ECONOMY & MARKETS

Economic uncertainty in the face of plummeting oil prices and Western sanctions has Russia buying up even more than usual.

Shoppers can find the lowest prices before and after --but not on-- Black Friday, says price-tracking firm ShopAdvisor.

A measure backing Keystone XL may pass Congress, but Obama is likely to veto any challenge to his authority over it.

Investors shook off mixed data out of Asia and Europe Thursday to cheer on strong results from retail giant Wal-Mart.

A proposed rule would help protect prepaid card users from theft and high fees.

“I have always been impressed by Duracell, as a consumer and as a long-term investor in P&G and Gillette,” Buffett said.

Dudley was speaking at a luncheon hosted by the United Arab Emirates central bank in Abu Dhabi.

Abe raised the sales tax to 8 percent in April, triggering Japan's worst economic contraction since the global financial crisis.

India and the U.S. were locked in an impasse for months, jeopardizing a pact that could potentially boost global trade by $1 trillion.

Despite state and federal "pay-to-play" rules, the Illinois governor-elect accepted campaign cash from firms managing his state's pension money.

"I can hate every man you were ever with but I can't hate you," Arthur Miller told his wife.

A Supreme Court case weighs how much taxpayers owe when they earn income in multiple states.

Szabo's supposed involvement with bitcoin comes after Newsweek was heavily criticized for its story on the cryptocurrency.

Ashraf Ghani's government has plans to fight Afghanistan's massive opium issue, but it wasn't in time to stop a record crop this year.

Declining shipments to India would drag on global coal markets grappling with oversupply as China too tries to move toward cleaner fuels.

The Bank of England is keeping a close eye on labor costs as it considers when to start raising interest rates.

The fines were imposed after a year-long investigation into allegations of rigging of forex markets between 2008 and 2013.

The deal comes amid ongoing negotiations between Iran and six world powers to hammer out a nuclear agreement before a Nov. 24 deadline.

No election need be called until 2016, but Abe might seek to renew his mandate for another four years before taking unpopular steps.

The 21-member nations in the APEC bloc approved the launch of a two-year study of the initiative proposed by China.

Fighting between pro-Russian separatists and government forces in eastern Ukraine flared up again in the past week.

America's military veterans are struggling with financial management, stable employment and permanent housing.

“The biggest issue on the sales side is that we’re distracted with trying to survive.”

U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday that the Trans-Pacific Partnership has “the potential for being a historic agreement.”

The meeting follows two years of heightened tensions between China and Japan over disputed islands in the East China Sea, and other issues.

Sure, China's economy is in a slowdown, but it isn't all that "scary," President Xi Jinping says at APEC CEO Summit Sunday.

If Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe dissolves the lower house of parliament, then the snap elections could be held Dec. 14 or Dec. 21.

The protesters at Hariga were part of a state security oil force that has gone on strike over pay.

The fiscal stimulus will fund the building of new airports and railways in the world's No. 2 economy.