Pharmacists joined convenience store owners, co-op operators, and Walmart in rejecting a proposed $7.25 billion settlement over credit card transaction fees.

Retail sales in Canada shrank unexpectedly in June as consumers spent less at department stores, gas stations, building materials and gardening stores and new-car dealers.

Retail sales in Mexico rose sharply in June from a year earlier and were higher than May as increasing employment and credit continued to support demand.

U.S. home resales rose by a smaller-than-expected 2.3% in July from June while the median sales price was 9.4% higher than a year earlier, the National Association of Realtors said on Wednesday.

U.S. and U.K. authorities are talking to Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (RBS) about the possibility that it breached sanctions on Iran, a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday, days after the U.K.'s Standard Chartered PLC (STAN.LN) settled with a New York regulator amid allegations that

Cox & Kings Ltd. (533144.BY) said Wednesday that investment funds advised by Citi Venture Capital International have agreed to acquire a "significant" minority stake in the Indian company's U.K. unit, Prometheon Holdings (UK) Ltd., for $137.75 million.

LIMA, Peru--An opinion poll shows that opposition to the $5.0 billion Minas Conga copper and gold project in the Cajamarca region of northern Peru remains strong.

The markets struggled for direction on Wednesday as traders parsed through a handful of economic reports and awaited headlines from Europe and minutes from the Fed's last meeting.

Oil futures inched lower Wednesday, leaving behind early gains as investors took a breather after a three-month high.