ECONOMY & MARKETS

The runoff between incumbent Cochran and tea party-backed McDaniel has been described as a battle for the heart and soul of the Republican Party.

Tensions keep mounting around the Export-Import Bank of the United States, with four officials accused of accepting gifts in exchange for favors.

New York ex-Mayor Michael Bloomberg, hedge-fund billionaire Tom Steyer and former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson funded the report.

Speaking to British lawmakers, Carney said that data on British wages had come in softer than expected.

India is expanding a nuclear plant that could produce enough weapons-grade uranium to make five atom bombs a year, according to reports.

Without Congress, Obama can do little to extend the meager family-leave benefits the United States offers it workers.

Oil and gas drillers are wary of the drug-related violence in northern Mexico that's threatening to stymie the country's shale oil and gas development.

Chinese manufacturing rose this month to a seven-month high.

Nearly one-third of California is experiencing "exceptional" drought levels as the state withers under its highest temperatures on record.

India's investigation of black money in secretive Swiss banks was triggered by a list of accounts at HSBC leaked by a whisteblower.

It was the first time since December that the PMI was in growth territory, and the highest reading since November.

Greek authorities make biggest heroin seizure in Europe.

Border Patrol is detaining 700 migrants a day.

The need for crowd control and to protect corporate sponsors is having mixed effects on businesses in and around the World Cup.

Tesla Motors Inc. unveiled new fast-charging stations for electric vehicles this week in Germany and a showroom in Dallas.

The price was 17 percent higher than what AVR paid when it bought the building from Boston Properties in 2007.

Same-sex couples will receive both workplace protections and most federal benefits even if their state doesn't allow gay marriage.

The outgoing head of NATO claims Russian operatives are secretly behind the anti-fracking movement sweeping Europe.

Rights activists says Brunei should be kicked out of free-trade talks after it legalized capital punishment for gays and adulterers.

Federal energy regulators on Thursday voted to let Sempra Energy's major natural gas export project in Louisiana move forward.

Thailand's coup has put the country's rice-export industry in jeopardy.

City officials and unions are trying to fix the Motor City’s unfunded pension obligations. If it works, the cure could spread.

Investing is a zero sum game and for every loser, there's a winner somewhere.

Though they’re still not sure why, researchers say the connection is clear.

Global oil prices, currently around $114 per barrel, would have to pass $120 to sharply slow the world economy.

American space companies said they still have contracts for Russian equipment, but they're rushing to develop their own technology.

Talks are nevertheless expected between the two sides in New York next week.

Clashes continue at Iraq's largest oil refinery in Baiji, a day after insurgents from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) seized control of the facility.

Economic sanctions, which had so far barred the use of normal banking channels for oil payments, have crippled Iran’s economy.