ECONOMY & MARKETS

French magistrates have put Lagarde under formal investigation for "negligence" after questioning her for a fourth time.

Americans' opinions of labor unions and right-to-work laws explained in six charts and maps.

The average price at the pump is $3.45 per gallon, but prices vary widely by region.

Investment and government spending are falling as consumer spending remains weak in Latin America's largest economy.

Continued cautious household spending could hold back economic growth this fall.

It takes $404 to safely bury the body of just one Ebola victim.

Major food corporations buy small companies dedicated to sustainability in order to help their own practices -- and their images. Does it work?

Los Angeles could join a growing list of cities that have increased the minimum wage for their workers.

Falling German investment and trade with Russia is only partly to blame for the economy's recent faltering.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized 3,317 pounds of cocaine valued at more than $37.6 million.

Such a move would catapult Los Angeles into the growing movement of cities and states that are considering hourly-wage adjustments.

Stronger consumer spending and business inventory spending lifted the number after a harsh winter slowed the first quarter.

Homeowner demonstrations in Shanghai and Jinan illustrate just how dangerous falling housing prices are to Communist Party control.

With sanctions and bans affecting key sectors, the growth forecast for 2015 has been halved.

Since the beginning of August, UNICEF has dispatched 33 shipments, totaling nearly 1,000 tons of emergency aid, most of it to Iraq.

The end of a decade of war brings a large drop in workers at America's biggest defense companies. But the cuts may be over soon.

Weigh in here with your opinion on Burger King's planned move to Canada.

Record aircraft sales at Boeing boosted orders for American durable goods.

State innovation funds are billed as investing in local entrepreneurs, but the funds let politically connected financial firms grab big fees.

The quake struck just as the grape-harvesting season was getting under way in Napa County, a significant wine-producing area.

U.S. cheesemakers fear plans to limit the use of "gouda" and "feta" to cheeses made only in specific European regions.

Legal changes caused a slowdown in the number of inversions after the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, but they have since rebounded.

Using Twitter data, researchers have found a way to estimate employment more quickly and accurately than the government can.

Companies that have business relations with Russia are, on average, more pessimistic than those that do not have them.

The U.S. Federal Reserve has not boosted its interest rates since 2006.

The settlement is valued at $1.2 billion after deducting the current estimated value of the low-quality securities.

One Chinese company is using 3D printing to build houses. But it may be too early to say the construction revolution has truly arrived.

Raising rates too quickly could weaken the job market as money to expand and create jobs becomes more expensive, Yellen said.