ECONOMY & MARKETS

After the attack on a Planned Parenthood clinic, politicians have refrained from the line that “the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.”

"My jobs plan starts with investing in infrastructure," Clinton said on Sunday at the launch of "Hard Hats for Hillary" in Boston.

Purchases made on Thanksgiving Day from desktop computers rose 9 percent this year, again topping $1 billion.

Walmart, Best Buy and Macy's are among U.S. retailers jumping the gun on online shopping deals.

Police arrested or detained hundred of protesters Sunday, amid a rowdy kickoff to a week of international climate change negotiations in Paris.

One expert says the key to ending attacks and threats against abortion providers -- like Planned Parenthood -- is more education, not increased security.

China's environment minister said the country had met its emission reduction goals earlier than expected even as Beijing suffered its worst case of smog in 13 months.

The IMF announcement, likely to be made Monday, would put further pressure on Beijing to carry out financial reforms and loosen its grip on the currency.

As shoppers increasingly do their holiday shopping online, retailers have been tweaking the meaning of Black Friday and adjusting their expectations.

U.S. President Barack Obama took his daughters shopping for books and sweet treats on Small Business Saturday.

World leaders plan to convene outside Paris Monday to discuss pledges from almost 200 countries to cut carbon emissions and slow the impact of global warming.

The Turkish president Saturday expressed regret over the downing of a Russian warplane, but stopped short of an apology, as the countries' relationship worsens.

Shoppers seemed to hold back as early Black Friday crowds were thin despite a wide range of deals being offered by retailers.

American Express decided to discontinue its incentives for Small Business Saturday with this year's sales expected to again top $14 billion.

The dam’s collapse on Nov. 5 led to at least 13 deaths, 11 people missing and released an estimated “20,000 Olympic swimming pools of toxic mud,” according to the U.N.

The Russian state monopoly, which supplies a third of Europe's gas, is accused of anticompetitive practices.

Entrepreneurs are being forced to turn to high-interest sources as larger banks refuse them loans.

As U.S. college students amass record levels of debt, now could be the time for income-share agreements to take hold as an alternative to private student loans.

The auction is the latest in a series of conversations around the former chairman of China's Communist Party.

Hervé Falciani, a former HSBC employee who leaked the information of over 130,000 clients, has been sentenced to five years in prison.

Despite the continuing rise of online commerce, big deals drew hordes to brick-and-mortar retail stores across the U.S.

Both the real Christmas tree and the fake Christmas tree have their pros and cons.

Although a rise in consumer spending helped offset the trade deficit, growth slowed to 0.5 percent in the quarter ending Sept. 30.

Despite Japan's unemployment rate dipping to a two-decade low, drops in consumer spending and incomes kept inflation way below its 2 percent target.

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the action was taken because Turkey has been reluctant to share information about its citizens involved in terrroist activity.

The proposed goods and services tax, or GST, billed as India's biggest tax reform, has been stalled for months.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev ordered his government to draw up measures that would include freezing some joint investment projects and restricting food imports from Turkey.

The United Nations’ Food and Agricultural Organization says the dry conditions have led to a drop in the forecast of China’s corn production this growing season.

Four Northern Ireland-based partners of the global auditing firm allegedly cheated on accounting for losses on property investments. One suspect is an advocate of lower taxes.