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The US Secretary of State John Kerry is meeting with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, in a bid to find “common ground” on the Syria crisis.

The flat reading for consumer prices followed a modest 0.2 percent rise in October and declines in August and September, the Labor Department reported Tuesday.

Crude oil extended its slide on Monday, but steadied after moving within a hair of 11-year lows, on mounting fears that the global supply glut would only worsen amid the price war between leading OPEC and non-OPEC producers.

Head of global asset allocation Alain Bokobza says looking at the 2016 panorama, in which USA interest rates tighten and the economy fares reasonably well, “that does not argue for a higher gold price”. Past surveys show that many economists expected the first hike to...

A staff member at the National Theatre, where the band was to give the invitation-only performances, confirmed the concerts were off, but did not give a reason.

President Barack Obama has warned Americans of a “new phase” of terror threats – days after the deadly shootings in San Bernardino.

Walgreens, the retail pharmacy division of Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc., “has a lot of credibility and muscle”, said Nomura analyst Shibani Malhotra, making the deal “very important for Valeant”.

That’s nearly a sideshow.

“The fact that Brent crude has fallen into the $36-$38 range, having broken through the $40 point to multi-year lows, means that we are now seeing sub-£1/litre petrol at many forecourts”.

The consumer-price index, which measures what Americans pay for everything from breakfast cereal to college tuition, was unchanged in November after rising a seasonally adjusted 0.2% in October, the Labor Department said Tuesday. The latest figure was 1.3 percent core inflation...

Reno Police also want to encourage anyone has elderly friends or family to discuss these phone scams with them and to advise them to not send any money to these scammers.

The ratings firm cut its forecast for US crude from $48 to $40 a barrel in 2016, and said independent oil companies’ pre-tax cash flows will likely fall 20 to 25 percent next year as oil-price hedges roll off. I saw six cycles – I saw very high price[s], I saw low...

The unemployment rate dipped to 5.2% in the three months to October, from 5.3% in the three months to September, the Office for National Statistics said.

The dollar rose against a basket of global currencies on Tuesday, as the US Federal Reserve began its two-day policy meeting where it is tipped to raise interest rates by 25 basis points.

The Seattle City Council voted 8-0 Monday to enact an ordinance giving taxi, for-hire and Uber drivers the ability to unionize. The legislation approved by the City Council Monday is seen as a test case for the changing 21st century workforce. The New York Times observes that if...