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Investors are becoming increasing concerned that the US government will default on its debt, due to DC gridlock.

Although Detroit’s woes had been decades in the making, the auto industry’s earliest warnings first took shape deep in the Amazon rain forest.

In the next three years, remittances to developing countries will rise by $140 billion as global migration soars.

Hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman has made a bold shift in his longtime bet against nutrition distributor Herbalife.

Swiss investigators are closing in on bankers that manipulated the foreign exchange markets for profit.

Reports about the House Speaker being open to working with Democrats to raise the debt ceiling could push U.S. stocks up.

A U.S. default caused by a failure to raise the debt limit could trigger a worse financial crisis than in 2008, the department said.

The world’s largest gold exchange-traded fund was the least popular such investment fund in the third quarter, according to new data.

It's worked at Yahoo, but can Daniel Loeb "save" Sotheby's by ousting Chairman and CEO William F. Ruprecht?

After years of allegations of corruption, the Vatican Bank has published an annual report in an attempt to become more transparent.

The SEC’s whistleblower program is only just taking off, after news of a $14 million award, said one former SEC staffer.

Memo to Athens: Focus on strengthening your economy before you focus on paying selling state-owned assets to pay off creditors.

Maybe the reason US government shutdowns are such a non-event is because much of the US government doesn't shut down during shutdowns.

Everyone is concerned over the price of gas at the pump, but prices are falling, according to AAA.

While many might think America has the most powerful banks in the world, they are not very strong. Here's the world's 20 strongest.

The prime minister's moves are part of his overall drive to jump-start the nation's long-suffering economy.

They've had five years to prepare for the end of quantitative easing. So what will happen to emerging economies when tapering begins?

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

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.

Pension fund trustees representing city labor unions consistently outvoted the rest of the trustees to give various bonuses and supplemental payments.

What goes up must come down: Economists say gold prices will lose lift next year.

Nineteen Chinese provincial governments collected $2.7 billion in baby fines last year.

Football's golden boy, Lionel Messi, and his father deny tax evasion charges that could put the star athlete behind bars if he's found guilty.

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

With banks rejecting more people than ever for mortgages, what do you need to consider before applying for one?

Users of Google’s Gchat service were startled late Wednesday when their private messages were sent to the wrong recipients.

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."