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Tropical Storm Earl raced across Nova Scotia, nearing the end of its march up the eastern Atlantic coast, after making landfall this morning near the community of Western Head.

European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet urged European Union countries to find a unified position over threats to the bloc’s influence at the International Monetary Fund.

President Barack Obama promised to roll out “new ideas” to boost growth and spur hiring next week as he embarks on economy-focused trips to the Midwest with less than two months until congressional elections.

Tropical Storm Earl, which is lashing Maine with wind and rain, is forecast to come ashore near Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, later today.

Saudi Arabian shares rose the most in seven weeks after U.S. and European markets rallied on reports reassuring investors that the recovery in the world’s biggest economy is not waning.

New Zealand’s second-largest city, Christchurch, was placed under night curfew as a storm threatens to exacerbate an estimated NZ$2 billion ($1.44 billion) of damage caused when a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit the area.

President Barack Obama said the U.S. economy needs a “thriving middle class” as it recovers from the “worst recession in our lifetimes.”

Wall Street analysts offer buy, sell, or hold opinions on stocks in the news on Sept. 3

Founded by Kai-Fu Lee, former head of Google's China division, business incubator Innovation Works is funding 12 startups amid strong demand for Web technology

The currency crisis is merely one symptom of the country's general aversion to change after the boom-and-bust 1980s

Developers of 19-acre Snowmass Village in Colorado are suing the German bank, which imploded after investing billions in projects during the property bubble

Morgan Stanley has more advisers, but they bring in less profit

In the post-TARP era, "sell night," the Street's annual August ritual of hosting steak dinners and strip-club expeditions, is over

While his celebrity-chef peers slap their names on frozen pizza and Las Vegas chow halls, Ferran Adrià is taking the high road—to Harvard

Intel is counting on its Atom embedded processors to help break its dependence on the slowing PC market

The EPA chief is using her authority under the Clean Air Act to control carbon emissions

Wall Street analysts offer buy, sell, or hold opinions on stocks in the news on Sept. 2

Only 0.2 percent of Italian taxpayers declare income of more than $250,000 a year. Berlusconi's government is now determined to recoup $13 billion in unpaid taxes

Japan’s Prime Minister Naoto Kan and opponent Ichiro Ozawa clashed on the economy and an accord over a U.S. military base on Okinawa in a debate ahead of a ruling party election that will determine who leads the country.