Economy

Clinton awards more than $700,000 to Haiti farms
A charity for former U.S. President Bill Clinton awarded more than $700,000 to develop the country's agriculture sector. The Clinton Foundation ...
Senate panel ready to OK gun background checks
Democrats are ready to muscle expanded background checks and other gun curbs through a Senate committee, giving President Barack Obama an initial if ...
Last anti-Chavez TV station to be sold
The last remaining television station critical of Venezuela's government is being sold to an insurance company owner who is apparently friendly with ...
Icahn signs confidentiality agreement with Dell
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who is fighting Dell Inc. founder Michael Dell's plan to take the struggling company private, has entered a ...
Stocks ending higher for seventh straight day
Stocks are closing higher on Wall Street for a seventh straight day, pushing the Dow Jones industrial average further into record territory. The Dow ...
Recent storms ease the drought in middle of US
Recent rain and snowstorms have eased the grip of the worst U.S. drought in decades in portions of the nation's midsection, swelling some major inland ...
Sheryl Sandberg: On a mission to elevate women
Sheryl Sandberg is not backing down. The Facebook chief operating officer's book "Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead" goes on sale Monday amid ...
EU bans cosmetics with animal-tested ingredients
The European Union banned the sale of new cosmetic products containing ingredients tested on animals with immediate effect Monday. "This is a great ...
US probes Sanofi over blockbuster drug Plavix
The U.S. Justice Department is investigating drug maker Sanofi's disclosures to the Food and Drug Administration about different responses to its ...
Cash-strapped Greece puts govt buildings on block
Greece's cash-strapped government detailed Monday its plans to sell 28 state-owned buildings on long-term lease, including tax offices, ministry ...
Algeria's security forces to protect energy plants
An Algerian official says that the country's security forces will take over the job of securing the country's oil and gas sites following a ...
Prediction market Intrade shuts amid probe
Online prediction market Intrade has shut down all trading activity immediately, saying it is investigating recently-discovered events that "may ...
Shipper: 3 sailors kidnapped off Nigeria are freed
Three sailors — including two Russians — have been freed following weeks in captivity after pirates raided their cargo ship off the coasts of Nigeria ...
Zimbabwe finance minister pleads for diamond money
Zimbabwe's finance minister said Monday he will ask President Robert Mugabe to order diamond mining companies to pay millions of dollars into the ...
US stocks waver in midday trading
U.S. stocks are flipping from slight gains to losses in midday trading. The Dow Jones industrial average was up five points to 14,402 shortly before ...
172 flights canceled in Duesseldorf airport strike
Scores of flights have been canceled at Duesseldorf airport after security personnel walked off the job in a one-day strike to press their demands for ...
Oil price down on Fed policy concerns
The price of oil fell slightly Monday after strong jobs growth in the U.S. sparked speculation of an earlier end to the Federal Reserve's loose ...
Latvia enjoys strongest economic growth in EU
Latvia's economy grew 5.6 percent last year — the best performance among the 27-country European Union — thanks to robust trade and manufacturing.
Portugal endures worst recession in 37 years
Portugal's statistics agency says the economy contracted 3.2 percent last year — its sharpest annual downturn since 1975. Portugal is enacting broad ...
US stock futures fall after run of Dow records
Wall Street stock futures are signaling a declining Dow after six straight days of gains that pushed the index to a series of all-time highs.
China's auto sales up 19.5 percent in Jan-Feb
China's auto sales accelerated in the first two months of this year, rising 19.5 percent over the same period of 2012 in a possible positive sign for ...
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba names new CEO
Alibaba Group, one of the world's biggest e-commerce companies, said Monday its executive vice president will succeed founder Jack Ma as chief ...
Dutch bankruptcies hit record in February
More Dutch companies declared bankruptcy in February than at any time since records began in 1981. The country's Central Bureau for Statistics also ...
Total restarts production after North Sea gas leak
French energy group Total says it is slowly restarting gas production in an area of the North Sea where a well sprang a leak nearly a year ago. A leak ...
German exports start the year strongly
Official figures show that German exports began the year strongly with a 1.4 percent rise in January over the previous month. Exports rose to €91.