Government And Institutions

Shares fell in most markets in Asia on Thursday, after President-elect Donald Trump named an economist who is harshly critical of China to head a newly created White House council on trade.

Shares fell in most markets in Asia on Thursday, after President-elect Donald Trump named an economist who is harshly critical of China to head a newly created White House council on trade.

Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa says European authorities can breathe a sigh of relief: Portugal's budget deficit this year will be lower than the limit they set.

Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa says European authorities can breathe a sigh of relief: Portugal's budget deficit this year will be lower than the limit they set.

Wall Street is seeing a Trump rally and small business may be next.

Wall Street is seeing a Trump rally and small business may be next.

Donald Trump has officially tapped billionaire Carl Icahn as special advisor to the President on regulatory reform.

Donald Trump has officially tapped billionaire Carl Icahn as special advisor to the President on regulatory reform.

Goldman Sachs has been ordered to pay $120 million to settle federal regulators' charges that it deliberately manipulated a global benchmark for interest-rate swaps to its advantage.

Goldman Sachs has been ordered to pay $120 million to settle federal regulators' charges that it deliberately manipulated a global benchmark for interest-rate swaps to its advantage.

Shares were meandering in thin trading Thursday in Asia, as investors wound down ahead of the holidays.

Shares were meandering in thin trading Thursday in Asia, as investors wound down ahead of the holidays.

The Latest on a legal challenge to Arizona's voter-approved minimum wage increase (all times local): 4:40 p.m.

The Latest on a legal challenge to Arizona's voter-approved minimum wage increase (all times local): 4:40 p.m.

In another sign that he intends to shake up relations with China, President-elect Donald Trump named economist Peter Navarro to lead a newly created White House council on trade.

In another sign that he intends to shake up relations with China, President-elect Donald Trump named economist Peter Navarro to lead a newly created White House council on trade.

Figures on government spending and debt in millions of dollars.

Figures on government spending and debt in millions of dollars.

A former top official at the country's third-largest pension fund and two broker-dealers were charged Wednesday in what a federal prosecutor described as a classic bribery scheme that steered $2 billion in trades in exchange for drugs, prostitutes, vacations and U.S. Open tennis tickets.

A former top official at the country's third-largest pension fund and two broker-dealers were charged Wednesday in what a federal prosecutor described as a classic bribery scheme that steered $2 billion in trades in exchange for drugs, prostitutes, vacations and U.S. Open tennis tickets.