA businesses have added 13.7 million jobs in a little less than six years, but White House economic advisor Jason Furman says “We have more work to do”.

The victor is all but guaranteed a spot in the playoff, thanks to Notre Dame’s loss to Stanford.