ECONOMY & MARKETS

Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos threatened to flood Europe with migrants and jihadists if the eurozone ended its bailout program.

The new left-wing Greek government has tried the patience of its EU peers.

A Consumer Financial Protection Bureau report finds many consumers can't join class-action lawsuits.

While the economy lost 7.8 million jobs during the Great Recession, the working-age population continued to grow.

The IMF's bailout program for Ukraine assumes Kiev will be able to get $15.4 billion from talks with its creditors, according to four sources familiar with the IMF's documents, said an exclusive Reuters report.

The Pacific Ocean phenomenon could result in brief bouts of rain for bone-dry California and set up 2015 to be one of the warmest years on record.

Rural hospitals waste billions of Medicare dollars, billing the federal government for services that can be found more cheaply elsewhere.

On Sunday, a state Senate committee considered a plan that has backing from the House and the governor.

Legal weed in 2014 became a $2.7 billion industry, a 74 percent jump from 2013, making it the fastest growing U.S. industry.

A coal mine tragedy comes as the state considers repealing mining safety regulations.

People tend to have more heart attacks and traffic accidents than usual on the day after they “spring forward,” studies say.

The tech giant's CEO is expected to formally unveil the price and final features of the Apple Watch.

U.S. non-farm payrolls (NFP) data on Friday showed the unemployment rate hit a 6-1/2-year low of 5.5 percent in February.

European leaders praised Greece's reform outline, but said it still needs oversight.

Friday's stronger-than-expected jobs report boosted expectations of a U.S. rate increase as soon as June.

An ECB board member says time is running out for a solution to Greece's bailout woes.

The proposal came to light in a leaked letter from Greece's finance minister, but attracted derision at home and abroad.

A train carrying crude oil came off its track in northern Ontario and exploded Saturday.

Daylight saving time is a longstanding feature in the U.S., but not all states observe it.

Latest round of EU sanctions against Syria indicate secret oil deals with the regime are providing ISIS with funding.

Jeb Bush has said that the federal wind energy tax credit is no longer necessary; he's investing in fossil fuels.

Colorado voters are calling on Congress to support a bill that would place tighter controls on the use of antibiotics in agriculture.

Economists are now turning their attention to the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting on March 17-18 for hints as to when the central bank plans to increase interest rates.

Unions representing miners and public-school teachers reel from Republican legislation in West Virginia.

All 31 banks examined passed the Federal Reserve's stress test. Here's how the Fed might raise the bar.

Job creation in February was the 12th consecutive month that U.S. employers boosted payrolls.

Job growth is on the rise, but the recession has transformed the labor market.

Greece's newly elected government must pay a total of 1.5 billion euros to the IMF this month over two weeks starting on Friday.

A UN report, issued ahead of International Women's Day, finds progress to correct gender inequality has been painfully slow.