ECONOMY & MARKETS

Catastrophic flooding in the state this week exposed the threats many new residential developments face from climate change.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership grants electronic data, for the first time, the same international trade protections material goods have.

Six of the top financial institutions in the U.S. together used nearly 400 recognized tax havens in 2014. Their offshore cash totaled $126 billion.

The measure would give nearly every full-time and part-time District of Columbia employee 16 weeks of paid family leave.

Prescription drugs were costlier for chronically ill patients under the Affordable Car Act, a study showed, but some said the comparison was unfair.

Many OPEC members have had deficits this year trying to compete with the United States' share of the oil market.

India and Germany put trade ties at the center of a three-day visit by Chancellor Angela Merkel to the subcontinent.

Analysts say the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal poses questions for Beijing, but may spur economic reforms.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership is aimed at liberalizing commerce across nations accounting for 40 percent of the world's economy.

India's mega cities whose growth has been fueled by the rise of the country's outsourcing and other services sectors remain unsafe for women.

As the Trans-Pacific Partnership advanced Monday, labor advocates noted that Washington has failed to enforce the labor standards of past trade deals.

The United States tentatively agreed to the Trans-Pacific Partnership on Monday, but many members of Congress remain unsure about the deal.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership, negotiated by U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman, could be a boon for the financial services industry, which vigorously lobbied for it.

Anxiety has spread quickly as the unemployment rate threatens to hit double digits in a matter of months.

"West Virginia consumers responded to Volkswagen’s advertising by purchasing TDI clean diesel models, expecting that their vehicles would be environmentally friendly."

Under the Trans-Pacific Partnership, Japanese automakers could source most of their parts from other countries, like China, but still enjoy reduced tariffs.

The U.S. cannabis industry faces its first class-action lawsuit. Will the case hold up in court?

The war in eastern Ukraine and a poor global economic environment could see the country's GDP fall by 12 percent this year.

Consumer spending has hit a plateau, remaining about the same since April, according to Gallup data.

Officials from the U.S. and Pacific Rim countries clinched a hard-fought free-trade pact that will govern 40 percent of the world’s goods and services.

More Wall Street executives should have been held responsible for the 2008 financial crisis, the former Federal Reserve chairman said.

Slowdown in China, a drop in global commodity prices, and an impending rate hike in the U.S. would continue to affect the region's economies, the World Bank said.

Of the 600 residents initially reported missing, about 300 have yet to be found, a spokesman for the local fire brigade said.

A survey conducted by the firm Bankrate found that the average cost of using an "out of network" ATM is now more than $4.50.

With upcoming elections in the U.S., Canada, Peru, and Japan, several countries have a vested interest in ensuring that the deal concludes Sunday.

When the U.S. housing market was booming in the early 2000s, many young Americans chose to pursue immediate paydays rather than degrees, a new study shows.

"I believe the reputation of the German economy and the trust in the German economy has not been shaken by this to the extent that we are no longer considered a good business location," the chancellor says.

Cameron urged his lawmakers and supporters to show patience over the issue of Europe, which is likely to dominate the conference in the northern English city of Manchester.

Negotiators attempting to broker a deal on the 12-country Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreed to talk in Atlanta for another 24 hours.