BEIJING (AP) — Global stocks were mixed Monday after U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said the Fed might buy more bonds, while a stronger yen weighed on Japanese exporters. Japan’s Nikkei 225 lost 0.1 percent to 10,167.23. Exporters including automakers lost ground after a disappointing U.S. jobs report Friday weakened the dollar, which would [...]

SymbolPriceChangeADP46.73+0.04{“s” : “adp”,”k” : “a00,a50,b00,b60,c10,g00,h00,l10,p20,t10,v00″,”o” : “”,”j” : “”} WASHINGTON (AP) — The economy is starting to fire on almost every cylinder these days but the one that matters most: Job creation. Factories are busier. Incomes are rising. Autos are selling. The holiday shopping season is shaping up as the best in four years. Stock [...]

FILE – In this Jan. 26, 2009 file photo, Jeffrey Kindler, chairman and CEO of Pfizer, speaks at a news conference in New York. Kindler, the head of the world’s biggest drugmaker, Pfizer Inc., has stepped down unexpectedly after less than five years at the helm. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File) SymbolPriceChangeMCD79.76+0.38MDCO13.43+0.06PFE16.72+0.03{“s” : “mcd,mdco,pfe”,”k” : “a00,a50,b00,b60,c10,g00,h00,l10,p20,t10,v00″,”o” [...]

SymbolPriceChangeVALE34.32+0.75{“s” : “vale”,”k” : “a00,a50,b00,b60,c10,g00,h00,l10,p20,t10,v00″,”o” : “”,”j” : “”} HONG KONG (AP) — Brazil’s Vale mining company, the world’s biggest producer of iron ore, says that a secondary listing of its shares will start trading on the Hong Kong stock exchange on Wednesday as it seeks greater access to investors in China’s booming economy. Vale [...]

Swiss Denis Simonet, right, president of the Pirate Party, and vice president Pascal Gloor left, pose prior to a press conference in Biel, Switzerland, Friday, Dec. 3, 2010. Simonet announced the moving of Wikileaks to Switzerland. Just a few hours after having its DNS servers terminated by a US company, WikiLeaks has announced a move [...]

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., smiles during a news conference following two votes on tax cuts during a rare Saturday session of the U.S. Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010. President Barack Obama said he isn’t happy Senate Republicans blocked legislation Saturday that would have extended tax cuts for the [...]

GENEVA (AP) — WikiLeaks’s main server in France has gone offline, preventing many users from accessing the U.S. State Department cables and other documents the site has posted online, a group of Swiss supporters said Sunday. The president of the Swiss Pirate Party, which controls the wikileaks.ch Web address, said he was in the process [...]

Anti-government supporters shout slogans and hold banners during a rally against the governments policies and financial plans, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010 in Seoul , South Korea. South Korea’s top trade official Kim Jong-hoon on Sunday defended a hard-fought compromise with the United States on a stalled free trade agreement by rejecting accusations that his government [...]

U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, left, looks on as President Barack Obama makes a statement on the US-Korea Free Trade Agreement on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010 in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Saturday praised a newly sealed trade deal with South Korea as a landmark agreement that promises to [...]

FILE – In this May 20, 2010 photo, Massey Energy Company Chief Executive Officer Don Blankenship pauses as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Senate Health and Human Services subcommittee hearing on mine safety. Blankenship announced Friday, Dec. 3, 2010 that he will retire at the end of the month, finishing a [...]