Key gauge of economic activity in the eurozone in surprise fall in November.

President Maduro vows to stamp out curreny speculation as basic consumer goods grow scarce.

Improvement in China's manufacturing wasn't enough to offset disappointing report from Wall Street.

Said growth rate of e-commerce slowing in the U.S. as it delivered weaker-than-expected revenue outlook.

Jeff Bezos announced in August he was buying the newspaper publishing business for $250 million.

Markets dealt calmly with a partial U.S. government shutdown precipitated by budget stalemate.

It braces for the fall release of competing consoles from Sony and Microsoft.

Markets weighed down by uncertainty over whether a phase-out of the Fed's monetary stimulus is imminent.

Obama and GOP tussle over October budget deadline, end-of-year debt ceiling.

Consensus in the markets is that tapering of the massive U.S. stimulus will begin in a month.