ECONOMY & MARKETS

If the Federal Reserve botches its rate hike, money will flee emerging markets, endangering companies that borrowed in dollars and curbing economic growth.

Global stockpiling of oil hit a 10-year peak with crude prices firmly below the $50 per barrel level this year, according to a report by the International Energy Agency.

Beijing is expressing hopes the election of Aung San Suu Kyi's party will not undermine economic ties between China and Myanmar.

It costs about $25 for an African migrant to send $200 to his or her family in Africa -- money that could be spent on much-needed necessities such as food, clothing and healthcare.

GDP growth in the third quarter in the 19-nation eurozone came in below expectations while Europe's largest economy also slowed over the previous quarter.

The U.K. sold $19.8 billion worth of mortgages, including loans originally owned by two banks that went bust during the 2008 financial crisis.

According to most estimates, U.S. retail sales in October are expected to have risen 0.3 percent over the previous month.

Aung San Suu Kyi's party won a majority in both houses of parliament, which will now elect a president by March, ending 50 years of military rule.

The retail giant's employees say the company's recent wage boost wasn't good enough.

Paris is gearing up for an international climate conference, and activists want to make sure they literally have a seat at the table.

Many Fed officials, including William Dudley, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, suggested the likelihood of a liftoff from near-zero interest rates by year's end.

Russian tourism companies could lose around $200 million if flights to Egypt remain suspended for several months.

New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton urged New Yorkers this week not to give money to homeless people and panhandlers.

Auto sales in China rebounded after a September tax break -- one of the many easing measures taken by Beijing to check the economic downturn.

The Chinese online retailer sold goods worth over $14 billion on China's Singles' Day, and said it plans to take the shopping festival global.

Police fired tear gas at protesters throwing gasoline bombs Thursday during a nationwide strike following the acceptance of a third bailout.

Federal Reserve officials including Chairwoman Janet Yellen are scheduled to speak Thursday, and with a rate hike looking likely, their remarks will be closely scrutinized.

The military and Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party have agreed to hold negotiations after the final results of Myanmar's elections, expected later this month.

After an earlier ruling that the airline's cabin workers' strike wasn't defined well enough, a judge said they are in compliance with the law.

The European Central Bank could expand or extend its quantitative easing program next month, but you wouldn't know it based on Mario Draghi's comments Wednesday.

Hillary Clinton opposes the Trans-Pacific Partnership, but the trade pact includes an exemption for a future national infrastructure bank, which she enthusiastically supports.

As employment in the U.K. expands to a record high, the Bank of England is mulling its first rate hike since 2007.

Retailers may be forced to offer massive discounts during Black Friday sales events unless they clear the goods piling up on their shelves, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Suu Kyi, whose political party is headed for an election victory, will have to share power with Myanmar's military, which will maintain control of key ministries.

Daniel Craig and Kevin Spacey helped "hand-chopping" shoppers spend $4.5 billion in 75 minutes.

Sen. Marco Rubio voiced his support for vocational education programs during the Republican primary debate.

Gov. Bobby Jindal was pressed about his state's economic troubles during the Republican debate Tuesday.

“In the long run, they wouldn’t be able to survive,” said Andrea Balda, a political science specialist at Universidad Casa Grande in Madrid.

Portugal's shortest-lived government was voted out Tuesday by an alliance of left parties and the Socialist Party.