Standard and Poor’s decision to downgrade its outlook for British sovereign debt from “stable” to “negative” should be a wake-up call for the US Congress and administration...

Managing a market turnaround and an economic recovery may be the next daunting task on the Federal Reserve's agenda, several economists said...

Sen. Pat Leahy’s endorsement of Sonia Sotomayor gives vivid testimony to all that is wrong with senatorial politics on judicial nominees to the Supreme Court...

Major western countries could go bankrupt in the wake of the financial crisis, one of Britain's most celebrated historians has warned...