TORONTO - Standard & Poor’s has downgraded the ratings of six of Canada’s financial institutions by one notch.The credit ratings agency cites a so...

It may not always feel like it in the real economy (more evidence came out Friday showing Canada's employment picture is far from rosy) b...

PARIS - The U.S. Federal Reserve's tacit acknowledgment that America's economic slowdown is likely to persist for quite a while sent global stock mark...

The future of troubled Chinese timberland company Sino-Forest Corp. appeared to be growing dimmer Monday as debt rating agencies sounded an increasing...

TOKYO - Moody's downgraded Japan's credit rating, citing the country's weak growth prospects, massive government debt and constant political uncertain...

Officials are investigating the ratings that Standard & Poor’s gave to dozens of mortgage-backed securities in the lead-up to the f...

The Securities and Exchange Commission is scrutinizing the method Standard & Poor’s used to cut the U.S.’s credit rating and whether the firm prop...

Add Michael Moore to the list of critics railing against Standard & Poor’s cut to America’s credit rating. Only the fiery social commentator and f...

ATHENS, Greece - Shares on the Athens Stock Exchange are plunging, with the general price index down 4.8 per cent at levels not seen since the mid 199...

What we have witnessed is a mass global flight from risk and an accompanying hoarding of cash on a huge scale. It was the worst week in the financial ...

WASHINGTON - Standard & Poor's says it downgraded the U.S. government's credit rating because it believes the U.S. will keep having problems getting i...

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says the recent stock market turmoil may cause some turbulence for the Canadian economy. But Flaherty says C...

BEIJING, China - China, the largest foreign holder of U.S. debt, demanded Saturday that America tighten its belt and confront its 'debt-addiction' in ...