A controversy over alleged corruption also could lead to a black eye for Goldman Sachs Group Inc., which had dealings with the government-owned 1Malaysia Development Berhad.
Among other actions, China has to pick up its pace on carrying out 172 hydropower projects, according to a top state adviser.
Many economists expect China to report that its economic growth last quarter dropped below 7 percent for the first time since the global financial crisis.
China's President Xi Jinping says the government wants to lift 70 million people out of poverty by 2020.
Citing seven to nine months of data, Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics says the economy this year was boosted by higher private spending.
The strongest typhoon to strike the main island in five years is expected to linger until midweek.
Xi acknowledged "concerns about the Chinese economy", but sought to allay them in a written interview with Reuters.
Small restaurants have complained about a lack of grill space and unrealistic expectations.
One of the major players in the horsemeat scandal, Dutch trader Willy Selten, was jailed this past April.
One Federal Reserve official said this week he did not "expect that it would be appropriate" to raise interest rates in 2015. He's got company.
As of mid-August, China has 596 billionaires — up 242 on 2014 — and above the U.S. figure of 537, according to the annual China Rich List.
"There is a willingness to pay more to get exclusive accommodation, and this has resulted in greater demand for skyscraper space,” one economist says.
This winter's El Niño could be one of the strongest in years. But the above-average rains it brings won't be enough to end California's brutal drought.
As Beijing intensifies controls on the media, reporters are discovering that accuracy provides no defense against the wrath of those in charge.
Angola, the second-biggest crude producer in Africa, has borrowed $6 billion from Chinese sources, despite China's financial troubles and a global oil glut.
Sales of Burberry trench coats and Louis Vuitton handbags have been hit by the economic slowdown in China, with sales down from last year.
Ukraine bought a $3 billion bond from Russia right before former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych was overthrown in 2014.
Arizona State University's business school announced it will make its two-year full-time M.B.A. program free starting next fall.
Nigeria is Turkey's top trading partner in sub-Saharan Africa and with Turkey's relationship with Russia growing tense, the partnership could grow.
Don Blankenship, CEO of Massey Energy, is a rare chief executive to face criminal prosecution over workplace safety issues.
The U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest Beige Book revealed Wednesday how the sector was affected from mid-August through early October.
The new policy will first be tested in November at The Modern.
The league will fly dozens of researchers to Pittsburgh to decide if all U.S. doctors should change the way they treat concussions.
Republican frontrunner Donald Trump said Wednesday that the U.S. economy is in a bubble that is about to pop.
Despite global economic uncertainty, the U.K. saw its unemployment rate fall with the highest number of people working since 1971.
European shares fell at the open Wednesday and Asian stocks closed in the red as investors mulled over the likelihood of new stimulus measures in China.
The nation's central bank -- which uses the exchange rate, rather than interest rates, to boost or slow the economy -- said it will slow the rate of appreciation of the Singapore dollar for the second time this year.
This year is on track to see record dealmaking activity. But with half of transactions historically falling short, what should shareholders watch out for?
One billion young people are expected to look for work in the next decade, but only 40 percent will succeed if the global economy remains as is, a report said.
The International Energy Agency said the global oversupply of crude will continue amid slower demand growth and surging Middle East production.
