ECONOMY & MARKETS

Australians looking to buy their first home are being priced out by property investors.

Canada, the U.K. and China led the way in reporting on U.S.-related corporate wrongdoing.

The data underlines the global recovery's fragility and the likelihood that central banks will continue economic stimulus.

The surplus widened owing to increased exports and slightly lower imports, with Germany leading the gains.

Many foreign workers in Qatar have their passports held by employers and are subjected to blackmail, low pay and long work hours, a report says.

The retailer had launched an inspection of all the factories it sources garments from, following the Rana Plaza disaster in April.

Although yearly increases continued, housing prices across 70 cities were slightly down in October compared to the previous month.

As exports have weakened over the past year, domestic and public consumption have become the main source of expansion.

Projects include building barriers around electrical systems and expanding the drainage network.

The president is asking Congress for an emergency extension of unemployment insurance benefits to last until the end of 2014.

Slow and predictable developments in export, along with political inertia, mean there will likely be few Asia surprises in the next several months.

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.