ECONOMY & MARKETS

Tax Free Weekend 2014, a holiday where no sales tax is tacked onto purchases for eligible items, will be celebrated by many states during the first weekend in August.

Unpaid credit card bills, medical bills and utility bills all contribute to past-due debt, according to a new report from the Urban Institute.

A NOAA study looking at 25 cities vulnerable to climate-change-related flooding indicates the trend is getting worse in the U.S.

Apparently having a top-secret security clearance doesn't require an IRS audit.

Time is running out for Argentina to pay "holdout" investors suing Latin America's No. 3 economy for full payment on their bonds.

This will be the first U.S. cabinet-level visit to India since the Narendra Modi-led BJP government won the Indian elections in May.

Some cities have recovered strongly since the Great Recession, but others haven't been so lucky.

Tesla will reveal more details this week about its battery factory.

The U.S. has been accused of “political greenwashing” and its energy policies blamed for an increase in global emissions.

Tougher sanctions against Russia are necessary, no matter their effect on the economy, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble says.

The largest meat processor in the U.S. denies that the move is related to its recent acquisition of Hillshire Brands.

Mostly from Central America, more than 57,000 children have been caught attempting to cross the U.S. border illegally since last October.

Slower warming in the Pacific Ocean this summer is delaying and weakening a 2014 El Niño event.

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe is attempting to woo economic leaders in the region, fresh on the heels of Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has demanded legislation to limit corporate tax inversions be implemented retroactively from May.

Drought conditions in the Colorado River Basin and population growth are driving groundwater levels to historic lows, a new study says.

Although U.S. manufacturing jobs account for only about 8 percent of the American labor market, the sector is a major bellwether for the economy.

A newly released study shows which cities have the highest percentage of millionaires.

The signs of increased business investment bode well for stronger economic growth in the second half of the year.

Argentina default seen as imminent, NML says.

Based on the index, the Ukrainian Hryvnia was the most under-valued and the Norwegian Krone was the most over-valued currency.

Diplomats from the 160 WTO member countries were supposed to rubber stamp a deal on "trade facilitation."

The IMF warned that richer nations in particular faced the risk of economic stagnation unless they took steps to foster sustainable growth.

"The issues separating the parties remain unresolved at this time. The time for the Republic to avoid default (July 30) is short," mediator Daniel Pollack said.

The Ebola virus may have reached Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country.

China's factories received more new orders in July than economists expected.

But all that extra gasoline and diesel won't lower the price you pay because much of it is being sold overseas.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week to the fewest since February 2006.

Sales of new homes rose by nearly 20 percent in May.