ECONOMY & MARKETS

Despite lawmakers’ call for a federal probe, the Chicago mayor gets a new infusion of money from firms making fees off Chicago pensions.

Department of Labor data released Friday paint a rosy picture of state labor markets, but they ignore important considerations.

Russian lawmakers approve a measure to rescue country’s banks that’s similar to 2008 Troubled Asset Relief Program in the U.S.

The world’s second-largest economy is $308 billion bigger than previously imagined, but its debt is still more than twice its economic output.

Arvind Subramanian said on Friday that India should increase public spending to boost economic growth in the medium term.

Swiss National Bank announced it would impose an interest rate of -0.25 percent on the portion of so-called "sight deposits."

EU leaders decided to maintain a tough stance toward Russia Thursday, while also sustaining mutually beneficial commerce.

The Dow skyrocketed 400 points Thursday, and the S&P 500 jumped more than 2 percent, in their biggest one-day gains this year.

Supporters insist that government-regulated pot will drive customers to legal retailers and away from the black markets.

For the first time in decades, Switzerland will charge commercial banks to park money.

The Dow soared Thursday after global; crude oil prices bounced back from five-year lows earlier this week.

Putin advocated for diversity in revenue sources while reducing dependency on oil to strengthen Russia's economy.

The French parliament approved President Francois Hollande’s revised 2015 deficit-cutting budget on Thursday.

The Fed has held benchmark overnight rates near zero since December 2008.

Even as the Russian ruble appeared to rebound after a sharp decline, the ripple effects of the crisis will be widespread.

The lifting of U.S. restrictions on Cuba Wednesday will help tourism but won't unleash a surge of imports and exports between the nations.

The Federal Reserve replaced "considerable time" from its monetary policy Wednesday, promising to be "patient" when hiking rates.

While Africa will likely be immune to Russia's economic problems, wider global trends could hurt them both.

Russia is the world’s seventh largest economy, and that means almost every major multinational has been touched in some way by the country’s crisis.

Residents of cities like Moscow and St. Petersburg are ditching their beleaguered currency for Western goods as fast as they can.

U.S. Federal Reserve prepares Wednesday to debate inflation concerns at a meeting in Washington.

Gov. Chris Christie's administration paid fees to his wife's investment firm after New Jersey's investment in the firm was terminated.

As the ruble is significantly undervalued, Russia has started selling its currency reserves to resolve the crisis.

Russia has so far spent about $80 billion -- a fifth of its international reserves -- in an unsuccessful move to stabilize the ruble.

Business sentiment among Asia's top companies rebounded in the fourth quarter to the second-highest level in almost three years.

City supervisors weren't ready to approve the reappointment of Wendy Paskin-Jordan. The vote moved to January.

Most Russians aren't exposed to the economic woes stemming from the ruble's collapse, but some say they are hit hard.

Russia's oil-dependent economy faces three key problems: Falling oil prices, trade sanctions and a flight of investment capital.

The most dramatic example is the Russian ruble, which hit a record low Tuesday, in part because of rising pressure on the oil-dependent economy.