ECONOMY & MARKETS

The U.S. housing market has started the year somewhat disappointingly, with a tight housing supply pushing prices above the pace of inflation.

The world’s largest home improvement retailer posted a 36 percent jump in quarterly earnings as an improving job market encouraged Americans to spend more on renovations.

India on Tuesday said it would accept the recommendations of a panel that advocates increasing share of its states in the federal tax revenues.

A GOP-appointed judge says the New Jersey governor must comply with the pension law he backed in 2011 and make full payments.

A steep drop in gasoline prices across the country is expected to boost retail spending at the end of 2014.

President Obama is endorsing rules that would force brokers who control $11 trillion in Americans’ retirement savings to act in their clients’ best interests.

Agency says correspondence between its officials and the New Jersey governor's office about a contract for Jerry Jones can remain secret.

New economic research describes how a swiftly growing financial sector actually hurts the real economy.

In an about-face, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker says he supports a "right to work" bill that would cripple organized labor.

Wall Street is looking ahead to congressional testimony from Janet Yellen who will discuss the U.S. economy's health.

The pharmaceutical company gains access to multiple immune-boosting drugs that are in development for cancer treatment.

Individual income taxes comprise the largest component of the United States’ revenue, followed by social insurance taxes and then receipts from sales taxes.

The plan is part of a set of reforms Greece is set to deliver to its creditors later on Monday.

Another arrest was made in New Delhi as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged theft of government documents by energy companies.

Seeking a financial lifeline from the eurozone, Greece's government prepped reform measures Sunday.

Fifty years after his death, Malcolm X's vision of Black Nationalism is still misunderstood.

If you don't like the proposed updates to the federal dietary standards, you've got 45 days to let Washington know.

Investors cheered reports of a possible accord in Greece, putting the blue-chip Dow on track for its first record close of 2015.

Greece and eurozone finance ministers reportedly agreed on a draft Friday that could extend the country's bailout program.

About 1,700 workers at New England landline telecom provider FairPoint, may soon return to their jobs after a nearly five-month strike.

Emmanuel Macron's minor changes have sparked heated opposition from the left and the right.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said Friday he is "certain" eurozone finance ministers will accept the deal.

The flood insurance policyholders victimized by altered damage reports after Hurricane Sandy may total 10,000, according to a lead attorney.

A government effort to curb pollution has forced fireworks sales down, in line with the rest of manufacturing in China.

As the deadline nears, Greece's largest debt-holder denied a request for extra time to negotiate loans.

The huge retailer is boosting wages to $10 an hour, but critics say the company can afford a more generous increase.

The highest class of drugs is reserved for those considered highly addictive and thought to have no medicinal value.

The machine has been stuck beneath the city for over a year, but has dug through 6 feet of soil this week.

In the coming decades, 30-year stretches of crop shortages, water scarcity and extreme dryness could become the norm. America isn't ready.