Economy News

January 22, 2019

Sudan's embattled president travels to Qatar amid unrest

Sudan's embattled president flew Tuesday to Qatar, the tiny but wealthy Gulf state that has offered him help as he faces ...

January 22, 2019

US home sales plummeted 6.4 percent in December

U.S. home sales cratered in December, causing price growth to slip to the lowest level in more than six years as the housing ...

January 22, 2019

Stocks dip as investors fear a weakening global economy

Stocks across the world slipped Tuesday morning as investors again grow concerned about signs the global economy is weakening

January 22, 2019

Last moments of Kenya attack victims revealed at memorial

Hiding from gunmen in an office building, a group of people heard gunshots getting louder and the clatter of a weapon being ...

January 22, 2019

GOP unveils fundraising tool to rival Democrats' ActBlue

The Republican Party believes it finally has its answer to the Democratic fundraising behemoth ActBlue. GOP groups are ...

January 22, 2019

Johnson & Johnson puts up strong profit and revenue in 4Q

A big jump in prescription drug sales, particularly overseas, helped Johnson & Johnson swing to a large fourth-quarter profit ...

January 22, 2019

Investor sentiment for Germany ticks up, but still depressed

A survey of financial experts suggests the outlook for Germany, Europe's largest economy, brightened slightly during January ...

January 22, 2019

EU regulators fine Mastercard more than half a billion euros

The European Commission has fined Mastercard 570 million euros ($648 million) for stopping retailers from looking for better ...

January 22, 2019

Starbucks rolls out delivery service for coffee drinkers

Starbucks is expanding its delivery service and aims to offer it at nearly one-fourth of its U.S. company-operated coffee ...

January 22, 2019

Firefighters to march with striking Los Angeles teachers

Teachers in the nation's second-largest school district are expected to strike for a sixth school day Tuesday as talks ...

January 21, 2019

UK leader unveils Brexit Plan B, looks a lot like Plan A

British Prime Minister Theresa May unveiled her Brexit Plan B on Monday — and it looks a lot like Plan A. May launched a ...

January 21, 2019

The Latest: Zimbabwe president returns to address crisis

The Latest on Zimbabwe's ongoing protests and turmoil. (all times local): 11:57 p.m. Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa ...

January 21, 2019

Russia: 14 sailors killed when ships catch fire in Black Sea

Two Tanzanian-flagged commercial vessels caught fire in the Black Sea, leaving at least 14 sailors dead, Russian officials ...

January 21, 2019

France holds trial over horse meat found in frozen lasagna

Six years after the "Horsegate" scandal broke, four people went on trial in Paris on Monday over an elaborate alleged scheme ...

January 21, 2019

Chinese accuse McDonald's of supporting Taiwan independence

Chinese nationalists are accusing a McDonald's advertisement in Taiwan of supporting independence for the self-ruled island.

January 21, 2019

Death toll reaches 85 in Mexico fuel pipeline fire horror

People in the town where a gasoline explosion killed at least 85 people say the section of pipeline that gushed fuel has been ...

January 20, 2019

Kenyan police say attack on Chinese facilities is repelled

Kenyan police say gunmen opened fire on Chinese construction facilities in an eastern area, days after Islamic extremists ...

January 20, 2019

Plane makes emergency landing in Black Sea port in Romania

Romanian authorities say an airplane flying from Cyprus to the Romanian capital has made an emergency landing in the Black ...

January 20, 2019

Zimbabwe president to return home after deadly turmoil

Zimbabwe's president announced on Sunday that he will return home and skip the World Economic Forum after a week of turmoil ...