Second-quarter employment data showed that job cuts are slowing, but an upturn in the labor market is still distant.
Investors remain transfixed on economic data, the Fed's next move next week, and the Syrian crisis.
The revised industrial production number is further evidence of a strengthening economy.
Reduced production in Libya and Nigeria has contributed to a rise in oil prices, but increased production elsewhere may reverse that.
Twitter filed for its highly anticipated IPO Thursday. But the new JOBs act allows details of the filing to be secret another three weeks.
The United States, which ranked 10th on the Economic Freedom Index, scored 76, the lowest it has scored since 2000.
However, the U.S. government said the surprising claims drop is linked to computer-related delays.
Put it in the category of a disappointment: industrial production in the euro zone fell in July, after analysts had predicted no change.
Investors remain watchful ahead of economic data, with one eye fixed firmly on Syrian negotiations in Geneva.
Bank Indonesia surprises with second policy rate hike in only two weeks as it works to defend its depreciating currency.
Imported coal is piling up at Indian ports while key exporters such as Indonesia struggle to deal with the problems of its top buyer - India.
The five wealthiest Chinese now have a combined fortune rivaling that of Microsoft founder Bill Gates.
Incomes for the top 1 percent have almost fully recovered from the Great Recession, while bottom 99 percent incomes have hardly even started.
At its final scheduled consumer conference for the year, McDonald’s highlighted initiatives and reflected on an uninspiring year.
Shell is in talks with Nigeria's Bodo community, five years after two massive oil spills destroyed livelihoods there.
About 11 million people are affected by a severe food crises in the African Sahel, with no end in sight.
Bank of England Governor Mark Carney has said that the bank could raise interest rates if the unemployment rate drops below 7 percent.
With the world’s highest debt-to-GDP ratio and an increasing social security bill, Japan will have to consider more revenue.
Five years after the TARP program started, Washington has collected about half of what it's owed and yet has nearly broken even.
On a percentage basis, some companies paid double what other companies paid in taxes.
Without question, the financial crisis exacted a large personal and national cost.
India’s exports grew 12.97 percent in August compared to the corresponding period in 2012, while imports declined 0.68 percent year-on-year.
Nowhere on planet earth are people happier, a new U.N. report claims, than in one of its coldest corners: Scandinavia.
China’s industrial production in August rose 10.4 percent, while retail sales rose 13.4 percent indicating resilient growth.
Mexico President Enrique Peña Nieto presented on Monday the fiscal reform for 2013 -- in an attempt to heal the deeply hurt Mexican economy.
Analysts say the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo won't do much for Japan's GDP, even if 3 trillion yen is injected into the economy over several years.
That's only half of the market capitalization of Yum! Brands, Inc., but it could still be too ambitious for Myanmar.
A map of all the cities where low-wage workers at Walmart and fast-food restaurants have gone on strike recently.
China’s inflationary pressures appear comparatively moderate, as its PPI falls -1.6 percent in August versus -2.3 percent In July.
Expansion of Japan’s real GDP in the second quarter was upwardly revised to 0.9 percent from 0.6 percent.
