ECONOMY & MARKETS

Only one third of aid from OECD Development Assistance Committee members went to the poorest countries, according to a new report.

The drop in factory orders, the sharpest since 2009, was driven by weak foreign demand amid tensions with Russia.

Jack Palmer, who claimed visa misuse and harassment by India’s Infosys, has filed a new lawsuit after the first one was thrown out two years ago.

The World Bank called for "critical -- and in some cases overdue -- reforms" to ensure the region's economies maintained their rate of growth.

The suddenly unstoppable U.S. dollar is posing a triple threat to American companies’ profits.

Major Hurricane Simon looms as Mexico's Baja California is still cleaning up from Hurricane Odile.

The latest jobs report is the final one before midterm elections, and it may be too late to help Democrats keep control of the Senate.

More than 75 million current and former Chase bank customers could be impacted by the summer hack, the bank said.

Full-time jobs are finally replacing part-time positions in the American economy in a hopeful sign of a strengthening expansion.

The policy shift was announced after Vietnam's foreign minister, Pham Binh Minh, met U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Washington.

The U.S. economy added 248,000 jobs in September, while the unemployment rate fell to 5.9 percent — a six-year low.

The president defended his administration's handling of the economy in a speech Thursday at Northwestern University.

As clients follow Bill Gross out the door of Pimco, new CIO Daniel Ivascyn doesn’t want star managers.

Welcome to the slowest economic recovery in the recorded history of the United States.

Hong Kong’s retail economy depends on mainland China tourism, which is about to be largely wiped out.

GMO labeling is estimated to cost less than a penny a day per person, according to a new study.

Safety concerns over Hong Kong's ongoing pro-democracy demonstrations could scare away would-be tourists.

Previously, France had promised EU partners it would bring its deficit below 3 percent by next year.

In 2002, Brazil filed a complaint in the World Trade Organization against U.S. trade subsidies, stating they were against global trade rules.

Despite efforts to dismiss the case, a judge ruled JPMorgan will face a class-action lawsuit over $10B worth of mortgage-backed securities.

Allowing electric cars special access to carpool lanes is causing more, not less, pollution, a study indicates.

South America's second-largest economy is battling American creditors in New York courts -- here's an explainer on the whole imbroglio.

Afghanistan has a trillion dollars worth of assets, but security and corruption concerns dissuade would-be investors.

Official data showed Britain's economic output exceeded its peak before the 2008-09 recession in the third quarter of 2013.

Survey data from Harvard offers clues about why economic inequality isn't a bigger issue in the midterm elections.

Personal spending and incomes increased in August on the strength of job gains.

President Obama told "60 Minutes" he put too much trust into the Iraqi army.

Banks need to update their software immediately to protect against Shellshock, experts say.