Data shows developed markets' conditions improving, while emerging markets are moving in the other direction.
Gambling is legal only in Atlantic City, but there has been talk of expanding the industry elsewhere in the Garden State.
Just over half vote to end pact, defying government and big business.
The global financial crisis slowed Brazil’s economy, but it plummeted Mexico's into one of the worst recessions in its history.
The Sochi Olympics began in style Friday, but many wonder about the games' economic benefits.
India wants a greater share of revenues since it generates an estimated 80% of global cricket income.
Does this bitter cold winter explain the disappointing January jobs total? And will the Fed stick to its taper timetable?
China's land disputes may go on for a while, even as the government carries out land reforms.
A U.S. Senate repeal of veterans' pension cuts is "likely," according to Democratic Sen. Adam Smith, an opponent of the proposal.
Five years into the recovery after the financial crisis, the U.S. economy still is not creating enough jobs.
While much of Thailand suffers economically, data center providers there have been experiencing an unexpected growth spurt.
Mexico is the second country in Latin America to attain A status, after Chile.
It's the last of China's four monthly PMIs, and all have pointed to economic growth quieting in January on easing demand.
The expansion of the economically strategic canal to let bigger ships through is facing serious problems.
Did you know the United States accidentally (and briefly) breached the debt limit in 1979?
Cricket venues attract a growing population of people from the far-flung corners of the former British Empire who have settled in New York City.
After weeks of violent revolts in Michoacán, President Enrique Peña Nieto has decided to invest $3B. Will it be enough?
Political and economic volatility in Argentina has underscored how frontier markets can turn sour quickly.
The world's total defense budget is forecast to increase to $1.547 trillion this year.
Six years after the housing-bubble burst that sank Spain into recession, the bottom still hasn't been reached.
But improving economic conditions boosted cargo space demand in a few key regions.
With iron ore comprising 60 percent of Australia's exports to China, the slump begs the question -- what's going on in China?
And here's why that may be a very bad idea for the world's second-largest economy.
Russia has deployed an array of operations to deter would-be terrorists from targeting the Winter Games.
The Chinese spent most of their money on regular goods over the traditional New Year holiday, not on luxury items.
Poultry regulation may feature prominently in 2014 on advocates’ agendas, after two critical December reports made waves.
Institutional investors are trying to sort out whether the sell-off is merely Fed-stimulus related or a deeper problem.
Private sector job growth remains below trend, but historically consistent with post-financial crisis recoveries.
Alfonso Fanjul, sugar tycoon and well-known anti-Castro activist, wants to invest in his home country.
Fiscal tensions were defused, but not extinguished, when Congress reached a modest budget accord in late 2013.