ECONOMY & MARKETS

After the Dow dropped more than 100 points Thursday as oil prices decline, analysts are looking ahead to Intel's earnings.

Citigroup and BofA shares dropped Thursday after profits missed estimates, signaling a lackluster earnings season for the banking sector.

For Russia, oil revenue pays for half of its budget; for Venezuela, it's 96 percent.

Swiss National Bank scrapped a three-year-old cap on the franc, sending the safe-haven currency soaring through the 1.20 per euro limit.

The Reserve Bank of India said it could cut interest rates further should inflation continue to ease.

The nation's taxpayer advocate says the government is operating in a state of "collective denial."

Oil prices are causing energy firms to lay off employees, underscoring concern for the U.S. economy, according to the "Beige Book."

The price of the basic ingredients of economic growth are falling, but few are ringing alarm bells -- so far.

Dilma Rousseff has focused on restoring investor confidence in Brazil, but raised eyebrows when she scrapped plans to attend the World Economic Forum next week.

The Dow tumbled Wednesday after crude oil inventories rose more than expected, while retail sales and bank earnings missed.

Credit India's efforts to deregulate its economy plus China's decision to slow its economic growth with the coming change.

Retail sales dropped last month, surprising economists after consumer spending was expected to jump as gas prices tumbled across America.

JPMorgan's shares dropped more than 2 percent Wednesday after the investment giant's profit dropped 6.6 percent due to legal expenses.

New data show poor families pay double the state and local tax rate that is paid by the top 1 percent of households.

The latest figures on rural education in India indicate that key indices are declining, or are at best stagnant.

Commodities came under pressure after the World Bank cut its forecasts for global growth, reinforcing worries of a gloomy economic outlook.

World GDP growth will reach 3.3 percent in 2016, compared to a June forecast of 3.5 percent, before dipping to 3.2 percent in 2017, it said.

The largest budget item, social welfare spending, will rise 1 trillion yen to a record 31.53 trillion yen.

Analysts say strong IPO prospects helped spur interest in the private equity market.

The president wants to encourage companies to share breach information with the feds by affording them liability protection, but the plan raises fears.

President Nicolás Maduro announced "several billion dollars" of financing from Qatari banks, but opposition members aren't believing the hype.

Alcoa boosted investor optimism by posting its best annual results since 2008.

The fall in inflation has given some respite to households with average earnings rising by more than prices.

Year-on-year retail spending was 1.0 percent higher this December than a year ago, the weakest December growth since 2008.

Exports rose 9.7 percent from a year earlier in dollar-denominated terms, while imports dropped for a second month in a row by 2.4 percent.

President Nicolas Maduro says right-wing agitators and Venezuela's elite are trying to topple him.

Alcoa posted strong kick off to earnings season Monday, but corporate results are broadly expected to show challenges of cheap oil.

JPMorgan Chase is first of six major U.S. banks scheduled to post quarterly earnings results this week.

Economists are preparing to sort through a slew of data points that will reveal the overall health of the U.S. economy.