ECONOMY & MARKETS

The indigenous tribes inside the protected area have agreed to oil drilling.What happened? Mostly that they need the money.

The Fed surprised many with its decision not to decrease its bond-buying, citing an economy whose expansion is still not self-sustaining.

However, he added that if it takes the first step, subsequent steps will still be dependent on continued progress in the economy.

Somalia is ramping up infrastructural development with a newly refurbished airport and an improved port town.

Despite the rise, U.S. builders began work on fewer homes than expected in August and new building permits fell.

Members unanimously kept the interest rate and asset-buying steady, noting that the jobless rate was not a "trigger" for policy decisions.

The Fed’s decision about its bond-buying program and clues to future monetary policy will be front and center for investors.

The process that promises shared prosperity often simply means local government forcing farmers into buildings while grabbing their land.

The move is expected to protect local hand-made jewelry producers from cheaper imports from countries such as Thailand and Malaysia.

In the next three to five years, we might see the first recession in the Chinese economy since the beginning of economic reform.

Holiday retail traffic this year in the U.S. is expected to be lower than last year’s.

It's been a long time coming, but it finally looks like the Fed will slow down quantitative easing, but at whose expense and whose gain?

China is encouraging short-selling to help boost the markets, but it is doing so cautiously.

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The combined debt of China's local governments now roughly equals the European nation's gross domestic product.

Increased tourism spending in the summer of 2013 could contribute to the best GDP growth figures Greece has seen in five years.

Will this be Africa's breakout investment decade? The Africa Angel List is holding a networking event in Johannesburg this month.

French tax lawyers are probably hoping for more business from U.S. firms -- which face heightened tax scrutiny by Paris.

Countries with large shale crude oil and natural gas reserves can learn from the U.S. energy boom.

The overall CPI and the core reading both stayed within the Federal Reserve's target for inflation.

UK inflation dipped marginally, while economic sentiment in the euro zone and Germany, as measured by the ZEW index, improved sharply.

Somali President Hassan Sheik Mohamud pledges to spend the money on security, economic recovery, legal reform and public finances.

The Federal Reserve is expected to announce a token reduction in its monetary stimulus, starting next month.

India has pinned its hopes on the new central bank chief, Raghuram Rajan, to tackle high inflation, a weak rupee and slowing growth.

U.S. Census Bureau data shows how much undergraduate degree holders will earn in a lifetime, based on their occupation and major.

How about: "If QE3 goes away, what’s the probability of QE4 if the economy backslides?"

Have you ever had Barranquilla parmesan or Bogotá mozzarella? Soon enough, you might not be able to.

But, the dip in FDI is not seen as a sign of weak economic recovery.

Save your pennies: Accommodation costs in Brazil for the World Cup may surge 500 percent for the global event.