NEW DELHI – A senior official praised India for reducing oil imports from Iran and said the U.S. government will decide soon on New Delhi’s request to renew a waiver…

TAIPEI, Taiwan – Taiwan has lowered its economic growth forecast for 2013 to a muted 2.4 per cent as global demand for the island’s electronics exports remained subdued.
In February,…

PARIS – France’s finance minister says the government is no longer planning to cap executives’ salaries in the private sector, amid concerns it is antagonizing the big businesses needed to…

BERLIN – German business confidence rebounded this month in an unexpectedly strong showing that sends a hopeful signal for more robust growth in Europe’s biggest economy, a closely watched survey…

TOKYO – Japan’s All Nippon Airways, the launch customer for Boeing’s 787 “Dreamliner,” will resume commercial flights of the aircraft on Sunday, just over four months after the jets were…

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Household products giant Procter & Gamble Co. is hoping its former CEO can work his magic once again.
The Cincinnati company said late Thursday that former…

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama plans to give the Jersey Shore a boost with a post-Memorial Day visit to showcase recovery efforts in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy.
The White…

The run-up in stock prices this year could tempt even the most hands-off investor to wade into their 401(k) and make some changes.
The Dow Jones industrial average, Nasdaq and…

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. – An 11-year study of the incidence of brain cancer at jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney in the state ended Thursday with university researchers saying they…

TORONTO – Canada said Thursday that it is considering retaliatory measures against the United States in a dispute over meat-labeling rules that Ottawa and the World Trade Organization consider discriminatory.…

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Procter & Gamble Co. is bringing back its former CEO, as the world’s largest consumer-products maker tries to spur global growth.
In a surprise move, P&G…

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Total U.S. money market mutual fund assets rose $19.53 billion to $2.601 trillion for the week that ended Wednesday, according to the Investment Company Institute.
Assets…

MILWAUKEE – Shoppers in the U.S. will soon have more information about where their meat comes from after new federal labeling rules went into effect Thursday.
The rules require labels…

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Why worry? Less aid by Fed would point to recovery
WASHINGTON (AP) — Investors have grown nervous that the Federal Reserve will scale back its efforts to boost the…