ECONOMY & MARKETS

A new report by the IMF finds the world's major banks aren't healthy enough to support the global economic recovery alone.

An improving U.S. economy is encouraging shoppers to spend more on gifts this holiday season.

There were 4.8 million job openings in August, up from 4.6 million in July, making it the highest number of job openings since January 2001.

The Dow dropped 272 points Tuesday.

Most Americans don't feel the economic recovery, and they've already decided who to blame.

Governor Christie says his appointees have "no input" in selecting N.J. pension investments -- but state documents say otherwise.

Consumers paid down personal loans and auto loans more quickly in the second quarter.

The World Bank’s chief economist for Asia reportedly expects Hong Kong's growth to slow further because of the protests.

The Catalan region of Spain will vote on whether to secede Nov. 9.

Despite much progress since the 1980s, there's still a pretty sharp divide between men and women in the uppermost income brackets.

Weed brownies are still the most popular marijuana edibles in Colorado, according to a study released Monday.

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.