ECONOMY & MARKETS

Most of the nation's 75,200 port truckers are classified as independent contractors -- not employees.

Reconstruction work in the impoverished Asian nation could account for nearly 20 percent of its GDP.

The ratings agency said that the country had not done enough to reassure investors that it was addressing fiscal stability goals.

Here’s how to donate to the earthquake relief effort in Nepal.

Shut out of international markets and locked in talks with its EU and IMF creditors over its proposed reform-for-cash deal, Greece risks running out of cash within weeks.

Among the thousands killed, it has been confirmed that at least three Americans are also dead after the devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal on Saturday.

Ethiopia anticipates $1.5 billion in foreign direct investment this year as its economy continues to show strength.

The game of chicken between Greece and its international creditors is turning into a vicious blame game as Athens lurches closer to bankruptcy.

Two U.S. senators are calling on the president to declassify details of the pending Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement.

Recent easing -- and the halving of crude-oil prices, supposedly a windfall for consumers -- have not changed the global outlook all that much.

“If you look at the exterior styling and interior craftsmanship ... you can’t tell if something is a foreign product or a local brand,” one industry expert says.

After being isolated in debt talks, Greece's Yanis Varoufakis has been getting the cold shoulder at a meeting of eurozone finance ministers.

Marijuana still isn't legal in Texas, but that hasn't stopped ambitious entrepreneurs.

The tiny Hyatt Ball Co. is contesting a six-figure fine from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for health and safety violations.

Colorado's pot prices -- influenced by rising demand and black markets -- are likely to decline in 2015, analysts say.

A paper published Friday in the journal Science found about 7 million acres of land was lost to oil and gas activities between 2000 and 2012.

Participants at this week's Marijuana Investors Summit in Denver say that for the weed industry to really blossom, it needs both capital investment and legal reform.

The dry, brown lawns of California look very green to the landscapers who remove and replace them.

In the absence of federal policies, states and cities are increasingly passing legislation to let workers take paid time off.

Google, pharmaceutical companies and electric utilities are among the top 10 lobbying companies and groups so far in 2015.

The Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) bill would allow the president to "fast track" trade deals through Congress.

After a brief rebound in February, the index has now been back in negative territory for two consecutive months.

The tech-heavy index came within 13 points of its all-time closing high last seen during the dotcom bubble in 2000.

"Operation Mummy’s Curse," a crackdown on cultural crimes, was aimed at stopping smugglers of artifacts from war-torn countries.

University of Chicago economist Owen Zidar finds that tax cuts can create jobs -- but it depends on who gets the cuts.

Weak demand in the euro zone has weighed on Britain's economy for years.

Struggles for domestic steel producers who grapple with cheap foreign imports and low oil prices could be exacerbated by the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

Top free trade negotiators ended two days of talks without an agreement on agricultural exports and auto parts.

A new report suggests the scale and scope of Chinese urbanization has been seriously underestimated.