ECONOMY & MARKETS

The $13 billion Israeli tourism industry was set to have a record year in 2014, but conflict has caused travel to dry up.

Food prices have been on the rise from extreme weather this spring.

The world's second-largest economy is expanding credit faster than production.

Cash-strapped cities like Detroit, as well as states, are slashing pension benefits to subsidize sports tycoons.

Borrowing costs in Russia reached a two-month high Monday.

Household budgets are getting squeezed as prices for goods and services are rising a bit faster than incomes.

In comparison, American billionaires have gained more than $56 billion this year.

Hunting fruit bats and other animals serves as a livelihood for many, but the practice could also be deadly.

All four major regions of the United States added more jobs in June than their averages of the past year, a monthly report by employee benefits firm ADP indicates.

One of the fastest-growing economic regions in the world could also become an innovation hub.

A U.S. natural gas drilling increase in 2014 helped deliver strong second-quarter revenues to major oilfield service providers like Halliburton Co.

Export orders from the East Asian state grew nearly 11 percent compared to a year earlier.

A failure could prove disastrous for the moribund World Trade Organization (WTO) and the system of global free trade deals it underpins.

The Alibaba IPO, to be launched in September, will benefit relatives of many Chinese officials who are large stakeholders in the company.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is among the major companies expected to issue financial reports in the next couple of weeks.

World markets may recover after geopolitical shocks, but the outlook is less rosy for Russia.

The Dutch government has consistently refused to take a hard line over Moscow. Will that change with almost 200 of its people dead?

As production surges, the state's pipeline authority says oil moving by rail hasn't been this low since November 2012.

China's economy dwarfs the other members of the BRICS. Why does Beijing even need to share power in a new development bank?

The ADB kept its growth forecast for China at 7.5 percent in 2014 and 7.4 percent in 2015.

New Pew Research Center study finds record number of multi-generational households, with young adults leading the charge to move home.

Californians are "drought shaming" neighbors who use the state's dwindling water supply on less-than-essential needs.

Even as the fighting in Gaza rages on, a U.S. subcommittee on defense approved $351 million in funds for Israel's Iron Dome system.

Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew on Tuesday urged Congress to clamp down on inversion deals, calling them an "abuse of our tax system."

Many economists believe more policy support may be needed in coming months to sustain any recovery.

Climate change is expected to make droughts like California's worse and longer. Residents better get used to conservation, officials say.

The institution is designed to compete with the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.

The lasting impact of World War I is still felt 100 years later in the form of pensions to widows and families.

The U.S. signed an arms deal, valued at $11 billion, to sell Patriot missiles and Apache attack helicopters to Qatar on Monday.