ECONOMY & MARKETS

On Tuesday, the New York Stock Exchange again relied on Rule 48, a mechanism for ensuring orderly trading during high market turbulence.

It's no coincidence that significant changes to Louisiana's historic home-rebuilding program arrived right before Hurricane Katrina’s anniversary.

“Oil just can’t stop sliding and local investors are very worried about where the bottom is,” said Sebastien Henin, head of asset management at the National Investor in Abu Dhabi.

Consumer confidence was pegged at its highest level since January, which could indicate increased spending in the coming months.

Fear and biases come into play, affecting decision-making and risk-taking, when markets dip, observers say.

As global markets continue to stumble this week, economists question whether the U.S. is strong enough to move away from crisis-level interest rates.

Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and others have spent at least $106 million combined in recent years on the local, state and federal levels, a report said.

"I think we'll have very weak growth," French Economic Minister Emmanuel Macron said in a meeting with German diplomats and journalists.

Data released Tuesday shows Denver leading San Francisco in home price increases.

"Get shopping" for bottled water and canned goods, a former member of Prime Minister Gordon Brown's administration advised Britons.

Wang Jianlin, the richest person in Asia and chairman of the Dalian Wanda Group, was the hardest hit, losing $3.6 billion.

A roller-coaster day on the Chinese markets saw stocks slump, rebound and then plunge again, as an injection of more than $23 billion of funds into the market by the Chinese authorities failed to calm market sentiment.

Cheaper oil imports mean local producers find it unviable to invest in new projects, making energy self-sufficiency a tough task.

The injection of liquidity into the market by China has only had a limited impact on jittery investor sentiment.

President Obama on Monday will unveil a series of measures at the National Clean Energy Summit in Las Vegas.

The three major U.S. markets are down by double digits from their past peaks. Relax. They've done that twice since the Great Recession.

Asian nations' ability to cope with China's market meltdown will likely vary, analysts said.

Despite the stock market plunge Monday morning, some investors stuck with their long-term positions, while others pounced on what they saw as an excellent opportunity.

The recent financial market panic can be traced back to China's very real economic slowdown. Here's why it matters around the world.

"Mega-sporting events [like the 2022 Winter Olympics] usually leave the host nation with budget overruns and massive debt," Fidelity Investments said. The Chinese government would beg to differ.

The Chinese e-commerce giant struggled at market's open, tumbling below the initial price of its September 2014 listing.

Ordinarily, Chinese news media have attempted to cast even the most incontrovertibly negative news in a bright light.

For some factory workers, China's devaluation of the yuan may have come too late to save their jobs — at least for the moment.

The stock market took a nosedive last week. How will venture-capital-backed firms like Uber and Snapchat cope?

Last week's massive sell-off may be just a warmup for something far bigger and far more frightening this week.

The People’s Bank of China likely is feeling the pressure to pull on its policy levers because of the country’s economic slowdown and its stock-market crash.

Residents complain the areas are not safe for children to play and that abandoned housing invites the illegal drug trade and other criminal activity, hampering further recovery.

Researchers examine farmers market scene at the American Sociology Association Annual meeting.

The fatalities occurred when a historic military jet crashed into a road near an airport in southeastern England.