ECONOMY & MARKETS

The small business trend in Lower Manhattan of accepting the euro as payment seems to be dying as the currency loses its luster.

Not only do more Indian women want to return to their careers after a brief absence, but more are successful in finding such jobs.

All 20 cities in the Case-Shiller index showed year-over-year gains, the highest of which was Phoenix with a 23.2% improvement.

These five nations trade goods worth $282 billion a year with each other, and they want their own IMF and World Bank.

Bank customers with more than €100,000 in Cyprus could be hit with a much larger tab than previously mentioned -- like four times more.

In case someone was visiting another planet the last two years, taxes on Earth are up, according to the OECD.

U.S. job growth has accelerated to more than 200,000 per month. But why did it take so long?

Does the Cyprus deal mean that the ECB will seek to tax savings deposits if/when another euro zone country seeks financial assistance.

New measures could see some Cypriots -- as well as Russian and other foreign depositors -- lose one-fifth of their bank savings.

Cyprus will get €10 billion to prop up its €17 billion economy. That’s nothing compared with the bailouts of four other euro-zone countries.

The OECD says China is capable of averaging 8 percent annual growth during the current decade, after accounting for price differences.

"It must realize its current business model is dead," German Chancellor Angela Merkel said.

The downtrend in the key labor metric may bode well for U.S. job growth in March.

China's manufacturing sector saw improvement this month after a near-flat February, HSBC said.

On Wed, the Fed kept its quantitative easing program intact, saying it expects moderate GDP growth in 2013. The vote was 11-1.

Lagarde is suspected of being complicit in embezzling public funds on behalf of a supporter of former President Sarkozy.

From Afghanistan to Zambia, here are the world's countries that are struggling the most.

Unless terms for financially rescuing Cyprus are eased, it may be forced to exit the euro zone.

While March’s small rise left the index at a high level, concern about Italy and Cyprus will likely affect sentiment in the future.

U.S. builders began work on slightly more homes than expected in February, and new building permits jumped.

Recent U.S. data should convince the Fed that the economy has resumed growing after a temporary pause.

In an attempt to boost economic growth, the Reserve Bank of India cut key interest rates for the second time in three months.

American workers and employers are heading for a retirement crisis, a study being released Tuesday warns.

The Law of Unintended Consequences could come into play because of the Eurogroup's push to tax Cypriot bank depositors.

The goal of recruiters is to reduce the challenges that U.S. veterans face when reentering the civilian workforce.

Higher U.S. gasoline prices lifted a key inflation measure 0.7 percent in February, more than expected.

The global economy is recovering, despite the weakness in the West.

Japan’s parliament approved the nomination of former Asian Development Bank president Haruhiko Kuroda as the next BOJ governor on Friday.

Detroit, meet Kevyn Orr. He’s your new budget boss, whether your local elected leaders like it or not.