By AARON FEIS A near-riot broke out yesterday when the week-long Wall Street protests took a violent turn in a clash between hundreds of marchers and cops on the streets surrounding Union Square. The chaos erupted during an afternoon march of about 500 demonstrators as part of the “Occupy Wall […]

By GABRIELE STEINHAUSER and HARRY DUNPHY WASHINGTON (AP) — Under pressure from skeptical financial markets, the world’s economic powers are scrambling to keep Europe’s debt crisis from tumbling out of control. Finance ministers and central bankers are pushing for bold action by the Group of 20 nations to get the […]

GENEVA (AP) — Swiss bank UBS says its chief executive has resigned over a $2.3 billion rogue trading loss. The bank says its Europe chief Sergio P. Ermotti will take over as interim chief executive until Gruebel’s replacement is appointed. UBS board president Kaspar Villiger said in a statement Saturday […]