ECONOMY & MARKETS

OPEC is not expected to agree to production cuts that would boost prices when it meets starting Friday.

Retailers say they're planning to recruit more temporary staff than last year to accommodate a greater number of holiday shoppers.

A jump in 2014 was driven primarily by greater insurance coverage through Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act.

Mario Gabelli, the second-largest voting shareholder in Viacom Inc, has called for the company to disclose its CEO's mental capacity.

If the Internet company spins off all of its Internet business, all that would remain is its stake in Alibaba and Yahoo Japan.

The Federal Reserve chair said U.S. economic headwinds should ease next year, but the Fed will keep interest rates below historic levels for a while.

A brand-new city, Yachay, is planned as the country's ticket to a high-tech revolution, but it has to survive an economic crisis first.

Four days from a critical election, many dispirited Venezuelan expats see no reason to return and cast a ballot.

Inflation in the 19-nation bloc stood at a weaker-than-expected 0.1 percent, building pressure on the European Central Bank to ease its monetary policy.

The trip, during which the Chinese president will co-chair a summit with African nations, comes at a time when the Asian giant's investment in the continent is dropping.

Obama's invitation to all the 10 leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations comes after the U.S. and the ASEAN forged a new "strategic partnership" last month.

Beijing’s killer smog has dispersed, but recrimination between citizens and government departments continues.

With a December rate hike a near certainty, the Fed Chair's speeches Wednesday and Thursday could be critical in setting market expectations about the course of the lift-off.

New research on the widening wealth gap shows that, among other findings, the 20 richest Americans have as much wealth as the entire bottom half of the country.

The Commission on Elections said that Sen. Grace Poe did not meet a residency requirement. She was leading her nearest rival in polls by 15 percentage points.

Family planning is not to blame for the country's deep occupational gender divide, according to Rice Professor Erin Cech.

For employees and volunteers at Planned Parenthood and other women's health clinics, the threat of harassment and violence is always there.

Among the cities owing the most were Nuiqsut, Alaska; San Simon, Arizona; and Waterville Valley, New Hampshire.

A failed Ohio marijuana initiative was so audacious in its corporate machinations that marijuana activists are concerned about "Big Pot."

Pope Francis has shaken up the Catholic Church since he took office, and now he has turned his attention to long-standing allegations of financial corruption.

“The revenues from oil exports need to increase, and I don’t see any other solution but through devaluing the ruble,” a Credit Suisse analyst said.

Figures from the European Union showed that unemployment fell to 10.7 percent in October -- its lowest since January 2012.

Politicians, labor representatives and other leaders were set to gather in Washington Wednesday to demand Congress take action on Puerto Rico's debt crisis.

This is the third straight quarter of economic downturn for the largest economy in the Latin America region.

An official survey showed a further fall in manufacturing activity, though a private survey showed smaller companies picking up, and services growing.

Joseph Scott Pemberton was sentenced to six to 12 years in a Philippine national jail.

Data on manufacturing, auto sales, and construction are expected Tuesday as markets bet on a Federal Reserve interest rate increase this month.

In a widely expected move, the banks kept their interest rates unchanged ahead of an impending rate hike by the U.S. Federal Reserve later this month.

Analysts are divided over the yuan's entry into the IMF's basket of reserve currencies -- some call it largely symbolic while others believe it could boost market reforms.