Wall St. Is Told to Tighten Digital Security of Partners

Wall Street’s oversight of cybersecurity measures at outside firms it does business with remains a work in progress, according to a review by New York State’s top financial regulator.

Japan Stands Pat on Stimulus Program

TOKYO — The Bank of Japan stuck with its monetary stimulus program on Wednesday, brushing off a lack of inflation two years after it vowed to pull the economy out of more than a decade of falling prices.

Gold Advances to Week-High as U.S. Jobs Data Clouds Rate Outlook

Gold climbed for a second day after data showing the weakest pace of U.S. hiring in more than a year clouded the outlook for interest-rate increases.

Get up to speed with the Greek debt crisis 3.0

The Godfather. Lord of the Rings, and Star Wars. Great dramas come in trilogies and Greece's debt crisis is no exception. After bailouts in 2010 and 2012, Greece is once again edging towards financial collapse. Here is what you need to know to get up to speed with the third installment of the Greek thriller.

Disappointing US job figures raise fears about recovery

American employers hired the fewest number of staff since 2013 in March, suggesting the recovery in the world’s biggest economy may be slowing.

Japan's ruling party wants 20 percent nuclear power in energy mix: media

(Reuters) - Japan's ruling party wants a revived nuclear power sector to eventually make up a fifth of electricity generation, local media said, a controversial move for a public opposed to nuclear power in the wake of the Fukushima disaster.

Bernanke Says Global Imbalances Bedevil the World Economy. Discuss.

Ben Bernanke and Larry Summers are in the midst of a vigorous blog debate about why the world’s economy is so messed up and how it can be fixed.