ECONOMY & MARKETS

Japan's stock market gained 50% since November amid the country’s economic turnaround plan; now comes the technical correction.

Japan is set to enter India's defense market, as both countries pledge to boost cooperation, amid growing concerns over China's assertiveness in the region.

The EU moved away from austerity in a marked shift in policy on Wednesday allowing more time for nations to meet deficit reduction targets.

Chile's economy is expected to grow by 5.3 percent in 2014.

Switzerland approved a bill Wednesday allowing Swiss banks to settle tax-dodging disputes with the U.S.

China, a major driver of global GDP growth, is now expected to grow by 7.75%, just one-quarter of a point over China's own 7.5% target.

The OECD Wednesday downgraded its global economic growth forecast for the year. Even so, the U.S. is buoying developed-world growth.

China has poured millions upon millions into its poorer inland provinces -- but the investments aren't panning out quickly enough.

A report by the National Bureau of Statistics of China said by the end of 2012, there were more than 260 million migrant workers in China.

The Bank of Israel is taking a pointer from Abenomics in another harbinger of what could be a spreading global currency war.

European Parliament wants to see more done to crack down on widespread tax cheating.

The rumored cancellation of a welfare fund threw some Brazilians into a panic. The real problem, however, may be a credit binge.

The former chairman of Fonterra apologized for saying New Zealand business owners should not trust Chinese businesses.

Iran has extended lines of credit worth a total of $4 billion in hopes of propping up the Assad regime's oil holdings.

The number of store locations in the U.K. will plunge by 22 percent by 2018, resulting in 316,000 job losses.

With equity prices rallying, gas prices falling and the housing market recovering, consumer confidence is at a five-year high.

The pace of U.S. real estate price increases is accelerating, and the housing sector remains the brightest sector in the economy.

Brussels wants to impose a tariff on Chinese solar panels, but 15 European Union members oppose the plan.

U.S. stock futures pointed to a higher open Tues., buoyed by Asia's and Europe's solid upside day.

In China, some parents have their children learning business basics as early as three years old.

A Bank of Japan's minutes of meeting held on April 26 reveals a rift among board members over its ambitious economic stimulus plan.

Japan's Nikkei index fell yet again by more than 3 percent in a cautious Asian market.

The cost of replacing the Missouri Route M highway overpass creamed by the freight-train crash In Scott County is estimated at about $3 million.

As Africa emerges as "the 21st century continent," experts say its future rests on big ideas, entrepreneurship and local ownership.

In post-Gadhafi Libya, energy companies are struggling to gain a new foothold.

Republicans were 14 percentage points more likely than Democrats were to report they had experienced negative impacts from the sequester.

With Tokyo seeking to bolster ties with Asia countries to counter China's influence in the region, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe began his maiden visit to Myanmar.

Japan's Nikkei recovered from a record fall to end a volatile day of trading in positive territory.

The House just approved $20.5 billion in cuts to the federal food stamp program. Which states will feel the pinch the most?