ECONOMY & MARKETS

About 1,700 workers at New England landline telecom provider FairPoint, may soon return to their jobs after a nearly five-month strike.

Emmanuel Macron's minor changes have sparked heated opposition from the left and the right.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said Friday he is "certain" eurozone finance ministers will accept the deal.

The flood insurance policyholders victimized by altered damage reports after Hurricane Sandy may total 10,000, according to a lead attorney.

A government effort to curb pollution has forced fireworks sales down, in line with the rest of manufacturing in China.

As the deadline nears, Greece's largest debt-holder denied a request for extra time to negotiate loans.

The huge retailer is boosting wages to $10 an hour, but critics say the company can afford a more generous increase.

The highest class of drugs is reserved for those considered highly addictive and thought to have no medicinal value.

The machine has been stuck beneath the city for over a year, but has dug through 6 feet of soil this week.

In the coming decades, 30-year stretches of crop shortages, water scarcity and extreme dryness could become the norm. America isn't ready.

Health and marketing experts are calling for Healthcare.gov tweaks to help people in the federal health insurance marketplace.

Weaker-than-expected inflation numbers suggest September will be the ideal time for the U.S. central bank to raise interest rates.

Employers in North Dakota's dangerous oil and gas sector aren't paying their workers' compensation premiums.

One expert says the ongoing labor dispute at West Coast ports costs $2 billion a day, and it's not even an official work stoppage.

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis expects eurozone finance ministers to approve an extension to the country's loan proposal Friday.

72 Alaskan villages start using high-speed Internet for the first time.

Earnings from the world’s largest retailer will set the tone for the sector's health in the last holiday season.

That's what the Cato Institute think tank is saying to U.S. lawmakers on federal rules that restrict marijuana. They're not alone.

Economists will be looking for clues from the Federal Reserve’s latest minutes as to when the central bank will begin hiking interest rates.

White families in America on average had seven times the wealth of black families and six times the wealth of Hispanic families in 2013.

Following the government's announcement, yields on Greek and other lower-rated eurozone bonds fell on Wednesday.

U.S. stocks closed higher after reports that Greece intends to ask eurozone finance ministers for an extension.

As the drama continues to play out in Greece, here are the four most important points about the country’s predicament.

How one couple's Hurricane Sandy insurance lawsuit opened the floodgates to allegations of fraudulent damage reports.

At its plant in Chattanooga, Volkswagen will recognize the American Council of Employees, a group of workers opposed to the UAW.

Republican and Democratic senators have introduced two separate bills to lift travel restrictions on Americans going to Cuba and to repeal the 53-year-old embargo.

Excessive noise impacts both wildlife and visitors -- now, the National Park Service can see it more clearly than ever.

The New York Fed said Tuesday that more students and auto borrowers fell behind in payments in the fourth quarter of 2014.

Greece's government said a deal with eurozone finance ministers remains "totally feasible" but will not accept ultimatums.