ECONOMY & MARKETS

Amazon launched its online store for India on Wednesday with a model that will allow it to edge into the country's growing e-commerce market.

The storm was predicted to reach Florida’s coast and then parts of Georgia and the Carolinas.

Weaker than expected U.S. data and fears about the Fed's future policies sent Asian markets, on Thursday, to fresh lows in five months.

The IMF is expected to admit that it made mistakes in assembling an austere bailout package for Greece.

For one 77-year-old man, having three sons still leaves him living on the street.

Although certain economic indicators show positive growth, the growth rate is much slower than analysts expected.

Greece is appealing to New York financiers for more investment, saying the worst is behind the euro zone nation.

U.S. workers and businesses weren't as productive in Q1 as originally thought, but hourly comp had its biggest decline since 1947.

Pakistan's new Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is providing few specifics on how we will solve the country's many woes.

Japan PM Shinzo Abe failed to excite investors and economists with his latest major policy address, which set ambitious targets but left out details.

Japanese investors tend to be pioneers in the global currency market, and they’ve been flocking to Mexico lately.

Key EU officials have approved Latvia’s bid to adopt the euro currency, in a decision to be formalized in July.

U.S. companies created 135,000 jobs last month, missing analysts' expectations, which ranged from 157,000 to 165,000.

With the right policies, Myanmar could experience incredible economic growth -- but the opportunity won't last for long.

Argentina removed a freeze on Chevron assets, another blow to Ecuador's bid to get Chevron to pay $19 billion over a scandal-tainted lawsuit.

U.S. stock futures point to a lower open on Wednesday as investors await a host of economic data.

New York is the world’s most competitive city today and will remain that way in 2025, a Citigroup study says.

Apple will create 7,400 jobs at its new campus in Cupertino by 2016, increasing its headcount by 46 percent, the company said in a report.

Uncertainty about the future of the Fed’s monetary policy is hurting investor favorites in Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand.

Coca-Cola resumed bottling its soft drinks in Myanmar after 60 years, as part of a $200 million investment plan, in the troubled Asian nation.

Private consumption in the U.S. accounts for more than 70 percent of GDP.

Led by strong GDP growth in Indonesia and the Philippines, office rents are rising in ASEAN’s major economies.

PIMCO's Bill Gross, head of the world's largest bond fund, critiqued Ben Bernanke's bond policy, saying the Fed is as much at fault as Congress.

The EU has decided to tax Chinese solar panel imports after much deliberation and an investigation, a move that could spark retaliation from China.

An incoming legislative report turns up the political pressure on UK Chancellor George Osborne, who believes RBS should be fully privatized.

Official statistics show the U.S.’ trade gap with other countries up slightly from last month’s figures.

Chinese shoe mega-exporter Huajian announced Tuesday it will expand a factory in Ethiopia.

The rising cost of luxury in Asia is outpacing overall inflation, reflecting increased demand.

The IMF tells Socialist President François Hollande to step up reforms aimed at boosting competitiveness.