ECONOMY & MARKETS

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

This year, online retailers are pulling out all the stops to ensure sales continue to boom -- but can it withstand China's economic slowdown?

Election observers say polling was credible and transparent as the country looks to end 50 years of military rule.

Corporate spending on share buybacks and dividends will rise next year faster than research investments, Goldman's top equity analyst said in a note Monday.

The Markit China Business Outlook survey shows business sentiment is waning as the country copes with an economic slowdown.

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development says global growth is expected to gain speed in 2016 and 2017, despite China's slowing GDP.

Europe's Financial Stability Board has recommended that the world's largest banks create financial buffers to save taxpayers from paying for expensive bailouts in the future.

The British prime minister is set to formalize the country's demands and secure reforms in order to convince voters to stay in the European Union.

Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, whose NLD party said it had won 70 percent of the vote, struck a confident, conciliatory tone Monday.

Eric Rosengren has in the past spoken about his preference for not waiting too long for a rate hike for fear of falling behind the curve.

Low crude prices will likely continue, as Saudi officials said they have no plans to reduce oil drilling.

Ahead of a crucial European Central Bank meeting in December, Bank of France chief François Villeroy de Galhau praised monetary stimulus.

Unless the world adopts fast, inclusive and smart development, over 100 million people will be living in extreme poverty by 2030.

A key indicator of economic health, business travel is forecast to rise by more than 6 percent in Europe next year, according to a new study.

Barring surprises, a drop is predicted in major commercial order announcements as Gulf airlines take stock after expansion.

The data released Sunday show the country's foreign trade dropped 9 percent in October, marking its eighth consecutive monthly decline.

Regulators in Beijing are postponing plans to loosen controls on China's economy as the country struggles to maintain an acceptable growth rate.

President Ma Ying-jeou has been trying to improve relations with China for his whole term, but some Taiwanese fear a sellout to Beijing.

More tourists visit Egypt from Russia than from any other nation. So the cancellation of Russian flights to Egypt could hit its economy hard.

In an economy full of low-wage work, the relative lack of construction jobs is especially painful.

October’s better-than-expected gain of 271,000 jobs marks the best showing of 2015 and the lowest unemployment level since March 2008.

China is not among the 12 Pacific-Rim countries which last month agreed to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact.

A report on the employment situation in the U.S., due Friday, is widely expected to further bolster arguments for a historic rate hike by the Federal Reserve in December.

Imposing U.S. copyright laws on other countries through the Trans-Pacific Partnership would stifle Internet freedom and innovation, rights groups say.

“I don’t think the public understands what they were signing up for, and the government didn’t either,” said a director for a political risk consultancy.

In the Central American country, U.S. trade boosters have failed to deliver on promises to lift labor standards.

"Oh, well, I shall just continue to sunbathe by [the] pool while young men bring me drinks,” said a British vacationer among 20,000 stranded in Egypt since the crash of a Russian airliner.

Top insurance carriers are hiring companies that can predict the fallout from a data breach, just like they do with natural disasters.

Labor advocates and Democrats say they do not think the labor standards in the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal will do enough to protect workers in countries known for human rights violations.