A northern California hedge-fund manager has surrendered to the FBI to face insider-trading charges in a broader investigation involving Galleon founder Raj Rajaratnam.

The U.S. trade gap widened to $48.80 billion in December, pushed higher by rising oil prices and imports of cars and planes.

Duncan Niederauer will lay out NYSE Euronext's stand-alone strategy following the collapse of its blockbuster merger with Deutsche Börse, though for once looking back might ... more

CCTV pictures have been released showing the moment a man entered a pub brandishing a chainsaw.

Britain's half-term holidaymakers have been warned about treacherous road conditions and the risk of "frozen" fuel.

Former Portsmouth chairman Milan Mandaric is convinced Harry Redknapp is the perfect candidate to succeed Fabio Capello.

Mr. Csurka, the founder of a far-right political party and a fierce anti-Semite, appealed to older Hungarians with his evocation of the nation’s glory days ... more

A mathematical formula cannot identify pairs of singles likely to have a successful romance.

French industrial production sharply contracted in December, suggesting the euro zone's second-largest economy nose-dived at the end of last year, even as Italy's industrial output ... more

Greece was preparing for a parliamentary vote on painful austerity measures the country must take to gain a fresh €130 billion bailout, amid growing public ... more

Japanese Emperor Akihito will undergo heart bypass surgery next Saturday after an examination showed a heart problem had worsened, the Imperial Household Agency said.

The Bank of Japan will likely review the way it communicates its inflation target when the policy board meets Monday, amid growing political and market ... more

Saboteurs blew up a pipeline in Egypt that supplied gas to Israel, the 12th such attack in a year, security officials said.

Ambassadors worked Thursday on a revised Syria resolution, as bartering focused on the conditions under which President Bashar al-Assad could be asked to step down. ... more

The Department of Defense has identified 1,874 American service members who have died as a part of the Afghan war and related operations.

Politico - He won by just three points, 39 percent to Ron Paul’s 36 percent.

Maine Republican Party Chairman Charlie Webster says Mitt Romney has won the Maine caucuses by a slim margin, giving him a much needed boost following ... more