Some of France's richest people, including the billionaire heiress of L'Oreal SA and the head of oil major Total SA, urged the government to tax them ...

Canadians' confidence in the economy has been deeply shaken in the wake of the U.S. credit downgrade and the stock market ups and downs that followed,...

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

Starbucks Corp. Chief Executive Officer Howard Schultz urged other CEOs to stop donating to U.S. political campaigns to encourage leaders to solve the...

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...

World markets have entered a "new danger zone", the president of the World Bank has warned. Robert Zoellick said investors had lost confidence in the ...

TORONTO - The Toronto stock market finished little changed Friday as a strong U.S. retail sales report raised hopes that a market bottom is near after...

Despite the hysteria that the downgrade of US debt would lead to US funding costs rising and Treasuries crashing, instead we've had stocks crashing an...

TORONTO - The Canadian dollar was lower Wednesday as traders reckon that a commitment by the U.S. Federal Reserve to keep interest rates ultra-low for...

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...

Global markets were in freefall for the 10th straight trading day Tuesday, as Asian and European commodity indices plunged on inflation and debt conce...

TORONTO - Canadians could see a rise in unemployment as businesses scale back growth plans if the United States heads back into recession, analysts sa...

BRASILIA, Brazil - The president of Brazil says she and Prime Minister Stephen Harper don't agree with Standard & Poor's decision to downgrade the cre...

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Oil prices fell over $3 to near US$83 a barrel Monday after Standard & Poor's downgraded the U.S.'s credit rating — a blow to confi...

NEW YORK, N.Y. - The price of gold is streaking past $1,700 an ounce for the first time. Investors, beset by worries about the U.S. debt downgrade,...

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...

OTTAWA - North American markets are likely to face more selling pressure today following a downgrade in the United States' credit rating and a worseni...