Foreign Exchange Market

It’s being marketed as a one-time tax -- a civic donation to the nation’s financial stability. But the people of Cyprus know it by another name: expropriation. A government plan to siphon as much as 10% from individual bank deposits to co-...

LONDON (AP) — Stocks around the world fell sharply Monday as investors gave their initial verdict to a weekend plan to tax depositors in Cypriot banks as part of a bailout of the Mediterranean island nation. Though Cyprus only accounts for...

What if we told you that something absolutely incredible — the inflation-fighting phenomenon known as the dollar store — could get even better. Hogwash, some of you are probably thinking. Well we've got some advice from Irene Sabo in...

  Q. My bahia lawn is filling with dollar weed. I am told a weed-control product with the 2,4-D herbicide would be good. Can it be applied now? A. Too bad we cannot cash in on dollar weed, as many gardeners would be rich. Instead, we are normally...

WASHINGTON -- Top finance officials of the Group of 20 largest economies sought Saturday to allay fears of a currency war, pledging not to target exchange rates to gain a competitive advantage in trade. But the joint statement, issued at the end of a G-...

To make more money, try selecting for profit. That's what dollar-value indexes help cattle producers do. “It's probably the easiest way to practice multiple-trait selection,” says Megan Rolf, Oklahoma State University animal scientist. “It's also a...

A strategic knock on the door, followed by a sharp, stern reply from the leaders occupying the inner chambers forcefully stating "you are not welcome here" sent the humiliated, dejected U.S. President Obama in search of another ploy.  The details can...

Toyota Motor Corp. profits soared in the latest quarter, helped by strong sales in North America and a slide in the value of the Japanese yen. Toyota, which surpassed GM in 2012 to become the world’s largest auto company, said profit for its third...

The first people to tell the public that the world's oldest bank was cooking its books weren't the bank's executives, its outside auditors at KPMG, its regulators at the Bank of Italy, or anyone else who had a duty to keep the place honest. They were...

On a distant Valentine’s Day, a young Chicago gal living the sweet life enjoyed a swanky lunch in the Gold Coast with a new suitor and a dozen of the loveliest red roses.  And, on that very same day, enjoyed a dinner date with another handsome...

PETOSKEY -- Area Realtors saw the number of local residential property sales rise in 2012 compared with the previous year, with the combined dollar volume for those transactions growing year-to-year as well. While average and median prices for those...

Stock and bond markets in the U.S. were closed Monday for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, but trading took place in the rest of the world. European stocks rose while German bonds declined as European finance ministers met for the first time this...