Barclays PLC cut its short-term forecasts for Asian currencies Friday, singling out the Indian rupee, South Korean won and Malaysian ringgit, as the latest flare-up in the euro-zone debt crisis causes investors to flee risky assets.

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer's D.C. home was burglarized earlier this month -- in February, Breyer was robbed while vacationing in the Caribbean.

The only certainty entering the 137th Preakness Stakes on Saturday at Pimlico is that it won't look anything like the Kentucky Derby

A measure of future U.S. economic activity fell in April after six months of increases. The drop reflected weakness in housing and hiring. The Conference Board says its index of leading economic indicators declined 0.1 percent in April.

Dwight King scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period against the Coyotes as the the eighth-seeded Kings improved to 11-1 in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

At the Ira Sohn conference Wednesday, rock star investors gave their best picks to a well-dressed group of 2000 attendees from hedge funds and mutual funds around the world.?? At the 17th Annual Conference, where proceeds go to fund pediatric cancer ...

Suspicious Minds - Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reveals that elderly Communist Party members in the Chinese province of Yunnan have been questioned after they penned a letter calling for the sacking of Zhou Yongkang, the country’s top sec...

SINGAPORE/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Royal Bank of Canada and Credit Suisse are among suitors who have put in initial bids to buy the non-U.S. wealth management business of Bank of America in a deal that could be worth about $2 billion, sources said.

European funding markets have effectively shut down to Australia's banks, the chief executive of Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. (ANZ.AU) said Friday, raising fresh concern about the local spillover from the region's debt crisis.

China’s stocks fell, extending the benchmark index’s losses this week, as property prices slumped in a record number of cities, boosting concern the slowdown in the world’s second-biggest economy is deepening.