European shares were higher in morning trade on Monday, mirroring gains in Asia where Japan's Nikkei closed at a fresh five-and-a-half year high, and after U.S. stocks closed at a record high on Friday....

The Federal Reserve should not go from "wild turkey" monetary policy to "cold turkey" overnight, Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher told CNBC on Monday, saying that when the dial back ...

GE Capital, the financial services arm of industrial giant General Electric, will return $6.5 billion worth of dividends back to its parent company over the course of the year, the company announced on ...

There are no signs of a turnaround for the euro zone after six straight quarters of recession, and even once mighty Germany is struggling, according to the Royal Bank of Scotland's latest World Economy ...

South Korean retailers reeling from a recent steep decline in Japanese tourists, thanks to a weakening yen, but Chinese tourists are stepping in pick up the slack.

Barring a major selloff in the month's final two weeks, investors clearly have not "sold in May and gone away". The major averages are coming off their fourth consecutive week of gains, with ...

Following the DAX's rise to a new record high and the FTSE's rally to its highest level in over five years, Citigroup's Jonathan Stubbs told CNBC that European equities have "rarely" been so ...

Energy pipelines have been a favorite of the bulls, and now they're looking for Kinder Morgan to break out.

Easy monetary policy by the Federal Reserve and other central banks is limiting supply of stocks, as well as fueling asset bubbles, one analyst warned on Monday.

The latest retail report from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) warns that the rise in empty shops in towns across the U.K. is a "major concern."

An independent Scotland is at risk of a Cyprus-style banking crisis, as its banking sector would be "exceptionally large" compared to the size of its economy, a U.K. government report has said....

Asia's stock markets were in rally mode on Monday after better-than-expected U.S data boosted investor confidence in the global economic recovery.

More than 8,000 French households' tax bills topped 100 percent of their income in 2012, a French newspaper reported.

Inflation in Britain will peak over the summer and remain well above 2 percent - the target set by the U.K's Chancellor - for the foreseeable future, Ernst & Young warned on Monday.

First it was gold, and now it's silver. The metal fell victim to heavy selling on Monday, dragging gold down with it, on U.S. dollar strength and as investors turned more cautious on precious metals as ...

I was just at an interesting lunch with Garry Kasparov, the man who became the youngest world chess champion in history in 1985 at the age of 22. He held the title as the world's top player for 20 years ...

Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng stock index may be one of Asia's laggards, but Morgan Stanley reckons the market is poised to more than double to 50,000 by the end of 2015 on the back of ample liquidity ...

The deteriorating economic and political triggers in Europe appear likely to cause a bout of serious risk-off, starting early next week, Mike Gallagher, director of research at IDEAglobal writes.

Billionaire Ciputa is a household name in Indonesia with malls, hotels and a university under his name. Now, he's passing on his knowledge on to the next generation of entrepreneurs.

Australian stocks have enjoyed solid gains amid the party in global equities, rising around 20 percent over the past six months, however, one strategist fears the rally could be short-lived.

After 123 days being grounded and then repaired to ensure its battery systems do not catch fire, Boeing 787 Dreamliners are about to once again make commercial flight in the United States. A United Airlines ...

The Japanese prime minister will have a tough job in trying to convince his G-8 colleagues that his "three arrows" stimulus program will be able to address deeply ingrained structural problems ...

Eight months into the yen's steep decline and Japan's policymakers are starting to voice their concern about the pace of the currency's move.

The U.S. dollar and its reaction to the Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's Congress testimony on Wednesday will prove central for crude oil price direction this week, according to CNBC's weekly survey ...

CNBC's Eunice Yoon reports on Apple's latest competitor who is taking China by storm.

Tim Smith, North Asia CEO of Maersk Line says a reduction in costs helped first-quarter earnings swing back into the black from a loss a year ago. He says new capacity coming into the Chinese market are ...

Chanitr Charnchainarong, Executive Vice President of Thailand's Stock Exchange says the pipeline for new listings looks healthy as more firms from diversified sectors apply.

The prolonged weakness in the Japanese yen is taking a toll on many of South Korea's industries, including tourism. SBS CNBC's Rhie Young Lim reports.

A two-day Bank of Japan meeting, a speech by the Federal Reserve's chief and minutes from the latest Reserve Bank of Australia gathering put central banks in focus for Asian markets in the week ahead.

Michael Spencer, Chief Economist, Asia Pacific at Deutsche Bank says Japan's radical quantitative easing program will not be sufficient to sustain growth. He believes structural reform is more important....

Michael Spencer, Chief Economist, Asia Pacific at Deutsche Bank, says that in three to six months it will be obvious to investors that there is growth in Asia.

Paul Gambles, Managing Partner at MBMG International, explains why he does not see any evidence that the U.S. central bank is mapping out any exit.

Bond restructurings, negotiated settlements with bondholders and bond insurers, and tough talk with unionized workers are on the agenda as Detroit's emergency financial manager tries to meet a self-imposed, ...

The renewable fuel industry finds itself struggling to reassert itself in a world of renewed popularity for oil and gas. A budding process aims to transform agriculture waste into a renewable source of ...

The Yahoo board has approved a deal to pay $1.1 billion for the blogging site Tumblr, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.

ZenoRadio takes advantage of a loophole in the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to provide a radio service to mostly immigrant customers.

It's a long time coming, but TV content is showing up on non-TV screens like never before, and people are willing to pay for it. Whatever will become of cable?

Brands from Belvedere to Magnum ice cream have ubiquitous presences during the Cannes Film Festival, hoping to boost their exposure.

Cloud computing remains a major secular tech trend, but investors may not fully appreciate the benefits for Amazon and Google.

A new bipartisan bill, the Student Right to Know Before You Go Act, aims to press colleges into providing prospective students and families with data on the employment outcomes of their graduates.

Shot on a low budget of less than a million dollars, Sundance Film Festival winner "Fruitvale Station" is taking the Cannes Film Festival by storm.

Hoping to increase sales and traffic in their restaurants, fast-food and fast-casual operators are cranking up the menu innovation to produce items that stray from the gastronomic norm.

The National Transportation Safety Board wants states to make it illegal to drive with a blood-alcohol content level above 0.05. Currently all U.S. states set the limit at 0.08. For some people, the lower ...

Bullish momentum should drive stocks higher into the week ahead as markets watch to see if Fed chairman Ben Bernanke weighs in on whether the economy is strong enough to justify paring back on Fed bond ...

Arthur Laffer, chairman, Laffer Associates, discusses the falling deficit and why some people are saying the deficit is being cut too fast.

Howard Dean (D) former VT Governor, and Sean Spicer, Republican National Committee, discuss the IRS scandal, the AP phone records issue, Benghazi talking points, and missing terrorists.

Seema Mody reports on Apple CEO Tim Cook's statement that corporate taxes are too high, ahead of his Congressional testimony next week. With Dean Garfield, Information Technology Industry Council, and ...

Seema Mody discusses who the real winner is in the $600 million Powerball lottery.