By Tim Culpan and Frederik Balfour - Sun Sep 05 05:31:19 GMT 2010 Foxconn said last month it may hire as many as 400000 workers, more than triple the combined workforces of Microsoft Corp.

As many of us gather for parades, barbecues and festivities in honor of the many men and women - past and present - who toil day in and day out in hopes of a better life, let us not forget the 31 million who will be celebrating this Labor Day from the ...

By Matt Egan With Congress mired in the silly season of an election year, Fed governors squabbling and President Barack Obama's approval ratings sagging, some say Washington needs a grown-up to tell it what needs to be done to get the US's fiscal and ...

By ANDREW MONAHAN TOKYO—The euro rose to near a three-week high against the dollar in Asia Monday as strong regional share markets prompted short-term players to buy the risk-sensitive currency, dealers said.

By Michael Patterson - Mon Sep 06 04:46:25 GMT 2010 Emerging-market stocks rose for a fourth day and Asian currencies strengthened after a bigger- than-estimated increase in private US payrolls eased concern that global economic growth will slow.