ECONOMY & MARKETS

The first U.S. rate hike in almost a decade is predicted to come next month, based on comments from one Fed policymaker.

U.S. regulators have cracked down on tax inversions, so companies have begun striking a new kind of pharma deal.

President Obama pledged to "hold Wall Street accountable" after the financial crisis, but government records show corporate crime prosecutions have plummeted.

Greece reached an agreement for a third bailout after months of acrimonious talks with its international creditors.

European stocks reversed some of the previous day's gains but there was some respite for commodities and their related currency and share markets.

After talks in Hawaii failed to provide a deal, the window to pass the Trans-Pacific Partnership is closing fast for the Obama administration.

U.S. markets were following oil prices down on Monday.

The fall was attributed to the result of unfavorable economic developments following the referendum on the cash-for-reform deal.

Banco Bradesco is expected to announce its acquisition of HSBC's Brazil unit on Monday.

Stock markets in Greece are expected to reopen for business Monday after a month, while Greece seeks more bailout funds.

“The next set of headlines will be which public corporation is next in failing to make a payment, and what the commonwealth’s response to that will be," one analyst says.

An agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership wasn't reached, but talks about a deal will be revived in November.

In exchange for funding, Greece has accepted significant reforms to pensions, taxes, its collective bargaining system and public spending.

Twenty people died in a landslide in India's Manipur close to the border with Myanmar, while nine more deaths were reported in the country formerly known as Burma.

Failure to seal the agreement is a setback for U.S. President Barack Obama, given the trade pact's stance as the economic arm of the administration's pivot to Asia and an opportunity to balance out China's influence in the region.

The former CEO of the now-defunct MtGox, once the world’s largest hub for trading the virtual currency, was arrested over the disappearance of bitcoins worth almost $500 million.

The Obama administration’s new pilot program to expand federal Pell grants to prisoners makes them vulnerable to the for-profit college industry.

Within 10 years, medical-related economic activity is projected to constitute nearly 20 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product.

Dodd-Frank reporting rules may be too lax to fully appreciate hedge funds' systemic dangers, a new report from a Treasury Department unit argues.

The fighter jets are intended to help the African nation combat terrorism.

Economists expect job gains to continue this year.

A Medicare pilot program for 8,400 patients demonstrated $25 million in savings in its first year.

China's Supreme Court in Beijing dismissed the trademark suit under the grounds that there was insufficient evidence.

Struggling to unify his splintering Syriza party, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said he would not be bullied any further on austerity measures and called for a party-wide vote.

The International Monetary Fund has decided against participating in a third Greek bailout effort.

The U.S. economy bounced back in the April-June quarter after shrinking in the first three months of the year due to labor disputes at West Coast ports.

Import bans were instituted in 2014 in response to Western sanctions on Russian imports amid the Ukraine crisis and have greatly disrupted the daily lives of ordinary Russians.

Greece narrowly averted an exit from the euro zone for now when it struck an 11th-hour deal with lenders this month.

“We are dedicated Europeans. We just want our country to stop overcharging us with taxes.”