ECONOMY & MARKETS

U.S. stocks rallied Monday as the Nasdaq hit the 5,000 milestone for the first time since 2000 ahead of Friday's highly anticipated jobs report.

Congressional hearings into FEMA's handling of Hurricane Sandy flood insurance claims sought by New York, New Jersey senators.

After breezing through the Wisconsin Senate, right-to-work moves to the lower chamber.

The index continues to climb toward a closing milestone not reached since the peak of the dot-com bubble era.

Africa's largest economy is struggling amid falling crude oil prices, and some say an emerging tech sector may be the answer.

New "pay-to-play" legislation could keep Christie from raising campaign funds from a wide swath of Wall Street.

The PBOC made its move just days before China's national legislature meets to set the official economic growth target for 2015.

Chinese monetary and fiscal authorities could soon be on the same page in terms of providing stimulus in the world’s No. 2 economy.

Bus drivers frequently lack access to bathrooms, which can pose health and safety risks.

The political drama over Homeland Security funding may portend more serious trouble ahead as Washington confronts fiscal challenges on a grander scale.

The Federal Trade Commission's latest report on consumer complaints warns of IRS imposters out for your money.

Moody's downgrades Chicago's credit rating and Mayor Rahm Emanuel defends his record, while casting for votes.

India unveiled Saturday a federal budget that promises universal social security to its impoverished millions and tax sops to big business.

Language inserted by Chris Christie into a N.J. law allows him to steer cash from environmental lawsuits away from cleanups, into a discretionary fund.

Citing an "unfair" process, New Jersey senators say FEMA needs to extend settlement talks to additional Hurricane Sandy victims.

United Policyholders, a consumer-advocacy group, filed a lawsuit to force FEMA to provide access to flood-insurance records.

The world's largest music publishing services company will use the money to expand into markets where artists are having trouble recouping digital streaming royalties.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's CPAC comments equating terrorists with pro-labor demonstrators hasn't been well-received.

U.S. gross domestic product, the broadest measure of goods and services produced across the U.S. economy, was downwardly revised for last quarter.

Over 500 lawmakers voted in favor, including almost all of Chancellor Angela Merkel's right-left coalition plus the opposition Greens.

India's economic survey, presented annually by the finance ministry, predicts that India will be one of the fastest growing economies this year.

The protesters accused Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras of going back on his anti-austerity pledges made before the elections.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz shifted from a long-held position on the legalization of marijuana during an interview with Fox News on Thursday.

"Conflict of interest"? Carly Fiorina's remarks at a conservative conference showed the Clinton Global Initiative may be a political problem for Clinton.

Nigerian online entrepreneurs are still fighting a stereotype as old as email.

Scientists long thought that the tendency of the virus to lay dormant for a decade or longer was merely an error.

Republicans railed against the executive order, which aims to improve labor standards at federal contractors.

The Dow fell Thursday as the number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits last week jumped by the most since December 2013.

The company joins a growing group of retailers including Walmart and IKEA who have recently announced wage increases in the U.S.