ECONOMY & MARKETS

Billionaire investor activist Carl Icahn ramped up criticism of the U.S. Federal Reserve, warning about the unintended consequences of ultra low interest rates on the economy and financial markets.

Ireland's president urged unity among European Union nations in a speech at New York University Law School.

The country's sinking mobile phone sales are the latest example of how currency concerns are affecting average citizens.

The Environmental Protection Agency's revised health and safety standards cover about 2 million agricultural workers nationwide.

"We need to [work with] regional and local actors to get more international investment to Sweden."

Several Fed officials have indicated they could raise benchmark interest rates in October, but others suggest it may happen later.

Six major U.S. banks, including Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and Citi, urged leaders meeting in New York Monday to adopt a strong climate agreement.

The grocer said the move is "part of its ongoing commitment to lower prices for its customers and invest in technology upgrades while improving its cost structure."

The decision was taken in order to account for slowing global aluminum demand as China's appetite for the metal shrinks.

Switzerland's WEKO watchdog said its investigation, the result of a preliminary probe, was looking at whether UBS, Julius Baer, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, Barclays, Morgan Stanley and Mitsui conspired to set bid/ask spreads.

At a speech in California Sunday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi picked out terrorism and global warming as the two main challenges to humanity.

The Gulf nation has repatriated about $73 billion from global asset managers in recent months.

John Cryan may cut as many as 23,000 staff members at Deutsche Bank AG alone.

The Cuban president says in a speech at the United Nations the recent warming of diplomatic ties between Washington and Havana is welcome, but not enough.

The Financial Stability Board promises to draft rules that would prevent taxpayers having to bail out financial institutions by the time of the G-20 summit in November.

Fed Chair Janet Yellen assured markets that interest rates would rise in 2015, but she also had a message for workers.

As Volkswagen's diesel deception comes to light, critics say it's time to revamp auto emissions testing.

Wall Street predicts that House Majority Leader John Boehner's resignation made a government shutdown next week less likely. December is another story.

Even with the announcement of meaningful greenhouse gas emissions reforms, China faces myriad problems in reducing its carbon footprint.

Unexpectedly good gross domestic product numbers from the U.S. Commerce Department lifted stocks Friday morning.

Celebrities and voters had plenty to say about the presidential candidate's comments that he can appeal to African-American voters without "free stuff."

Many urban areas are seeing a growing white population for the first time in years.

A senior official of the country's state-run oil firm told the Wall Street Journal that oil exports are likely to increase by 500,000 barrels a day by late November or early December.

In announcing a historic redlining settlement Thursday, government officials said more companies are under investigation for discriminatory lending.

Amid political fury over the high cost of prescription drugs, there’s one controversial solution that no candidate has proposed –- price controls.

Critics say lax regulations at the Environmental Protection Agency made it easier for Volkswagen to game the system.

Forty-one percent of Americans in a recent survey say they want a wall on the northern border, as the Republican candidate once proposed.

The pharmaceutical company will provide 15 drugs at a cost of $1 per treatment, per month, in low-income countries.

Meanwhile, new U.S. Department of Commerce data showed a decline in demand for durable goods last month.