ECONOMY & MARKETS

Thousands of factory workers and suppliers were affected after Shenzhen-based Fu Chang announced its closure, amid a slowdown in the market.

The movie's average take of $130,236 per theater made it the highest-grossing early release of 2015.

Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer says “considerable uncertainties” surround the U.S. economic outlook.

Asked whether she could give her word that there would be no tax increases in connection with the refugee crisis, Angela Merkel replied, "Yes, definitely."

"Consumer spending has ground to a halt," says Noritoshi Murata, president of Seven & i Holdings.

The fund's chief says global economies still face substantial risks and that "continued monetary policies and improved financial stability" constitute the best course.

While China's rivalries with India and Japan will complicate progress, it has incentive to get things moving.

French Finance Minister Michel Sapin said Europe needed to mobilize all its existing financial resources before thinking about new funding measures.

Trade unions, environmental organizations and consumer-rights groups all demonstrated against the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.

"The lawyers are working right now to finalize the text and to prepare it for release," U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman says in the wake of a related release by WikiLeaks.

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The pilot program will be expanded to include Shanghai, Chongqing and Beijing, as well as six other provinces and municipalities, according to the People's Bank of China.

Two women known only as Jane Doe 1 and 2 have filed a lawsuit against ride-hailing service Uber over sexual assault.

The dense, highly technical intellectual property provision is bad news for Internet groups. But Big Pharma and Tech love it.

Morgan Stanley is the latest U.S. bank facing pressure from environmental groups to limit its financing for coal mining and power plants.

Several projects, worth a total of about $45 billion, have reportedly been held up by funding bottlenecks and poor planning by local governments and agencies.

Shanghai's granting of a license to Uber's local rival Didi Kuaidi could open the floodgates for a shake-up of China's taxi market, experts say.

The haze is a product of the annual burning of forests by Indonesia to make way for palm-oil tree and paper plantations.

The new data provides a positive contrast with the most recent Labor Department employment report, which showed a slowdown in hiring.

Why does Hillary Clinton now oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership? Perhaps because it is loathed by unions, whose get-out-the-vote operations can swing primary elections.

Plagued with problems almost since day one, the "ultimate fighter jet" will sling lethal, unmanned drones at enemy targets.

News hit investors Thursday that Credit Suisse was seeking extra risk-absorbing capital, a day after Deutsche Bank announced massive writedowns.

The country's smartphone boom is bringing millions to the Internet in cities and towns. Can the country connect the next billion, who largely live in villages?

The Texas city has become the latest local governmental entity to sue the German auto-maker over software trickery that faked road-test emissions for millions of diesel cars.

Scientists warned Thursday that climate change and weather patterns could cause another global coral bleaching with huge negative consequences.

Company leaders attributed the forecast to “relatively low recognition” of Uniqlo's brand in the U.S. and continuous losses at its American stores.

The Canadian Department of Defense said hacking a truck is a concern because driver safety is at risk.

Chinese stocks rebounded, taking heart from the slowing pace of the fall in reserves, as investors returned to the markets after a week-long break.

Southeast Asia's largest economy is struggling as demand for commodities is damped by China's slowdown.