Official figures show that manufacturing output in Britain fell in April at its fastest rate in five and a half years, a development that raises questions over the economic rebound in the second quarter
Jordan's king, EU foreign policy chief discuss kingdom's economic challenges, meeting just days after mass protests against proposed tax increases
Germany's finance minister is urging bolder steps to strengthen the euro currency union by setting up a fund to help countries hard hit by unemployment and by laying the foundations of an EU-wide tax system
Argentina and the International Monetary Fund have agreed on a three-year $50 billion stand-by financing deal aimed at strengthening the South American country's economy
A former chief executive of the defunct Anglo-Irish Bank has been convicted of fraud for his role in inflating the lender's balance sheet before it collapsed in the 2008 global financial crisis
A top European Central Bank official says policymakers will begin discussions next week on withdrawing the bank's bond-purchase stimulus _ suggesting the ECB isn't overly worried by the recent political upheaval in Italy
The British government has sold a 7.7 percent stake in Royal Bank of Scotland, taking a tentative step toward returning the bank to private ownership almost a decade after it was bailed out at the height of the financial crisis
Britain's government says it intends to sell part of its stake in taxpayer-owned Royal Bank of Scotland to investors
Thousands of Jordanians protest planned tax increase for a fourth straight day, marching toward the office of the prime minister and demanding his resignation
For decades, European leaders and businesses knew that the United States is an essential trade partner and that Italy is one of the pillars of the EU. Friday's events showed that neither of those is as certain as it used to be
