BUSINESS

More people are living alone than ever before, according to a new U.S. Census Bureau report.

The new Prius will be cheaper and more fuel-efficient than its predecessor thanks to a new powertrain system, the company says.

With a slew of plug-in vehicles entering the market, the infrastructure to support them is growing even faster.

The governments of Mexico, Colombia, Chile and Peru agreed to a breakthrough in economic relations within Latin America.

For Pakistani doctors the financial lure of working in Saudi Arabia and other wealthy Middle Eastern states is simply too tempting to pass up.

The U.S. economy grew at a faster-than-expected rate in the April-June period, bolstering the case for the Fed to decrease stimulus.

Abbreviated New Drug Approvals, or ANDA, requests are submitted to FDA for its approval to manufacture and sell a generic drug in the U.S.

Once the world's top rice exporter, Myanmar is eager to get its throne back, perhaps too eager.

The closure could limit access to the park from the east and possibly affect Labor Day weekend tourist traffic.

From the staid and storied halls of the world's third-largest bank comes a wild and woolly prediction about gold.

American cities are nowhere to be found at the top of the 2013 list of the most livable cities in the world.

Peru has promised its citizens cheap energy. To get it, it risks destroying its natural heritage, and a native tribe.

In three and half years, banks have paid around $66 billion in litigation costs, and that number looks to grow.

The first domino might fall in less than a year, posing a threat to China's economy.

Investors will evaluate U.S. Q2 GDP and jobless claims data, as the threat of an immediate military strike on Syria recedes.

The workers are demanding an increase in the federal minimum wage limit, and the right to organize and form unions.

The Philippines remains unaffected by the general slowdown in Asia, as President Aquino’s government boosts spending.

Reports of several September blackout dates for T-Mobile employees may hint at a Sept. 20 release date for the new iPhone.

Some lenders are beginning to analyze Facebook friends and other social data when determining a loan applicant's worthiness.

Heightened union unrest and tricky negotiations this summer plus the August 2012 Marikana mining massacre have scared away investors.

The makings of India's unprecedented currency collapse are basically home-grown.

Burger King's unveiling of its new French Fry Burger may be making waves, but it isn't the first crazy fast food item experiment.

In his first speech since taking office July 1, BoE Governor Mark Carney says the recovery seen so far isn't enough.

India's economy will likely bottom-out in the second half of the fiscal year, despite several issues dogging Asia's third-largest economy.

While Samsung has already confirmed the introduction of its Galaxy Gear smart watch concept next week, Apple could release its iWatch in 2014.

A shadowy network of Nigerian thieves is having an unprecedented impact on the country's economy, and worldwide oil production.

Global stocks sold off, on western intervention in Syria chatter; investors also debated the Fed's stimulus reduction comments.

At least four foreign automakers have been hit with recalls in China this month. The government says safety is the goal.

U.S. military ties to Georgia are part of strategy to break Europe's energy dependency on Russia.