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The US economy contracted at an annual rate of 0.5% from July to September, according to revised official data.

Google is set to report third-quarter earnings after the market closes Thursday, and investors aren't exactly placing bets on a big blowout.

Despite a huge jump in September Internet searches related to the election and the widening credit crisis, the boost in traffic may not necessarily mean it's all good for Google.

Worries about the deepening credit crisis and higher oil prices weighed on U.S. stock futures early Monday.

The government may have to give a taxpayer guarantee to billions of pounds of mortgage market bonds, the BBC learns.

Japanese carmaker Toyota says it expects to sell fewer cars this year than previously forecast because of the weak US car market.

U.S. stock futures tumbled early Tuesday as deepening concerns about the bank sector dragged on the dollar and sent overseas markets sharply lower.

U.S. futures edged higher Friday after stocks ended the previous session at their lowest level in nearly two years, but record crude prices limited gains.

The trouble with gloom is that when you're surrounded by it, that's all you can see. A sunny tomorrow could be on its way, but the present darkness is definite.

Obviously I'm talking about the economy, not the weather, and I'd like to propose the radical thought that, contrary to the evidence that surrounds us right now, just possibly the apocalypse is not at hand.

US consumer confidence in June fell to its lowest level since February 1992, a survey suggests.