ECONOMY & MARKETS

Martha Stokes, CMT, CEO of TechniTrader, discussed whether Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen interrupted a stock market correction.

The move to redraw China's boundaries makes as much sense as calling the area between Boston and Washington "Bosington," an expert says.

Life in shipbuilding towns continues to worsen despite hopeful signs for the Greek economy.

There are still 3.7 million long-term unemployed, and youth rates remain in double digits.

Nonfarm payrolls increased by 192,000 new jobs last month after gaining 197,000 jobs in February, the Labor Department said on Friday.

Economists say Australia will not experience a hard landing from the fading of a mining boom.

The IMF's World Economic Outlook for 2014 warns that emerging market growth will be slow in the future.

The U.S. Navy's use of the Tomahawk missile may start winding down as the Pentagon terminates its production from 2016 onward.

Looking for federal contracts? Then you have new affirmative action quotas to contend with regarding veterans and the disabled.

Also, the U.S. trade deficit widened in February as exports hit a five-month low, suggesting first-quarter growth could be weaker than expected.

Central bank governor played a leading role in elevating the topic of financial stability.

Move aims to ease tension after Moscow accused the bank of illegally blocking the transaction.

With the winter weather slowly fading, economists expect March nonfarm payroll growth to spring up to 200,000.

Prospects of an all-round recovery in the euro zone continue to brighten, while deflation and unemployment continue to be red flags.

Coalitions across the country are ready to put a minimum wage increase to voters as Congress remains indecisive on the issue.

The center-right Abbot administration is cutting a program that has boosted ethical sourcing in the country’s garment industry.

The high court struck down limits on the overall amount an individual can donate to political campaigns.

The E.U.'s effort is expected to be supplemented by both U.S. and IMF aid packages.

Apple did not introduce any new products during the second quarter, but it made some changes to its existing device lineup.

After Venezuela denied it for three years, the president has agreed to pay back a $3.8 billion debt with international airlines.

France is slowly reforming itself, but it’s unlikely to see a renaissance like the one that followed Germany’s reforms in the 2000s.

In the February data, the lowest unemployment rates were recorded in Austria, Germany and Luxembourg.

The Brazilian government has promised big economic benefits from hosting the World Cup, but will they pan out?

Germany added more jobs than expected while its factories slowed down, official data show, even as France and Spain stepped up.

China's manufacturing engine contracted in the first quarter of 2014, a private survey showed Tuesday, adding to market expectations of government stimulus to arrest a loss of momentum in the world's second-largest economy this year.

At the U.N. Africa Forum in Brussels this week, officials will discuss plans to use data from satellites to help deal with climate change and promote development.

Although it's a start, Myanmar's new export ban alone won't be enough to stop unaccountable forest resource cutting, hoarding and exporting.

The world's second-richest man is about to suffer a defeat, as President Peña Nieto reforms the sector that's been his longtime cash cow.

On Tuesday, Japan’s sales tax is slated to rise from 5 percent to 8 percent.