ECONOMY & MARKETS

But in the long term, Hong Kong may need to up its game before the FTZ catches up.

For years, economists believed that slavery was incredibly profitable for planters, but now people are starting to think differently.

The company hopes to build up a market among Africa's subsistence farming communities.

Depressed retail sales in Greece reveal more “recessionary signals” from the debt-ridden economy, according to one Greek analysis site.

The unexpected fall cast doubt on the region's recovery and all but ensures an extension of the ECB's ultra-loose monetary policy.

Fears of a government shutdown, weakening inflation data in Europe and underperforming factories in China lowered investor sentiment.

With no clear guidance from the Fed on its stimulus reduction criteria, investor uncertainty about this decision is very high.

Output in China's manufacturing sector improved and foreign demand increased for the first time in six months, in September.

China’s new trade zone will be a test ground for financial, trade and investment reforms. But doubts remain.

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, blasts Senate Democrats for waiting until Monday to vote.

Chuck Hagel criticizes Congress’ inaction as “really dangerously shortsighted.”

The latest governing crisis in Italy could lead to snap parliamentary elections.

Wise investors should keep one eye on U.S. budget / debt talks in Washington and one on the price of oil.

The government shutdowns in late 1995 and early 1996 inflicted considerable economic costs, as federal workers were hit with delays in pay.

The focus next week will be on the U.S. nonfarm payrolls report, the ECB and BoJ interest-rate decisions, Japan’s Tankan survey and sales-tax hike, and China’s PMI data.

The vast desert country hopes to see output of 300,000 barrels per day by 2015.

But you might want to move to Maryland. A new study ranks states by how women-friendly they are.

The EU’s economic-sentiment indicator in September rose above its long-term average for the first time since July 2011.

A report on consumption and spending trends will be watched for an understanding of the nation's economic health.

Myanmar leaders and experts speak to the type of "responsible investment" that is needed in the world's next frontier.

China is currently sitting on a local government debt time bomb and the clock is ticking.

In the past week, the cost to insure U.S. government debt has increased greatly, amid the battle over raising the debt ceiling.

Core consumer inflation hit 0.8 percent in August over a year earlier, the government announced Friday.

The tech/engineering-based oil and gas boom in the U.S. has helped lower foreign imports. And the trend continues.

Goldman Sachs analysts wrote that markets seem less fearful about looming government dysfunction than they were in previous years.

According to an economic analyst, you should brace yourself for "pathological speculative activity and rapid balance sheet expansion."

Shanghai home prices that were already on the climb this year just leaped 30% in two weeks on the free trade zone news.

Angola wants domestic companies to help drive its $23 billion investment in electricity over the next few years.

Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Botswana and Zambia are among the African nations adjusting to the continent's surge in Islamic banking.