Global growth seen weak as lending stagnates

Global growth will be very weak next year, a senior European banker warned on Tuesday, and loans to companies and household in the euro […]

Green technology is on the rise, despite recession

It seems so easy in the IBM commercial. An underling explains to her pessimistic boss how their company will save millions of dollars with […]

Retailers’ holiday sales plummet: Spending Pulse

U.S. retailers’ sales fell as much as 4 percent during the holiday season, as the weak economy and bad weather created one of the […]

Economic freeze leaves some in the cold

Thousands more Missourians have had their natural-gas service shut off for nonpayment this year than in previous years, another sign of a faltering economy […]

Mortgage aid could come with more Treasury cash

The U.S. Treasury Department’s appeal on Friday for the final $350 billion of a market bailout fund could finally push administration officials to finance […]

Pensions rethink commods plans in bearish world

Pension funds and other big investors in commodities are reassessing strategies for 2009 after their huge buildup in commodity index exposure this year backfired […]

Key U.S. rate, bank loans show rescue not working

NEW YORK — A federal judge on Monday threw a lifesaver to investors who may have been duped in one of Wall Street’s biggest […]

More banks reveal Madoff exposure

Royal Bank of Scotland, Man Group and Nomura on Monday joined a growing list of financial groups acknowledging exposure to the alleged $50 billion […]

Chinese exports tumble

A dramatic fall in Chinese exports underlined the weakness of the global economy on Wednesday and miner Rio Tinto joined a growing list of […]

Ecoflation, a new worry, could hit consumer goods

Add another economic worry to inflation and deflation: ecoflation, the rising cost of doing business in a world with a changing climate.
Ecoflation could hit […]