BUSINESS

China's recovery was broad based with 10 out of the 13 sub-indices pointing to improvement from the previous month.

The unemployment rate likely held at a six year-low of 6.1 percent, but could surprise on the downside.

The WTO's landmark Trade Facilitation Agreement fell through as India demanded a parallel pact for subsidies and stockpiling food.

India has imposed a record 10 percent duty on gold imports, prompting smugglers to think of innovative ways to bring the metal into the country.

Two ships tasked with mapping the Indian Ocean are making progress ahead of the September mission, Australian officials said Thursday.

The job cuts in West Virginia follow layoffs in Kentucky last week. Demand for coal is sinking, while the market for gas grows.

Beijing's swift rescue of falling housing prices indicates an addiction to real estate that, ultimately, may threaten long-term economic health.

After Twitter's stock surged over 30 percent earlier this week, is it time to buy shares?

The conditional permit gives Oregon LNG permission to export natural gas to non-free trade agreement countries.

Whole Foods prepares to launch a home-delivery service, but analysts say it won't be enough to boost the company's sagging growth.

Oregon will likely legalize recreational marijuana in November, but economists wonder if people will buy it.

Several hundred claims are expected to be filed at the start of a GM-financed program being launched Friday to compensate victims of a faulty ignition switch on some of its vehicles, lawyers say.

Tesla announced on Thursday that a site outside of Reno is “potentially” the location of $5 billion factory.

Apple and Samsung continue to lose smartphone market share as Chinese competition intensifies.

“Doesn't the SEC have an interest in what the truth is?”

Now the largest economy in Africa, Nigeria's lasting progress is only discouraged by Boko Haram's pervasive violence.

Families are spending more out-of-pocket on school, and report higher enrollment in community colleges, according to Sallie Mae survey.

About 100 bodies are still missing from the MH17 crash site, but contamination and lack of time threaten the investigation.

Weak U.S. data contributed to the bearish tone as jobless claims rose more than expected in the latest week.

Porsche's next high performance 911 is getting a serious face-lift.

The “Viking King” is helping Russian oil companies skirt the EU and buy equipment for deepwater and arctic drilling.

Gold prices are up this year thanks to geopolitics and a lagging U.S. economy, but they’re looking to fall again pretty soon.

Electric carmaker and stock market darling Tesla Motors Inc. will report second-quarter earnings after the close on Thursday.

Even a short default will raise local companies' borrowing costs.

Shell posted a profit of $5.1 billion in the second quarter of 2014 -- more than twice what it made in the second quarter of 2013.

Last year, the EU imported nearly 46 percent of its gas and 31 percent of its coal from Russia, against which it has now imposed new sanctions.

Yum Brands, which owns the KFC and Pizza Hut chains, is also dealing with the impact of a December 2012 report about unsuitable meat.

Tourism in the Asia Pacific region grew at over 6 percent in the first four months of 2014 -- higher than the global average of 5 percent.

India's ultimatum has revived doubts about the future of the WTO as a negotiating body.