(Reuters) - The U.S. trade deficit narrowed more than expected in June as petroleum imports dropped to a 3-1/2-year low, suggesting that trade was less of a drag on second-quarter economic growth than initially thought. The Commerce Department said on Wednesday the trade gap...

n">(Reuters) - Bank shares are helping Wall Street on Monday after the previous week's fall, following a rescue deal for Portugal's largest listed lender and supported also by earnings from companies such as Berkshire Hathaway ( BRKb.N ). Berkshire shares are up 1 percent...

(Reuters) - Acting on a request from the central government in Iraq , a U.S. judge has signed an order telling the U.S. Marshals Service to seize a cargo of oil from Iraqi Kurdistan aboard a tanker off the Texas coast, court filings showed on Tuesday. The United Kalavrvta...

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council expressed grave concern on Monday over reports that radical militants have seized oilfields and pipelines in Syria and Iraq and warned that anyone caught trading in oil from the "terrorist groups" could face sanctions. The...