ECONOMY & MARKETS

It is not a fashion choice, really.

Compared with December 2013, the number of persons unemployed increased by 17,000 in both the EU and the euro area.

The World Bank counts the East African nation of Uganda among the poorest countries in the world.

Google’s much-hyped electronic frames could be of use to farmers.

With North Korea's main proponent of China trade now executed, Pyongyang has sent a new representative to rally investment.

India’s online retail market could triple to 500 billion rupees by 2016.

In early 2014, U.S. durable goods orders have taken a slight hit - due to a dip in aircraft sales.

A World Bank study found that changing one key social institution in Ethiopia made a big difference for women at work.

China bulls, take note: The pace of urbanization is set to slow and its contribution to economic growth is set to decline.

A sentiment indicator from the European Commission showed consumer confidence dipped while industry confidence inched up.

For the Kremlin, it's a question of what's worse: a failed state on its doorstep or a going concern that's independent of Moscow.

FarmLogs helps farmers optimize harvests with modern mobile technology.

Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands are just a few countries rethinking their aid to Uganda after its president signed a law persecuting homosexuality.

Weapon sales, the biggest overseas agriculture deal for Beijing, billions in aid: There's a lot at stake for China in Ukraine's turmoil.

Gold demand rose the third fastest in the world in Turkey in 2013, for consumers.

Japan doesn’t want to lift trade barriers. U.S. liberals want Obama to stick to his past pledges on fast-track authority.

While most industries in Myanmar are expanding, its fish exports sector is contracting.

More than 230 million people were living outside the countries of their birth in 2013. Many of them sent money home.

Mazur is an outspoken critic of the way governments and banks combat money laundering, the drug cartels' lifeblood.

Latin America is growing, but it still has a long way to go to ensure all its citizens benefit equally.

The recovered documents and information are said to add up to 32 gigabytes of data and have been preserved in a safe place.

Keith Bliss of Cuttone & Co. discusses “the real question” analysts will ask from Macy’s earnings in 2014.

Dilma Rousseff and José Manuel Barroso discussed free trade agreement and the end of U.S. surveillance.

Yale University economics professor Robert Shiller said an annual fall in home prices is a potential threat in 2014, if several risks converge.

And here's how much they rose in 20 big cities. The top gainers may surprise you.

That said, the trajectory of same-store sales was discouraging: a 10% gain in November, a 2% loss in December and a 4% loss in January.

The European Commission has raised its EU and eurozone GDP forecasts, but austerity measures are nowhere near over.

And you'll never guess where the biggest overvaluation exists, which ran current account deficits of 12 percent to 40 percent of GDP.

Republicans will press criticism of the ambitious tax evasion crackdown during 2014 elections.