Republican frontrunner easily defeats Newt Gingrich in the Nevada Republican caucus, building his lead in his bid for the party’s nomination to challenge President Barack Obama in November.

U.S. President Barack Obama calls on Syria’s president to step down accusing the regime of murdered hundreds of its own citizens on Friday.

Demonstrators turn out in below-freezing temperatures to protest the prime minister’s bid for another presidential term.

Cisco, Coca-Cola, Disney and Visa are among bellwethers set to report results amid expectations for market gains to continue; resolution of Europe’s debt crisis is expected to drag on.

HBC +/- HSBC, the global bank that has been praised for its handling of the financial crisis, has clashed with shareholders over a proposed pay rise for its executive team. Investors are understood to be particularly unhappy with the sum that HBC

YRAIF, TRA + Norway's Yara International ASA announced plans to acquire U.S. fertilizer producer Terra Industries in a $4.1B agreed cash deal that comes amid a scramble for global agribusiness assets. The acquisitive YRAIF, which plans to f...

TV + Mexican media giant Grupo Televisa has acquired a 30% stake in Nextel Mexico for $1.44B, a move that allows TV to partner with a wireless carrier to bid for new wireless spectrum up for auction later this year. TV will be granted an opti...

Bank of England +/-  The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee expects the 3.5% Jan. rise in annual U.K. consumer inflation to be a "temporary deviation" from the 2% target, BOE Governor Mervyn King told Chancellor of the Exchequer Alis...

TM + Toyota Motor Corp. announced it is considering ways to bolster procedures for checking the quality and reliability of cars and to do more to publicize incremental changes to cars already on the market.  TM  is aiming to an...