Economy News

French President Emmanuel Macron and South Korean President Moon Jae-in attend a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris

December 10, 2018

Teachers union: Tentative deal to end charter schools strike

The nation's first teachers' strike against a charter school operator will end after their union and management struck a ...

December 09, 2018

Seattle homes attract fewer multiple bids as market cools

Prospective home buyers in Seattle as late as last year faced the prospect of entering bidding wars or getting edged out by ...

December 09, 2018

UK leader warns of 'uncharted waters' if Brexit deal nixed

With a crucial parliamentary vote on Brexit looming, British Prime Minister Theresa May warned lawmakers Sunday that they ...

December 09, 2018

Big rally by Malaysia Muslims calls for upholding privileges

Tens of thousands of Malaysian Muslims rallied Saturday in Kuala Lumpur against any attempt to strip the ethnic Malay ...

December 08, 2018

GM plant closing not expected to stall Detroit's rebound

General Motors' planned shutdown of its Detroit-Hamtramck plant would leave only one auto assembly factory in the city known ...

December 08, 2018

Ex-Trump fixer Michael Cohen portrayed as greedy opportunist

For weeks, Michael Cohen sought to portray himself as a man who'd found his "true north" after years of shady business ...

December 08, 2018

Japan OKs divisive bill allowing more foreign workers

Japanese lawmakers early Saturday approved government-proposed legislation allowing hundreds of thousands of foreign laborers ...

December 08, 2018

Report: Uber files preliminary papers for Wall Street debut

Ride-hailing giant Uber has filed confidential preliminary paperwork for selling stock to the public. That's according to a ...

December 07, 2018

US hiring pullback could signal mild slowdown in growth

U.S. job growth declined modestly in November, a move that could signal a slower but still steady pace of hiring and growth ...

December 07, 2018

US consumer borrowing climbed 7.73% in Oct. from a year ago

Americans boosted their borrowing by 7.73% in October from a year ago, the largest increase in nearly a year as consumer ...

December 07, 2018

Polish political leader rejects converting to euro currency

The leader of Poland's ruling party has spoken out against having Poland convert to using the European Union's shared ...

December 07, 2018

Bull's eye on US' Permian Basin as oil prices rise

Some of the largest energy companies in the U.S. have already invested billions of dollars on claims up and down the ...

December 07, 2018

OPEC ministers, Russia, meeting for oil production cut talks

OPEC countries are mulling a possible cut to oil production in an attempt to stabilize prices as they meet for a second ...

December 07, 2018

UK leader deploys ministers to sell Brexit deal to public

British Prime Minister Theresa May is deploying 30 members of her government throughout the country to rally support for her ...

December 07, 2018

Industrial production drops in Germany in October

Official figures show that factory production in Germany declined in October in another sign that Europe's largest economy ...

December 07, 2018

Lawyer: Trump resort hired undocumented workers

Two women who cleaned rooms set aside for President Donald Trump at one of his golf resorts in New Jersey say they used false ...

Donald Trump, Melania Trump, Julie Phillips, Andrew Pollack

December 07, 2018

Parkland shooting victim's dad joins Trump for Hanukkah

The father of a Florida school shooting victim helped the White House celebrate Hanukkah on Thursday and lauded President ...

December 07, 2018

Fed chairman says central bank concerned about rural poverty

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Thursday that the U.S. economy overall is strong but many rural areas are falling ...

December 06, 2018

US household wealth jumps $2T, led by rising stock market

A stock market rally, which has since reversed, propelled U.S. household net worth to a record high of $109 trillion in the ...