SHANGHAI In the face of a "worrying" rise in protectionism, trade ministers from the world's major economies have agreed to cut trade costs, increase policy coordination and enhance financing, China's Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng said on Sunday.

The boys and girls on Wall Street are now riding their bikes with no hands and eyes wide shut. That's the only way to explain Friday's lunatic buying spree in response to another jobs report that proves exactly nothing about an allegedly resurgent economy.

(Repeats story for wider distribution). By Caroline Humer and Diane Bartz. NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, July 8 Aetna Inc executives met with top Justice Department antitrust officials on Friday to convince the government that asset sales it proposed would ...

Gap (NYSE:GPS) has been mercilessly punished in the past year or so, as its status as a dividend stock has recently been overshadowed by some pretty horrible numbers.

Shares of Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) have soared nearly 70% over the past 12 months, extending its 250% gain over the past five years. After that big rally, some investors might be wondering if it's finally time to sell the stock.

"We are starting to see exit holes in the trees in areas we hadn't seen them before so that tells us the pest is there," Donna Lacey, forestry technician at the Saugeen Conservation Authority, said Thursday.

An even larger increase in the horizontal rig count than last week, with new rigs concentrated in the Permian and in shale producing regions.

(Adds comment, updates prices). * U.S. jobs surge in June to 287,000, briefly boosts dollar. * Euro falls to 2-week low; Swiss franc slides to 5-week trough.

NEW ORLEANS | Wendy's says the 1,025 U.S. restaurants where hackers stole credit and debit card information includes one in Louisiana, 17 in Alabama and 39 in Georgia.

The action was taken after Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton yesterday terminated Essar's lease agreements with the state on a massive taconite project that was expected to supply sister company Essar Steel Algoma.