BUSINESS

Upcoming federal elections have local politicians throwing their weight behind unions.

The number of store locations in the U.K. will plunge by 22 percent by 2018, resulting in 316,000 job losses.

With equity prices rallying, gas prices falling and the housing market recovering, consumer confidence is at a five-year high.

The company recently opened two resorts in China and has three more in the works; AXA and Fosun approve, as do investors.

The pace of U.S. real estate price increases is accelerating, and the housing sector remains the brightest sector in the economy.

Foxconn and Mozilla will unveil mobile devices that run on the Firefox operating system on June 3.

A source close to Kim Kardashian claims the pregnant reality star is currently in talks to sign a deal with WeightWatchers after she gives birth in July.

Brussels wants to impose a tariff on Chinese solar panels, but 15 European Union members oppose the plan.

Omthera, Parametric, Valeant, Green Mountain, Seadrill, Citigroup, Ford prevailed in the pre-market trading on Tuesday.

Liberty Reserve allegedly facilitated the transnational movement of large sums obtained by criminal activities.

“Samsung Premiere 2013,” a press event scheduled for next month will show off the new Galaxy and ATIV-branded Windows devices.

U.S. stock futures pointed to a higher open Tues., buoyed by Asia's and Europe's solid upside day.

Amway’s India chairman and CEO William S Pinckney and two company directors were arrested Monday on charges of financial fraud.

The Canadian drugmaker's takeover deal places it among the world's biggest pharmaceutical firms

Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Note 3 is rumored to feature a 13-megapixel camera with Optical Image Stabilization, or OIS technology.

In China, some parents have their children learning business basics as early as three years old.

A Bank of Japan's minutes of meeting held on April 26 reveals a rift among board members over its ambitious economic stimulus plan.

Shipments of touchscreen panels are projected to touch nearly 3 billion units globally, as a variety of products adopt the technology.

The European Commission will investigate Apple's tactics to sell the iPhone.

Japan's Nikkei index fell yet again by more than 3 percent in a cautious Asian market.

Samsung's Galaxy S4 Mini (GT-I9195), which is expected to launch this summer, was reportedly seen on the company’s website.

The cost of replacing the Missouri Route M highway overpass creamed by the freight-train crash In Scott County is estimated at about $3 million.

Demonstrators targeted the Monsanto Co. because of its historical role in introducing genetically modified products into the food supply.

A French soldier was stabbed in the neck just days after a suspected terrorist knife attack in London.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is the first Japanese leader to visit Myanmar, formerly Burma, in 36 years.

The top after-market NYSE gainers Friday were Hertz Global Holdings Ltd, Quicksilver Resources, Yingli Green Energy Holdings Co. Ltd, Nordic American Tanker Ltd and Office Depot Inc. The top after-market NYSE losers were Exelon Corporation, Cimarex Energy Co., NRG Energy Inc., Global Ship Lease Inc., and FirstEnergy Corp.

As Africa emerges as "the 21st century continent," experts say its future rests on big ideas, entrepreneurship and local ownership.

In post-Gadhafi Libya, energy companies are struggling to gain a new foothold.

Republicans were 14 percentage points more likely than Democrats were to report they had experienced negative impacts from the sequester.