Good news for very large container ships: Contractors and authorities have reached a deal to resume work on the stalled project.
U.S. Census data reveals where inequality is the most extreme. The data may surprise you.
The closures jeopardize one region's leading industry and the livelihood of its workers.
Macro targets and local-government debt are likely to top the agenda when China’s top legislative body meets March 5.
The amount of money flowing out of the U.S. in the form of remittances has almost tripled in the last 20 years.
The pact involves automatic sharing of bank information and could be signed as soon as the Sat. G-20 meeting.
If you want to help the U.S. economy (not to mention your own personal health), you’ll use all of your paid time off.
Blackstone’s innovative rental-backed security launched late last year in a $480 million offering.
Nigeria’s central bank governor has been dismissed after months of tension with the country's president over corruption allegations.
The monthly stat has become increasingly important to investors and economists around the world.
By 2015, financial wealth in China might overtake Japan’s, while emerging Asia is on course to eclipse the U.S., economists estimate.
The euro zone economy continued to expand at a robust pace in Feb., but the recovery remains fragile and uneven.
Three head honchos met in Mexico to discuss economic alliances and speak to business, civil society and education leaders.
The preliminary index for February got smaller in all categories except for suppliers' delivery times.
Aaron Houston has been lobbying for marijuana legalization for over a decade, and he now works as an adviser at Ghost Group.
If Ukraine had signed a deal with Europe, it might have averted the current crisis -- and made some money too.
The meeting of the heads of the U.S., Mexico and Canada is two decades in the making. What can investors expect to be accomplished?
With political violence escalating, it goes without saying that the nation's economy is vulnerable to shocks and disruptions.
According to a new report from Ernst & Young, bigger private equity firms are taking notice of potential in African countries.
Is it a momentary pause in the U.S. housing sector's recovery, due to the winter slowdown in construction, or the sign of a deeper problem?
Growing fears of a slowdown in China have hurt emerging-market equities, according to a new survey of fund managers from BofA Merrill Lynch.
There were 125,000 fewer unemployed people in the last quarter of 2013 in the UK compared to the previous quarter.
President Obama will join Mexico President Peña Nieto and Canadian PM Harper to talk about closer integration.
Now that the shutdown is over, Americans aren't concerned about Washington gridlock. They've shifted focus back to the economy.
Consumer-based gold demand hit new records in 2013, even as investors fled the precious metal.
However, in absolute terms it’s the second lowest January volume since records started being kept in 2003.
Scotland’s energy regulator Ofgem has planned since August to cut costs for Scottish wind farm developers by 1.3 million pounds.
Animal activist and researcher Jane Goodall compared Chinese investment in Africa to British colonialism.
Since Western powers eased sanctions against Tehran in January, an emerging power is looking to get ahead when Iran opens up.
To paraphrase Mark Twain, the worries over China’s foreign debt are exaggerated.