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.

RHHBF, NVS, BIIB - U.S. health regulators are reviewing potential risks of medicines from Roche Holding AG, Novartis AG  and other cos. The FDA said it was probing reports of hearing loss with NVS's cancer drug Gleevec, hypothermia with RHHBF's f...

JNJ +/- Johnson & Johnson announced plans to cut the yearly performance bonus targets for 38% of its employees and freeze salaries for certain workers, according to an internal announcement and other company documents. JNJ told employee...

QUBSF +/- Qantas Airways said it was axing first class from all but a handful of routes in a major overhaul as half-year profits slumped 72% to US$52M (S$73.1M). CEO Alan Joyce said passengers would only be able to fly first class between Aus...

Federal Reserve Minutes +/- Minutes of the Federal Reserves's Jan. policy meeting, released Wed., showed officials agreed that the most likely next move will be an increase in an interest rate the Fed charges on emergency loans to banks, the discount rate, now at 0...

Manufacturing + Manufacturers are seeing more signs that the U.S. economic recovery is on a solid footing, opening the way for new hiring as well as call-backs for factory workers laid off during the depths of the recession. The Federal Reserve said&nbs...