ECONOMY & MARKETS

Industrial production in 17-bloc euro area and 28-nation European Union topped expectations.

China's luxury consumers are clamoring for gold, or at least gold-colored, goods of all kinds.

Improving consumer sentiment worldwide should help Coke recover in sales volume, its most closely watched metric.

The country’s consumer price index came in a bit higher than a consensus estimate of 2.9 percent.

BRICS nations made little progress toward setting up a $100 billion currency-reserve pool, as disagreements cropped up over its details.

The focus will be on U.S., U.K. and euro-zone inflation, as well as China’s Q3 GDP, industrial production and retail sales.

It is estimated that as many as 100,000 cattle have been killed as the result of the unseasonal snowstorm that dropped as much as four feet of snow on western South Dakota.

There are two different types of mistresses in China, each with a unique set of economic and cultural implications.

In addition, Edward D. Jones & Co. LP says now is the time to keep calm and carry on (with your long-term financial strategy).

After devastating floods in 2011, farmers in Cambodia are facing another bad season and with that, rising debts.

Once again, two states in a certain region of the country rank high.

Legal bills, currently at $9.2 billion and still climbing, trashed the third-quarter performance of the nation's largest bank by assets.

The world will have 11 trillionaires within two generations, according to Credit Suisse research.

More than 77 million people in Pakistan do not have enough food, due to the government’s archaic and unjust agricultural policies.

Immigrants worldwide are sending increasing amounts of money home, but this year, Mexico won't see an increase.

While inflation in Germany, Italy and Spain rose in September on a yearly basis, the rate of increase slowed compared to August.

Five national parks and three monuments in Utah will be reopened by Saturday morning.

As prices soared, sale of gold between 2009 and 2010 reaped $10.6 billion in profits for the IMF.

China's real estate market is overheated. And if you're looking for space, not even being dead will help you.

The Atacama Desert in northern Chile is the best spot in the world to study and admire the night sky. Here is how the Latin American country plans to preserve it from light pollution.

From Hong Kong to Australia, markets most likely to react first to the U.S. missing its debt obligations are making preparations.

Abercrombie & Fitch, American Eagle and Hollister are riding price hikes into the holiday shopping season, unlike Aeropostale.

If Egypt's tourism doesn't improve, the country's GDP will drop by 1.5 percent.

New U.S. mortgage applications fell 15 percent in October, after they'd peaked only five months earlier, according to S&P data.

Investors hope for respite from the debt ceiling impasse as lawmakers consider a short-term solution.

The household consumer confidence index for September beat expectations.

The website, which has suffered from technical glitches in the first week after its launch, cost at least $634 million in contracts.

Janet Yellen will likely be confirmed by a large majority in the Senate, ensuring a seamless transition of Fed leaders.

FOMC minutes show some Fed policymakers on the fence about reducing the level of stimulus.