BUSINESS

A Standard & Poor's report says that "when the economy operates below its potential, state tax revenues tend to suffer."

Infosys, seeking to turn itself around, is on track for a recovery, top executives said Monday.

Brent crude oil slumped to a more than two-year low under $97 per barrel.

The new Samsung ad came one day after Tim Cook said in an interview that the company could have introduced a big-screen iPhone years ago.

Europe's biggest tour operator, TUI Travel, and majority owner TUI AG have agreed on the terms of a merger.

Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said the search for Flight MH370 has now reached a crucial stage.

Google's Android One will be featured on phones built by local manufacturers, priced as low as $105.

The EU and the U.S. imposed late last week a fresh set of sanctions against Moscow for its policy on Ukraine.

The deal, which has been recommended by Nobel Biocare's board of directors, is expected to be completed in late 2014 or early 2015.

The acquisition deal would have made the Heineken family one of the largest stakeholders in the combined company.

Uber chief Travis Kalanick says global expansion in ride-sharing underway as he tests U.S. markets for delivery services.

The deck-of-cards sized portable digital player that changed the way we listen to music is now moot.

DEA highlights how global drug proceeds can make their way into the pockets of the Colombian kingpins.

“There is no contract sanctity,” a U.S. official said. Accordingly, companies will have 14 days to wind down activities.

The U.S. Federal Reserve could signal the timing of its first interest-rate increase in more than eight years Wednesday.

The company has been reeling from the loss of two aircraft in separate incidents in 2014, which resulted in hundreds of deaths.

Coast Guard says it would not be unusual for there to be many more aboard the ferry than what the passenger manifest indicated.

Health-care costs shot up by 85 percent and fuel costs more than doubled during the past 15 years.

Air France says the walkout would cost the company between $12.96 million and $19.44 million a day.

By all logic. the Focus ST shouldn’t be good: It’s a nose-heavy car with a lot of power and front-wheel drive. Yet, somehow, it's brilliant.

European Union finance ministers were considering at least four options at a meeting in Milan Saturday.

The discovery of coca plants in Mexico hints at a big shift in Mexican cocaine operations, but don’t count on major changes soon.

Calls are getting louder for new economic stimulus, by China's central bank or by its government.

People on Hawaii's Big Island prepare new escape routes as flowing lava threatens to close an important highway.

Hackers accessed dozens of servers in a cyberattack launched in June, though no money was taken, the New York Times reported.

HP is exploring the sale of its photo sharing service Snapfish, and held discussions with private equity and industry buyers, someone close to the matter said, Reuters noted in an exclusive report.

Walmart has previously pushed to source more of its products from U.S.-based companies.

Facing criticism and an ethics complaint, N.J. officials cite a pension investment return rate suddenly higher than they previously reported.

Georgetown law professor Adam Levitin explains how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could regulate Apple's new pay platform.