ECONOMY & MARKETS

The number of homeowners who owe more on their mortgages than their houses are worth is about 10 times what it ought to be.

A senior minister and close adviser to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said he hoped for a deal on June 18.

Growing taste for imported food — from avocados to lobsters — is fueling rapid development, as government eases restrictions.

For 175 quadrillion Zimbabwean dollars, locals will be able to get $5.

Camels bring great economic benefit to their owners, but they may also pose a risk to the general population.

The Senate Appropriations Committee voted Thursday to add an amendment to the Appropriations Act that would prohibit the Justice Department from interfering with state medical marijuana laws.

The International Monetary Fund unexpectedly announced bailout talks with Greece stalled amid a failure to make progress, risking a default from Athens and exit from the eurozone.

A federal judge sided with truckers who said Walmart didn't pay them enough for non-driving tasks such as fueling or washing trucks.

The International Energy Agency raised its forecast for global oil demand growth, citing low oil prices, economic recovery and a relatively cold winter.

Most American credit card holders would not change their spending habits if issuers stopped offering rewards, according to a new report.

The agency urged anyone with Blue Bell products to throw them away or return them to the store, even if partially eaten.

The World Bank cut its global growth outlook for this year and urged countries to "fasten their seat belts" as they adjust to lower commodity prices and a looming rise in U.S. interest rates.

At a Clinton Foundation event in Colorado, the agriculture secretary and former president shared a laugh about weed's value as a cash crop.

Human Rights Watch has found several thousand child laborers working in gold mines in Ghana, one of the world's largest producers.

The Tripartite Free Trade Area will cover 26 African countries, ranging from the northernmost to the southernmost, and the richest to the poorest.

PBOC economists were cautiously optimistic on the outlook.

“There were questionable [or even implausible] results presented in the lake water-quality data reported,” an independent review of the study stated.

A crackdown on suspected money laundering makes it hard for friends and family to send money home, but Somalia depends on remittances.

Feds weigh in on potentially legit cannabis pesticides, but will it be enough to help growers struggling to protect their crops - and consumers who want a safe product?

How many Argentines live under the poverty line? Depends on who you ask.

The world's largest private-sector coal company, Peabody Energy, is preparing to cut 250 jobs across the United States.

Several vaccines and treatments for MERS are in development, but none have completed clinical trials.

Hospitals have been increasing the prices they charge customers at much higher rates than what Medicare has been paying out for years.

A proposed rule change could hike the overtime threshold from $23,660 to $52,000.

Data on Friday showed strong foreign demand outweighed a slip in domestic demand.

China's trade grew 3.4 percent in 2014, missing the government's growth target of 7.5 percent by more than half.

With temperatures in the 90s, lack of power is a serious issue for Memphis residents.

The European Commission president accuses the Greek prime minister of distorting proposals by international creditors for a cash-for-reform deal.

China is helping fund and build a railway connecting Hungary and Serbia.