ECONOMY & MARKETS

After adjusting for buying power, the U.S. minimum wage doesn’t sound quite so low.

Currently, the ECB is the only major central bank that doesn’t publish meeting minutes.

Foreign investors should also shoulder the responsibility of improving the lives of the Myanmar people.

As summer begins to fade, the U.S. economy stands at something of a crossroads. Will rising risks change the Fed's thinking?

Strong manufacturing and air freight data are just some positive economic signs for Europe, alongside the U.K.’s slightly more robust recovery.

The fire is suspected to be human-caused and the U.S. Forest Service says the marijuana theory is just one possibility.

India, Malaysia and Indonesia resort to cuts in government subsidies and launch campaigns to reduce domestic demand for oil.

U.S. stock are set to open higher, buoyed by positive economic data from the euro zone and China.

Many analysts predicted that summer 2013 would be a complete washout for the post-Sandy Jersey Shore. So was it?

UK’s factory activity remained robust in August, while many euro zone nations, except France and Greece, posted growth.

Contraction in India's manufacturing sector underscores concerns about a continuing slowdown while the outlook for growth remains bleak.

The holiday-shortened week will be capped by the all-important U.S. employment report on Friday.

The HSBC China Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index rose to 50.1 in August from 47.7 in July.

Activity in Chinese manufacturing sped up recently, according to the National Bureau of Statistics of China.

Big retailers like Wal-Mart and Carrefour are looking to take advantage of Africa's increasing wealth.

Some analysts expect growth while others predict continued contraction in China’s factory activity in the HSBC-Markit PMI for August.

Norway’s oil-based sovereign wealth fund is worth nearly $750 billion, so how does it compare with similar funds in other countries?

Due to the country's severe electricity shortage, medication that needs refrigeration often becomes ineffective.

International partners would prefer not to channel their money through the SADC.

India's slowing GDP growth is a symptom and also a cause of the challenges currently facing the country.

Despite coping with the fifth-largest wildfire in California’s history, Yosemite has seen minimal cancellations for the Labor Day weekend.

The lowest unemployment rates were recorded in Austria and Germany, while jobs continued to be scarce in Greece and Spain.

The U.S. Open Tennis Championships at Flushing Meadows generates hundreds of millions for the New York economy.

Amid signs of a strengthening U.S. economy, investors have one eye on the Fed, and the other on Syria.

A U.S. attack on Syria could mean a huge profit for defense contractor Raytheon, which makes the powerful Tomahawk cruise missiles.

Central bank managers were apparently reassured by a slightly more optimistic gold market in the past few summer weeks.

The economy of the tiny sultanate is doing wonderfully, unlike its larger neighbors in the region.

The largest economy in Latin America may have grown by 0.9 percent in the second quarter.

More people are living alone than ever before, according to a new U.S. Census Bureau report.