ECONOMY & MARKETS

The Bank of Israel is taking a pointer from Abenomics in another harbinger of what could be a spreading global currency war.

European Parliament wants to see more done to crack down on widespread tax cheating.

The rumored cancellation of a welfare fund threw some Brazilians into a panic. The real problem, however, may be a credit binge.

The former chairman of Fonterra apologized for saying New Zealand business owners should not trust Chinese businesses.

Iran has extended lines of credit worth a total of $4 billion in hopes of propping up the Assad regime's oil holdings.

The number of store locations in the U.K. will plunge by 22 percent by 2018, resulting in 316,000 job losses.

With equity prices rallying, gas prices falling and the housing market recovering, consumer confidence is at a five-year high.

The pace of U.S. real estate price increases is accelerating, and the housing sector remains the brightest sector in the economy.

Brussels wants to impose a tariff on Chinese solar panels, but 15 European Union members oppose the plan.

U.S. stock futures pointed to a higher open Tues., buoyed by Asia's and Europe's solid upside day.

In China, some parents have their children learning business basics as early as three years old.

A Bank of Japan's minutes of meeting held on April 26 reveals a rift among board members over its ambitious economic stimulus plan.

Japan's Nikkei index fell yet again by more than 3 percent in a cautious Asian market.

The cost of replacing the Missouri Route M highway overpass creamed by the freight-train crash In Scott County is estimated at about $3 million.

As Africa emerges as "the 21st century continent," experts say its future rests on big ideas, entrepreneurship and local ownership.

In post-Gadhafi Libya, energy companies are struggling to gain a new foothold.

Republicans were 14 percentage points more likely than Democrats were to report they had experienced negative impacts from the sequester.

With Tokyo seeking to bolster ties with Asia countries to counter China's influence in the region, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe began his maiden visit to Myanmar.

Japan's Nikkei recovered from a record fall to end a volatile day of trading in positive territory.

The House just approved $20.5 billion in cuts to the federal food stamp program. Which states will feel the pinch the most?

OneTouch, a subsidiary of Alibaba, is giving smaller companies a chance to hedge against the rising yuan.

The dive in the Asian markets was fueled, in part by Abenomics. Here's why Japan is sticking to it.

According to the latest Nielsen report, Chinese consumers remain optimistic about the state of China's economy, and are now buying more high-end products than ever.

Investors seemed to weigh the Asian market sell-off and Europe decline against a stream of encouraging news about the U.S. economy.

Comments by Ben Bernanke and the latest China manufacturing activity report pull down Asian stock markets.

The euro zone purchasing managers’ index for May shows that businesses are still contracting. Meanwhile, the U.K. reported flat Q1 growth.

The Chinese steel industry is experiencing a widespread slump. Steel companies' poor balance sheets reveal just how steep this slump is.

China plans to add more airports in places that already have poor-performing ones.

AAA released its Memorial Day 2013 weekend travel forecast Wednesday and numbers, the association says, will be down this year.