ECONOMY & MARKETS

“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.

Making polluters pay would help steer companies and investors away from high-carbon energy sources, advocates say, but the plan faces opposition at a U.N. summit.

Some African-Americans called for a boycott of retailers to show power in response to excessive force by police. But other methods may be more effective.

A $31 billion trade relationship is about to change as Moscow responds to Turkey's strike against a Russian warplane.

The investment bank is gearing up to fire as many as one quarter of the employees in its flagging fixed-income division, Bloomberg reports.

The Federal Reserve adopted rules Monday to limit the central bank's ability to provide emergency lending of the sort that saved AIG in the 2008 crisis.

Russia imports 20 percent of its vegetables from Turkey, and the move raises fears of price increases and market instability. Other countries hope to step in and fill the void.

The growth exceeded analyst estimates, which had pegged growth for the September quarter to be at 7.3 percent.

Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund -- the world's largest pension fund -- reported a loss of 7.9 trillion yen ($64.2 billion) in the quarter ending Sept. 30.

China has pledged to seek a binding agreement in Paris, but says developed nations must provide financial support to developing countries.

Amid speculation the European Central Bank may announce more stimulus measures this week, the currency neared its biggest monthly decline against the dollar.

Industrial output rose for the second consecutive month while monthly retail sales in the island nation showed a mild uptick.

With COP21 set to begin in Paris, representatives from less developed countries worry that their needs will be ignored in the hunt for a deal.

The video, hosted by British TV personality Jeremy Clarkson, shows a hypothetical transaction from a "not-too-distant future."

After the attack on a Planned Parenthood clinic, politicians have refrained from the line that “the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.”

"My jobs plan starts with investing in infrastructure," Clinton said on Sunday at the launch of "Hard Hats for Hillary" in Boston.

Purchases made on Thanksgiving Day from desktop computers rose 9 percent this year, again topping $1 billion.

Walmart, Best Buy and Macy's are among U.S. retailers jumping the gun on online shopping deals.

Police arrested or detained hundred of protesters Sunday, amid a rowdy kickoff to a week of international climate change negotiations in Paris.

One expert says the key to ending attacks and threats against abortion providers -- like Planned Parenthood -- is more education, not increased security.

China's environment minister said the country had met its emission reduction goals earlier than expected even as Beijing suffered its worst case of smog in 13 months.