The Global Call covers the main macroeconomic and policy news events affecting foreign-exchange, fixed income and equity markets around the world, as selected by editors in New York, London and Hong Kong. 1. WRAP: Economic data were mostly …

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Chemicals and oil company BASF SE warned Thursday that it will find it more difficult to achieve its full-year profit target as it reported a 4.2 percent fall in second-quarter earnings due to weaker demand in an uneven …

The United States is one of the most desirable places to do business; our $16 trillion economy, with its productive workforce and diverse consumer base, could not do what it does without domestic as well as foreign investment. Yesterday, I participated …

The cost to the world from melting Arctic ice is equal to almost a year of global economic output as releasing methane trapped in the frozen continent leads to extreme weather, flooding and droughts, scientists said. The methane emissions are an …

Our strengthening market share in Europe is encouraging, especially in light of the economic situation, our competitors' promotional discounting and the introduction of additional models with low price points in that market. We remain concerned with …

Year-over-year, earnings declined. Besides intense competition in some product lines, this was due to the devaluation of the Japanese yen. Furthermore, we received insurance payments in 2012 for damages caused by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

And we've now received the full results from the ANNAPURNA trial, which basically was successful, but given the way the field has moved in HCV, we don't see this as being as competitive as other agents in the marketplace. So as you know, we have a …

The National Bank believes that devaluation of the national currency for the sake of a greater competitive ad-vantage of exporters in a certain industry should not be allowed to support exporters amidst short-term fluctu-ations at the global …

"We will refrain from competitive devaluation and will not target our exchange rates for competitive purposes. We will resist all forms of protectionism and keep our markets open," the finance ministers and central bank governors said. Given that South …