ECONOMY & MARKETS

Is the Brazilian Amazon back to the dangerous rates of deforestation of 2007?

Unfortunately, computer hackers bent on stealing your data and wrecking your life will be using new weapons in 2014.

Bank analysts weighed in on the latest trends in gold demand and supply.

The country pays a high price for its crime rate, much of it drug-related.

Major retailers and food companies are among the corporations reporting earnings this week.

Higher domestic demand and a growth in exports helped the Southeast Asian nation beat GDP expectations in the third quarter.

Patents from global pharmaceutical companies, which seek to block generic drug copying, have drawn special attention in recent years.

Mexico boasts the oldest wine-growing region in the Americas, but it's facing a big challenge from developers.

They hope the robot can be modified to perform other tasks like checking soil quality and water troughs.

President Xi Jinping also offered belated condolences to the victims of the disaster.

Scratch Ireland from membership in Europe's infamous "PIIGS," an acronym for five economies that had to be bailed out. The Emerald Isle shines again.

Federal Reserve Vice Chair Janet Yellen passed her first Capitol Hill test and pointed toward a 2014 stimulus reduction.

The company's Sam's Clubs subsidiary helped the retailer post slightly better earnings than expected.

Ontario seeks to hike revenue by cracking down on tax fraud and evasion and expects to make up for billions in lost revenue.

Capital Economics expects the Danish economy to still fall short of its per-crisis level by 2015 and lag behind its Nordic neighbors.

Third quarter GDP figures showed that the bloc is not yet ready to tackle high unemployment and deflation risks.

French GDP missed expectations amid slowing household spending and production of goods and services, and mounting trade deficit.

The company could now be forced to turn to states without strong unions or, to Japan, where it has an offer to begin production.

Consumer demand this year has hit record highs, but Western investors are still apparently bearish on the metal, having fled specialist funds.

Only 106,000 Americans have selected health insurance plans through HealthCare.Gov or other state marketplaces, the Obama administration says.

Small businesses have had a tough time recently with many finding it hard to survive. Here are 14 things you need to know about small businesses.

Russia has become a key frontier for e-commerce giants and their smaller peers alike.

After hitting bottom in 2012, Vietnam's economy is now slowly recovering.

Industrial analysts were bullish on the Canadian aircraft maker after meeting with company management on Tuesday.

Yellen's most prominent critics on monetary policy may suggest that Fed policy has been too aggressive.

Today's cheap gasoline prices aren't a fluke. The pump price is down for all sorts of reasons, many of which aren't going away anytime soon.

Will this be the quarter that Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE:WMT) finally meets or beats expectations?

E-commerce strategists are optimistic about what sales thus far indicate about the imminent holiday sales rush.

The latest fall in the unemployment rate suggests it could reach the key 7 percent threshold earlier than expected.