Hopes that GDP growth in the third quarter would have a three-handle on it have pretty much been dashed.

Wall Street can't really fathom a nuclear war so it chooses to ignore the possibility, says Mark Grant of Hilltop Securities.

The month-over month decrease was 0.2{c97747fc6669eeabccae72a612b98144a9761deaf7841779826c1625931c3d62}, when a gain of

There is more chance of a tax bill, but less chance it will provide a lot of economic stimulus, says one economist.

The merger of chemical giants Huntsman and Clariant could trip up on weak turnout in a Swiss shareholder vote.

For markets fretting about a world with less central-bank stimulus, Portugal has given a hint that it might not be that bad after all.