RETAIL SALES

The e-commerce titan raked in $44 billion in sales in 2013, outpacing rivals with a staggering 17 percent growth over 12 months.

Rising commodity costs and spending cuts equal trouble for Caterpillar sales in Asia.

The three major U.S. stock indexes ended off their session lows. With the day's decline, though, the S&P 500 was down for three straight sessions for the first time since early April.

As teenage shoppers care less about clothes, Aeropostale, American Eagle and Abercrombie are among the brands that have fallen from favor.

Other major retailers are also struggling with similarly grim results.

Quarterly earnings should provide direction on a day that seems set for a slow start after a string of record-breaking sessions.

A retail slowdown in April--and cuts to food stamps--may affect Wal-Mart's first quarter earnings.

US retail sales barely rose in April, tempering hopes of a sharp acceleration in economic growth in the second quarter.

A weak yen helped lift Japanese stocks while Asian stocks climbed despite Chinese data narrowly missing expectations.

The bullish report added to data on employment and industrial production that suggests there's momentum in the U.S. economy.

The International Monetary Fund Monday critiqued Japan's touted economic reforms in a report.

Global markets on alert, with the crisis in Ukraine to euro zone inflation and beyond.

The report fit in with other industrial production, retail sales and job data that suggests the U.S. economy has gained steam.

Analysts also predict the global cafe giant will post 11 percent revenue growth in the most recent quarter.

The January-March GDP figure, while showing a decline, still beat forecasts.

Retail sales account for a third of U.S. consumer spending, and a sustained increase bodes well for GDP, earnings and job growth.

After last week's volatile sessions, which ended with the markets losing a lot of ground, earnings and economic data should guide markets.

Investors will look to domestic data even as markets abroad move on disappointing Chinese data.

Earlier, Premier Li Keqiang had expressed confidence about the Chinese economy in his address to the National People’s Congress.

Apple opened its first Apple Retail Store in Rio de Janeiro on Feb. 15 to 1,700 eager customers. However, high import duties may keep Apple's products out of many Brazilian hands.

There's only so much you can blame on the weather.