ECONOMY & MARKETS

An Oxford University professor says pharmaceutical companies could have done more before the virus broke out.

The German automaker said the decision was based on Russia's faltering economy.

Mexico hopes a new $9.2 billion airport will become Latin America's biggest travel hub. But the plans are opening up old wounds.

Nevada says it will get $100 billion from a $1.25 billion Tesla tax incentive package, but hasn't yet explained how.

And with many black women in service or government jobs, they are especially vulnerable to the sluggish U.S. economy.

The number of Americans who have exited the labor force is at a historic low.

New Labor Department jobs data illustrates the employment gap across educational levels.

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has offered Professor Steven Salaita a settlement for withdrawing a job offer after he tweeted anti-Israel opinions.

Unemployment dipped but that was largely due to Americans leaving the labor force, a troubling sign for the state of the economy.

But despite a hiring slowdown, the U.S. jobs report published Friday by the Labor Department did show solid employment gains in August.

Russia's largest arms manufacturer, which increased production five-fold this year, is now on a U.S. sanctions list.

A new analysis examines unemployment and underemployment among recent college graduates.

A Fed study released Thursday concludes that the gap between America's rich and poor grew wider during the recovery.

While it's hard to keep track of the clandestine militant group, experts say they've diversified their finances in recent years.

Most of the gains are in business services, manufacturing, construction and retail. But many are still unwilling part-timers.

Dozens of people were arrested Thursday morning at rallies in American cities, where protesters demanded better pay for fast food workers.

Royal Dutch Shell is among the first companies to try to tap the Utica shale formation in northeastern Pennsylvania.

The private sector added 204,000 jobs in August, the fifth consecutive month of more than 200,000 job gains, according to ADP.

The European Central Bank unexpectedly slashed its benchmark rates Thursday as the continent struggles to boost economic recovery.

Counting economic contributions from prostitution and illegal drugs, the UK's GDP is now 2.7% above Britain's pre-recession peak.

Weeks after the breach was discovered, investigators have traced the re-routed data to a Russian city, according to a Bloomberg report.

The C$4 billion cash deal will significantly expand Manulife's presence in Quebec and make Standard Life's earnings less volatile.

The economy and tens of thousands of guest workers are likely to take a hit as the "greening" disease decimates the vital crop.

Chinese companies have made massive investments in some of the countries most affected by Ebola.

The U.S. economy misses out on billions of dollars in consumer spending when homeowners don't refinance.

The Fed's beige book offers a peek inside the regional factors that have affected the national economy in the last two months.

Thailand's rice industry, already hurt by internal politics, is having trouble exporting to West Africa.

The ECB president's monthly news conference will be under minute scrutiny on Thursday.

Apple's reputation was sullied after iCloud’s role in a hack that resulted in the release of nude photos of Jennifer Lawrence.