ECONOMY & MARKETS

The Troika are planning talks on a third bailout in Athens — but what about those people left behind?

Steel and concrete producers aren't thrilled, but some architectural firms and the federal government support building wooden high-rise buildings.

Starbucks saw a 7 percent jump in quarterly sales this period, which was driven by a 4 percent increase in customer visits.

In a move limited to the fast-food industry, New York will soon become the first state to approve a minimum wage of $15 an hour.

South Korea's economy grew 0.3 percent in the last three months compared to 0.8 percent in the first three months of the year, recording a six-year low.

Striking California truck drivers say their status as independent contractors deprives them of benefits and fair pay.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has delivered billions of dollars to Americans. Will Congress make its job harder?

The ongoing rise in American equities owes mainly to companies repurchasing their own shares, Deutsche Bank's Binky Chadha writes.

China's regulator says it will continue with measures to "restore investor confidence," as authorities defend massive intervention in the market.

Jingyu Toy Products manufactures toys for big-name toy companies like Hasbro, Mattel and Takara Tomy.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has until Wednesday night to get the measures adopted in the assembly.

The ACLU wants Obama to prevent federal employers from seeking information about job applicants' criminal backgrounds.

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and his congressional allies are preparing to unveil the most ambitious federal minimum wage hike to date.

An expansive black market for cheese and other imported food products, complete with signals and back room haggling now exists in Russia.

The country secured a 7.16 billion euro bridge financing from the European Financial Stability Mechanism (EFSM) last week.

French President François Hollande said an elected parliament for the countries that use the euro might cure what ails Europe.

Unreliable Greek statistics with frequent data revisions have been blamed in part for pushing the country to a financial crisis.

Germany’s finance minister said Chancellor Merkel’s more flexible stance on Greece is “part of democracy.”

China’s vice finance minister says, “There is a mismatch for supervision, and that is a real challenge.”

Panos Skourletis, a close Tsipras ally who left the labor ministry to take over the vital energy portfolio, said the reshuffle marked "an adjustment by the government to a new reality."

After capital controls were imposed on Greece's banking system, supplies of imported dietary supplements to feed 2,200 animals are under threat.

Kansas City Council members have approved a $13-per-hour minimum-wage rate by 2020.

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble has said debt relief for Greece violates EU law. But international finance experts say that's an exaggeration.

Athens faces more steps before a deal can be finalized with international creditors.

Asked if the proposed bailout deal was viable, Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund, told an interviewer, "The response is quite categorical: No." 

Gap and H&M sit on the sidelines as their Burmese suppliers fight a proposed minimum wage of about $3.25 a day.

The issue of debt relief for Greece is "uncontroversial," Mario Draghi, chief of the European Central bank, said on Thursday.

European stocks rose after the European Central Bank announced the new pledges, but uncertainty clouds the issue.

Alpha Natural Resources may soon join other U.S. mining firms in filing for bankruptcy.