ECONOMY & MARKETS

India’s tea and coffee manufacturers have staged a bitter rivalry over which liquid is the national drink.

A majority of investors think the region will remain vulnerable until the recovery is secured and the deficit is reduced.

A growing number of buyers in China and India are jumping into the market and driving demand for jewelry, coins and bars.

China industrial output came in at 9.3 percent, below forecast. April electricity production and retail consumption missed targets, too.

China’s industrial production grew less than expected in April in comparison to the previous month, indicating economic volatility.

The leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz political party has claimed victory in the elections Saturday.

In search of resources and trade options, China has turned to the Middle East, including volatile areas where the West fears to do business.

Economic reports this week may cast light on how long the current U.S. and Japanese stock-market rallies might last.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's policies appear to be helping exporters, according to the latest BoJ report.

Analyses indicate the recovery is actually faltering, based on multiple economic and market variables.

The Philippines has no diplomatic ties with Taiwan but maintains economic and cultural links.

With its bottom line improving, housing-finance giant Fannie Mae said it is paying the government back a $59 billion chunk of what it owes the U.S. government for its 2008 bailout.

Beijing says overall inflation increased by 2.4 percent in April. Excluding food? Only 1.6 percent.

The number of initial jobless claims fell 4,000 to 323,000, and the key four-week moving average also declined.

The bank also maintained its purchase of 375 billion pounds ($584 billion) of debt after the UK narrowly avoided a triple-dip recession.

Output in the euro zone's best performing economy ended Q1 on a high note, but the gains aren't expected to last.

Overall lending more than doubled in 2012 and loans to commercial enterprises are up 11 percent this year.

Sweet export volume numbers out of China do not jive with other data.

Foreign direct investment in Africa is ramping up, but forget China and the West. This growth is intra-continental.

After three years, New York is back as the city with the most billionaires. Click through to see where you'll find the richest.

The court's ruling that the First Amendment gives people the right to not communicate favors private businesses, not unions.

U.S. stocks set more records Tuesday, as a four-year long bull market stampedes into a fifth year.

Down Under's five-month-old immigrant investor visa is relatively expensive compared to similar visa programs.

China is now experiencing its third wave of mass emigration, and this time it's not the poor who are leaving.

Brazil's candidate for director-general of the World Trade Organization has been chosen for the position, replacing Pascal Lamy.

France's economy fell into recession in the first quarter, according to figures set to be released on Wednesday.

Two Chinese provinces' plans to expand local vineyards may prove costly for the endangered species.

Last year, China poured some £8 billion into the U.K. -– an all-time record –- and quintuple the amount from just two year ago.

Debt-burdened country finds investors willing to loan it 3 billion euros, despite the country's diminished credit ratings.