ECONOMY & MARKETS

Stocks are expected to open weak as the government shutdown enters its second day, with the 2 parties far apart.

Memo to Athens: Focus on strengthening your economy before you focus on paying selling state-owned assets to pay off creditors.

General Motors, North America’s largest automaker, saw its lowest monthly sales volume so far this year.

The report indicated a double-digit year-over-year rise in housing prices through August, and September should be even better.

Not many is on board with the new tax, and if the government doesn't at least revise it, more Chinese could be moving abroad to evade the tax.

Maybe the reason US government shutdowns are such a non-event is because much of the US government doesn't shut down during shutdowns.

China’s appetite for gold has never been stronger, despite a tough year for the metal so far in 2013.

The company's seasonal employees are eligible for health care benefits, and many are eventually offered permanent jobs.

The prime minister's moves are part of his overall drive to jump-start the nation's long-suffering economy.

Manufacturing activity expanded at a modest rate in the euro zone while unemployment remained unchanged.

China's manufacturing sector expands modestly in September, indicating that measures to prop up domestic demand are yielding results, official PMI data showed.

Agencies are told to execute an "orderly shutdown" as Congress stays in session past midnight.

They've had five years to prepare for the end of quantitative easing. So what will happen to emerging economies when tapering begins?

A government shutdown would leave investors in the dark, at least temporarily, as the closely watched monthly U.S. jobs report would be delayed.

The gender wage gap is a lot wider in certain U.S. states, compared to others.

But in the long term, Hong Kong may need to up its game before the FTZ catches up.

For years, economists believed that slavery was incredibly profitable for planters, but now people are starting to think differently.

The company hopes to build up a market among Africa's subsistence farming communities.

Depressed retail sales in Greece reveal more “recessionary signals” from the debt-ridden economy, according to one Greek analysis site.

The unexpected fall cast doubt on the region's recovery and all but ensures an extension of the ECB's ultra-loose monetary policy.

Fears of a government shutdown, weakening inflation data in Europe and underperforming factories in China lowered investor sentiment.

With no clear guidance from the Fed on its stimulus reduction criteria, investor uncertainty about this decision is very high.

Output in China's manufacturing sector improved and foreign demand increased for the first time in six months, in September.

China’s new trade zone will be a test ground for financial, trade and investment reforms. But doubts remain.

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, blasts Senate Democrats for waiting until Monday to vote.

Chuck Hagel criticizes Congress’ inaction as “really dangerously shortsighted.”

The latest governing crisis in Italy could lead to snap parliamentary elections.

Wise investors should keep one eye on U.S. budget / debt talks in Washington and one on the price of oil.

The government shutdowns in late 1995 and early 1996 inflicted considerable economic costs, as federal workers were hit with delays in pay.