How The Stock Market Plunge Affects Silicon Valley's Startup Market
The stock market took a nosedive last week. How will venture-capital-backed firms like Uber and Snapchat cope?
Global Slowdown Fears Spark Flight To Safety As Stock Outflows Hit 15-week High of $8.3B
Last week's massive sell-off may be just a warmup for something far bigger and far more frightening this week.
China May Cut Banks’ Reserve-Requirement Ratios Again, And Soon: Report
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.
Blighted Houses Still Mar New Orleans A Decade After Katrina
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.
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Greek Opposition Leaders Weigh Coalition Despite Crises, Poll Pressure
The two biggest opposition parties, one of the center-right and the other of the far left, queued up to exercise their constitutional right to spend three days negotiating a new coalition, even though their efforts are almost certain to fail.
An Austerity Bailout And The Greek PM's Resignation: What Next For Alexis Tsipras And His Anti-Austerity Party Syriza?
Alexis Tsipras has resigned his mandate, but with the opposition in tatters there's no one else to take the reins.
Crisis Within A Crisis: Greek Citizens Make The Best Of A Bad Situation, Help Syrian Refugees Who Flock To Their Borders
Growing numbers of migrants are arriving in Greece, a country ill-equipped to help because of its own economic struggles. But Greek citizens are stepping in where government is failing.
Global Stocks Tumble As China Shows Further Evidence Of Sharp Economic Slowdown
Preliminary data for August showed factory output at its lowest since 2009, though some economists predict an improvement in coming months.
Bangkok Bombing: Chinese Thailand Tourists Cancel Trips Amid Fears Of Industry Decline, Travel Agents Say
It remained unclear whether other segments of the Thai economy would be affected by the bombing of a popular shrine.
Why 'Fight For 15' Brought Its McDonald's Fight To Brazil
Fight for 15, the movement for higher pay and workers' rights in low-paying jobs, has expanded its efforts into South America. Here's why.
China Explosion: Toyota Among Major Companies Bearing The Brunt Of Tianjin Industrial Accident
Toyota says it has to temporarily halt production at second factory because of last week’s industrial accident in Tianjin.
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras To Resign, Officials Say
The move comes after Greece narrowly escaped an exit from the 19-member eurozone in July following months of uncertainty.
Dow Jones Industrial Average Plunges 200 Points On Global Growth Fears
Losses in financial stocks were fueled by concerns that the Fed may wait until after September to raise interest rates.
Sprout Pharmaceuticals CEO Talks 'Female Viagra' Controversy, Additional Alcohol Studies, Addyi's U.S. Roll-Out And Global Ambitions
CEO Cindy Whitehead explains what we know about the interaction between Addyi and alcohol, and why she thinks the low sexual desire drug is so controversial.
Climate Change Is Deepening California's Drought Crisis By As Much As One-Quarter, Study Finds
The Columbia University study is the first to quantify just how much global warming is exacerbating California's drought crisis.
The New Tech Bubble: Jobs, Pensions, Innovation At Risk If ‘Overvalued’ Unicorns Like Uber, Airbnb, Palantir Falter
Venture capital-backed companies like Uber, Palantir and Airbnb are valued in the billions of dollars — but have little to show for it.
Greece Repays European Central Bank After Receiving $14.5B In New Bailout
Greece repaid $3.7 billion to the ECB after receiving $14.5 billion from the European Stability Mechanism, the eurozone’s bailout fund.
Feds Bust Alabama Trucking Firm For Misclassifying Workers As Independent Contractors, Not Paying Overtime
In the trucking industry, driver misclassification runs rampant, critics say. On Tuesday, the Labor Department brought the hammer down.
Martin O'Malley Gives Boost To Immigrant Trump Hotel Workers Trying To Organize Union
The former Maryland governor appeared alongside mostly immigrant workers trying to organize a union at a Trump hotel in Las Vegas.
Hedge Fund Industry Overstates Performance Claims: New Research
Two new studies of hedge fund returns suggest the industry's performance claims are significantly inflated.
Post-Reshuffle, Indonesia Beset By Renewed Government Squabbles
Critics of Indonesian President Joko Widodo blame sniping ministers and bureaucrats for the economy's decline.
Greece Sells Regional Airports' Operating Rights To German Firm As Bailout Deadline Approaches
The $1.37 billion deal, involving 14 regional airports, comes ahead of a German vote Wednesday on a third bailout package for Greece.
Jeremy Corbyn In Britain, Bernie Sanders In America, The Left-Wing Firebrands Overturning Political Orthodoxy
In both the U.S. and Britain, party leadership contests have been upended by the popularity of marginal candidates.
Apple Inc, Alcoa Inc And Caterpillar Inc: 3 US Companies Hurt Most By China's Devalued Yuan
The sudden change in the currency's value has negative consequences for U.S. companies with significant operations in the Asian country.
Public Approval For Unions Continues Steady Post-Recession Rise: Poll
Fewer Americans belong to labor unions, but an increasing number approve of them.
Dow Jones Industrial Average Flat On Mixed US Homebuilding, Industrial Activity, Gloomy Japan Outlook
Stocks traded flat Monday after U.S. home-building data came in as expected, but New York manufacturing showed a steep drop.
Greece To Trouble Euro Zone For Decades: Finnish Foreign Minister
IMF's participation in the new 86 billion-euro bailout is uncertain because the fund demands debt relief to ease the burden on Greece.
White House To Unveil $2.5M Effort Across 15 States To Fight Rise In Heroin Use
A new program will leverage both law enforcement and health policy analysts in the fight against addiction.
Latin American Governments Fail To Tackle Booming Urban Slums: Report
"State policies on housing -- even those enshrined in the region's constitutions -- have not been able to respond to the rise of urban populations...," the study said.
Egypt Cracks Down On Terror, But Critics Say New Law Will Harm Media
The law imposes hefty fines for spreading information about terrorism that isn’t directly backed by government sources.
Silicon Valley Manhunt: Police Search For Armed Suspect Continues In Sunnyvale, California
Officers shot and killed one suspect following an incident at a Motel 6, but a second suspect remains at large.
Steelworkers Fight To Preserve Benefits In Labor Negotiations As Steel Companies Eye Cost-Cutting Solutions
Workers at the nation's largest steel companies may be asked to pay health premiums or endure a wage freeze.
Greek Opposition Party Refuses To Back PM In Any Confidence Vote
PASOK made clear that while it had backed the government over bailout for the sake of saving Greece from financial ruin, that support would not extend to any confidence vote in the coming weeks.
Argentine Presidential Candidate Daniel Scioli Backs Central Bank’s Currency Controls
"My vision is that we have to continue managing the exchange rate and preserve currency and financial stability so the development project has continuity," Daniel Scioli says Saturday.
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