Owen Davis

The stock market took a nosedive last week. How will venture-capital-backed firms like Uber and Snapchat cope?

Fight for 15, the movement for higher pay and workers' rights in low-paying jobs, has expanded its efforts into South America. Here's why.

Two new studies of hedge fund returns suggest the industry's performance claims are significantly inflated.

Developers of a bitcoin update have launched a divisive power play in a bid to keep the digital currency alive. But it could tear the community apart.

Though foreign firms like Maersk and Alibaba have piled on multibillion-dollar stock buybacks, U.S. companies lead by a mile.

While American lawmakers cry foul over supposed currency manipulation, China is actually moving to align more with global free-market standards.

European finance ministers have agreed in theory to a $94 billion bailout package, but Greece is far from being in the clear.

A leading German think tank says the Greek crisis has already benefited Germany to the tune of 100 billion euros. The reason? Interest rates.

A new study shows the brains of people with epilepsy react uniquely when exposed to music.

"Everyone in this village is a victim," one mother says, after almost 300 children were seen in videos of forced sex acts.

“I think that man absolutely affects the environment," says U.S. presidential hopeful John Kasich, although the extent of the effects is subject to "a legitimate debate."

On the 70th anniversary of the historic nuclear attack, Japanese peace activists called on their government to dial back its proposed military expansion.

Australia's iconic food paste is responsible for alcohol abuse and social ills in small towns, Australia's indigenous affairs minister said.

There would be neither vice presidents nor deputy prime ministers under Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's plan addressing government corruption.

Dodd-Frank reporting rules may be too lax to fully appreciate hedge funds' systemic dangers, a new report from a Treasury Department unit argues.

The International Monetary Fund has decided against participating in a third Greek bailout effort.

After Hillary Clinton steered UBS out of a jam, the Swiss bank upped donations to her family's foundation, a report found.

As negotiators enter the final round of talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, concerns around human rights take hold in Washington.

Monday once again saw major declines in China's stock markets, raising fears of global economic fallout. But analysts aren't too worried.

One of the most divisive provisions of the Dodd-Frank financial reforms, the rule is intended to curb speculative Wall Street risk-taking.

The ongoing rise in American equities owes mainly to companies repurchasing their own shares, Deutsche Bank's Binky Chadha writes.

The landmark financial reforms, signed by President Obama five years ago today, had an indelible impact on Wall Street — but more than a third of its rules remain unfinished.

French President François Hollande said an elected parliament for the countries that use the euro might cure what ails Europe.

Americans won the mathematics competition for the first time in 21 years.

According to John Kerry, the deal "will bring insight and accountability to Iran's nuclear program."

More than half a century of hostility will fade into history Monday as Cuba and the U.S. jointly reopen embassies in Havana and Washington.

Medical officials say an artillery barrage wounded at least 120 people north of the Yemeni port city of Aden as Shiite rebels stepped up a retaliatory offensive.

Taiwan's two major political parties are fielding women as presidential candidates in 2016, setting the stage for the country's first woman president.

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble has said debt relief for Greece violates EU law. But international finance experts say that's an exaggeration.