ECONOMY & MARKETS

Investors now sense that the Fed's tapering may not be as soon as September, given Q1's tepid 1.8% U.S. GDP.

The Pentagon attracted fresh criticism for buying 30 helicopters for an under-staffed Afghan unit from a blacklisted Russian arms dealer.

Scenes of smog-choked cities -- a China staple -- could soon be replicated in Indian cities.

The legislation, which includes more than 1,000 pages, was written by four Democratic and four Republican senators.

Indonesian authorities claim Malaysian and Singapore palm oil companies are to blame for the Sumatra forest fires that have been casting a haze over the two countries.

Christine Lagarde says that green energy innovation can spur job growth in roles that have not yet been invented.

Will Mars colonists pay for their coffee in credits, spacebucks or gold-pressed latinum bars?

Despite rate hike, homebuyer affordability remains strong for many families, according to the government lender.

The British Office for National Statistics announced Thursday it has revised away the economic contraction of Q1 2012.

Swiss food giant Nestle wants to tackle severe levels of youth unemployment in Europe.

The comprehensive analysis found that Illinois was burdened with the greatest challenge in funding government workers' pensions.

The key 4-week moving average - which screens out anomalies like holidays, strikes and weather events - also decreased by 2.75K to 345,750.

After months of wrangling, Europe’s budgetary landscape through 2020 is starting to take shape.

Mounting concerns in the U.S. over worker safety in Bangladesh may force President Obama to suspend an import-duty waiver on Bangladeshi goods.

U.S. stock index futures advanced as investors await reports on personal spending and weekly jobless claims.

Slovenia’s banking sector is saddled with about 6.8 billion euros ($8.87 billion) worth of nonperforming loans, which is equivalent to 20% of its GDP.

Bright blue skies, shimmering ocean, white sand: Haiti, just another Caribbean paradise. Or so says its government.

In China's shadow, India -- the other emerging Asian superpower -- is making moves in Africa.

EU politicians have agreed to move the burden of failing banks to creditors and shareholders, and clients with more than €100,000 in deposits.

Asian markets rallied Thursday after a sharp downward revision of US GDP rekindled hopes that the US Fed might stretch its asset-purchase program.

The unemployment rate for high school grads is 7.4 percent, and for recent college grads, it’s 7.9 percent.

A Deloitte survey found that corporate executives expect to invest in growth and acquisitions in 2013.

With two straight quarters of negative GDP, Europe’s second largest economy announced that it has tipped back into a recession.

After the Blackhawks' Stanley Cup victory, Chicago woke up very unproductive -- and that can be costly.

Can Myanmar's farmers find an alternative to the highly profitable drug cultivation and export business?

Pope Francis established a new commission that will investigate the Vatican Bank following allegations of corruption that surfaced during the Vatileaks scandal.

But the No. 1 smartest city is the U.S. is on the West Coast.

Bank of England Governor Mervyn King said banks were resisting new regulations, in what are probably his final public remarks.

Asia and Middle Eastern superrich have helped push up the cost of British ultra-luxury goods and services.