Owen Davis

The economy added 292,000 jobs in December — finishing 2015 with 2.7 million for the year, which is lower than last year’s total of 3.1 million — as wages remain subdued and unemployment holds steady at 5 percent.

China’s central bank let the yuan slide against the dollar Thursday, ratcheting up economic fears and sending world markets tumbling.

The U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates last month even as some officials were unsure about the move.

The bank settled Wednesday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as watchdog agencies increasingly scrutinize compensation arrangements.

An obscure segment of the financial industry that helped cripple the global economy in 2008 divides rivals Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.

The indictment of the Jewish extremists allegedly behind the arson that killed three Palestinians in July exposes Israel's most radical movement.

Italian authorities are looking into the deaths of five pregnant women in a country where maternal deaths are rare.

“We are being attacked,” an Indian official says at a diplomatic office in Mazar-i-Sharif.

A video reportedly released by the militant group Sunday appears to show the execution of five men supposed to be British spies.

Iran will take care to avoid further depressing slumping oil prices when sanctions lift, one of the country’s top energy officials says.

The shooting occurred as the Israeli army conducted a training mission near the Cave of the Patriarchs.

The president of Sri Lanka pledged to provide land for war victims currently housed in refugee camps.

A tumultuous 2015 ended with major indexes mostly flat amid a big drop for oil prices. Netflix and Google won big, while shares of Chipotle and Apple soured.

Factors ranging from the health of the job market to corporate capital allocation patterns will determine the financial course of 2016.

Regulators and bank executives want better tracking of financial industry transgressions. But their plan raises questions of implementation and abuse.

Unseasonably warm weather in the U.S. has weighed heavily on retailers. But dropping gas prices could provide a needed boost for American businesses.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 367 points Friday, capping a week marked by continued declines in oil after the Fed's historic rate hike.

Regulators say the bank steered its wealth management clients to in-house products without disclosing conflicts of interest.

The controversial CEO, known for raising the price of a drug by 5,000 percent, has resigned, the pharmaceutical company said. Ron Tilles will step in as interim CEO.

The financial firm is expected to settle over allegations that it steered clients to in-house products without making proper disclosures, Reuters reported.

Martin Shkreli was arrested Thursday on securities and wire fraud charges, and later released on a $5 million bond.

A French court ordered Christine Lagarde to stand trial over a bank scandal from her days as finance minister. Her lawyer calls it "incomprehensible."

Private equity giant Cerberus has purchased an 80 percent stake in Avon North America, along with a $435 million investment in Avon's parent company.

The Fed's decision Wednesday to raise the benchmark interest rate reflects how much the country has healed since the Great Recession.

After the U.S. benchmark rate rose Wednesday for the first time in nine years, financial analysts expect further increases in 2016.

Congress' year-end spending deal does not block the Labor Department's fiduciary rule, which is an attempt to protect retirement savers from loss.

Prominent economists like Larry Summers and Austan Goolsbee took to the airwaves Tuesday to speak against the widely expected increase.

Economists said the U.S. central bank's monetary easing would generate runaway inflation and financial bubbles. They were wrong.

With two of America's largest and oldest agriculture-chemical companies reportedly considering a merger, more tie-ups could be in the offing.