ECONOMY & MARKETS

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.

Here are the five biggest takeaways from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s speech at the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium.

Nearly 31,000 single family homes were flipped nationwide in the second quarter of 2014. Here's where you can get the best returns.

Fed Chair Janet Yellen opened the Jackson Hole conference on Friday.

The loss of nearly 62 trillion gallons of groundwater has caused an "uplift" effect across the 11-state region, scientists say.

Jobless claims and existing home sales reports show U.S. economy improving early in the third quarter.

Wall Street is facing pressure to improve working conditions for junior employees after a banking intern's death last year, likely caused by his long hours.

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's speech this Friday at an economics conference in Wyoming could have big implications for the U.S. economy.

The median income in the U.S. has risen for the last three years, according to a new report, but hasn't recovered to pre-recession levels.

While the "Third Pole" melts at an alarming rate, the region is also amidst a pollution crisis. A disruption of life for billions is at stake.

Apartment construction fuels less economic growth than single-family housing construction.

Experts fear an explosion could propel a massive ash cloud into the atmosphere and disrupt global air traffic.

Overstock.com customers shopping from outside the U.S. will be able to pay in bitcoin starting in September.

The business software giant, in a bit to tap into Africa's demographic dividend, will train 10,000 IT consultants.