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.

High-flying equity prices should not be accompanied by record low government bond yields. But these are not normal times, far from it.

Here's what you need to know for the week ahead. Good morning, Fortune readers. As we head into a new week, U.S. stocks will look to build on last week's healthy gains as a major rebound in hiring data from June helped send markets surging.

Nonfarm payroll jobs in June jumped by 287,000—enough to put breath back into the three-month employment trend, but still left it growing at a modest pace.

(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 ...