ECONOMY & MARKETS

The forecasts assume tensions in Ukraine will persist this year but won't worsen.

America’s older job-seekers combat persistent age discrimination and the stigma of long-term unemployment by pruning their work histories.

Private wealth ballooned globally in 2013, and flowed ever more toward the top, a report finds.

In a recent labor deal, Ford announces its plan to make German car factory more affordable.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that BP must keep making payments for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill while it appeals a 2012 settlement.

A Japanese official, in New York to share the new strategic energy plan, did not offer comments on if and when the nation's 48 idled nuclear reactors might come online again.

The app lets users pinpoint factories that are emitting excessive pollution, in an effort to pressure authorities and companies for cleaner air.

Harsh economic controls have sparked massive product shortages in Venezuela, while boosting cross-border smuggling.

The president also urged Republicans to support legislation that would give debtors more muscle against lenders.

A high-speed railway will offer access to the restive province at unprecedented speeds, and may foster economic development.

U.S. student loans outstanding recently broke a trillion dollars and is impeding economic activity of recent college grads.

The US State Department on Friday said that oil-carrying rail cars could lead to more deaths than previously expected if the proposed Keystone XL pipeline is not built.

Seychelles, an island nation with a population smaller than Davenport, Iowa, has become a haven for international corruption and money laundering.

The IMF also declared that Britain will be the fastest growing Western economy in 2014.

China has been trying to assert claim to most of the South China Sea.

Fifty-nine percent of those polled by Gallup said the standard of living is improving.

Egypt’s economy is predicted to grow at the rate of 3.2 percent for the next fiscal year, while unemployment rates soar.

Political, logistical and contractual problems threaten to turn a potential PR bonanza into a nightmare.

Asthma, heat stroke, allergies and infectious diseases are all likely to increase.

Another solid jobs report can't disguise weak wage growth and persistent long-term unemployment.

The proposed rules would require states to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants by 2030.

Just weeks after signing a historic $400 billion natural gas deal with China, Russian officials are talking up the possibility of a second major agreement.

President Obama briefed the other heads of the G-7 countries this week on his administration's latest climate action plan.

At the depth of the recession, the economy had lost 8.7 million jobs. If forecasts are on track, it finally recouped those jobs last month.

In 2013, the AIF registered more than 200 transactions of a dubious nature, and called for an investigation.

The merger of the third- and fourth-largest U.S. mobile network operators must still pass regulatory scrutiny.

The results of a new Gallup survey suggest that the public will generally support the Obama administration's latest proposals for cutting carbon emissions from U.S. power plants.

Europe's central bank cut its interest rates to below zero in an effort to boost inflation and juice its economy.

Western powers would check "again and again" to verify Russia was doing all it could to stabilize the Ukraine situation, Merkel said.