Alleging that American farmers are being denied the ability to compete fairly for exports to China due to the offering excessive support for the production of corn, rice and wheat by the government there, the U.S. has brought a trade complaint to the World Trade Organization against China.  ...

Even as any sense of calm in European markets looked fragile, after a Federal Reserve official argued against raising U.S. interest rates too quickly, European shares rose modestly and the dollar firmed on Tuesday.   The dollar was helped to be weakened and U.S. stocks were pushed higher and...

According to the latest monthly report from oil producer group OPEC, the overall health of the energy sector and the state of global growth would be determined crucially by central banks such as the U.S. Federal Reserve.   Imminent central bank decisions and political developments were...

Customers at Wells Fargo, largest U.S. bank by market capitalization, were pushed into fee-generating accounts they never requested, say regulators and the bank consequently agreed to pay $185 million in penalties and $5 million to customers.   "We regret and take responsibility for any...

Few have managed to deliver on turning volatility into opportunity as well as Wang Bing even though plenty of professional investors like to tout their talent for the same.   The most fevered speculative mania of 2016 to produce the kind of returns that only volatile markets can provide...

Due to expectations of a rise in Federal Reserve interest rates receded after weak U.S. economic data, world stocks hit their highest in more than a year and the dollar fell sharply against the yen on Wednesday.   As investors sought yield with interest rates likely to stay low for a...

In order to ensure that those European drivers and car owners who are affected by Volkswagen's cheating of diesel emissions tests are given their due, the European Commission will meet consumer groups this week to enure that the steps taken by it are enough to for the drivers and owners to seek...

It just six week that the first virtual-reality headset from Sony would be introduced into the market and Shyhei Yoshida, the head of Sony Corp.’s games development is seemingly happy and demand seems promising. Most customer who own the $399 headset already bought from at retailers around the...

New fears about oil explorers and companies’ ability to meet future demand have spurned after exploration figures of the rate of discovery of new oil fields were out in the open.   The figures for 2015 show that in that year, the average oil discovery was the same as it had been in 1960. And...

With new figures on consumer confidence, the housing market and the embattled manufacturing sector being released this week, there will be fresh clues on how the Brexit vote has affected households and businesses.     While businesses have scaled back investment and hiring plans,...

In spite of concern surrounding market statistics that suggest rapid growth for the sector, fears that the tech sector is entering another bubble have been dismissed by analysts.   While technology stocks listed on the S&P 500 have risen significantly, the tech laden Nasdaq has...