ECONOMY & MARKETS

Here's what you need to know about the state of the Chinese economy and the annual National People's Congress.

In the third quarter of 2013, GDP had grown by 0.1 percent in the euro area and by 0.3 percent in the EU.

While Germany’s private sector grew at its fastest pace in 2.5 years, France’s suffered a faster decline than before.

The U.S. was concerned about a compulsory license given to India-based Natco Pharma to produce a cheaper cancer drug than Bayer's Nexavar.

The new numbers comes after Australia's central bank announced it would keep interest rates set at 2.5 percent.

Almost 100 works of art have been stolen from Havana's Art Museum. The FBI investigates, but mystery remains deep.

Thailand's billion-dollar seafood export industry charged with relying on slavery and human trafficking.

It is an interdependent world: Sanctions on Russia could hurt Boeing by choking imports of titanium, a metal it needs to make airplanes.

What's more, the number of daily calories lost per person varies from 400 calories a day to 1500 calories a day in the developed world.

Russia's oil wealth has allowed the nation to amass a stake amounting to 1.4 percent of outstanding U.S. debt.

Russia President Vladimir Putin Tuesday offered a "ray of light" regarding the crisis. It wasn't much, but it's a data point of hope.

In an election year, it's all about messaging, and Obama has quite a few for Republicans in his proposed 2015 budget.

Economists are bracing for another weak employment report Friday, as the U.S. experienced the third most severe winter in 50 years.

Rising stock markets in 2013 swelled the ranks of the world’s billionaires, which included a record number of women.

Russia has used its energy resources as a political tool to exert influence, but now those resources may get in its way.

The company launched a $1.4 billion distributed power business in late February.

Once again, the precious metal is being favored as a safe haven, in light of the Ukraine crisis.

The latest PMI data showed recovery in Europe’s manufacturing sector had completed its eighth successive month.

The Ukrainian army has been on "combat alert" and the Ukrainian ambassador to UN claims that there are 15,000 Russian troops in Crimea.

Hurt by a fall in output and new business, companies cut their staffing levels at the fastest pace in nearly five years.

A 404(c) review of the project could signal the end of what might have been North America’s largest open pit mine.

Since a new tax law was introduced, it is cheaper for the residents of Tijuana to shop in San Diego than in their hometown.

Government looks for 6 percent growth in 2014.

Is the Keystone XL pipeline a possible solution to the looming shortage?

Automakers in India are hoping for better times while working hard to launch the next blockbuster product.

With a handful of box-office darlings and international awards coming its way, Mexican cinema is having a comeback. Is it time for "Mexiwood"?

Modest growth and low inflation keep pressuring the ECB to lower interest rates, with a high likelihood of more, potentially as early as March.

The hunt for fresh Wall Street talent reflects fewer top job seekers in the finance sector, as Ivy League grads head for tech and other fields.

The U.S. economy is still growing, but the lower rate may cause some to ask "Should the stimulus taper occur as quickly?"