Economy News

January 14, 2019

Newmont's $10B offer would create world's biggest gold miner

Newmont Mining will buy Canada's Goldcorp for $10 billion, creating the world's biggest gold miner. The combined company ...

January 14, 2019

Indonesia recovers Lion Air jet's cockpit voice recorder

Navy divers have recovered the cockpit voice recorder of a Lion Air jet that crashed into the Java Sea in October, Indonesian ...

January 14, 2019

Czech jailed for blaming train attacks on Islamic militants

A court has convicted a Czech national of carrying out two attacks on trains while blaming them on Islamic militants and ...

January 13, 2019

UK's May warns Brexit deal rejection would be 'catastrophic'

British Prime Minister Theresa May warned Sunday that lawmakers risk undermining the public's faith in democracy if they ...

January 13, 2019

Saudi energy minister concerned about oil price volatility

Saudi Arabia's energy minister said Sunday that major oil producers need to do better to narrow swings in prices that dip ...

January 13, 2019

Coal mine collapses in northern China, killing at least 21

Twenty-one coal miners were killed when a mine collapsed in northern China, state media reported Sunday. The disaster ...

January 12, 2019

The Latest: French protesters demand more help from govt

The Latest on French yellow vest protests (all times local): 10 p.m. Thousands of yellow vest protesters have marched through ...

January 12, 2019

The Latest: Paris street is devastated by gas blast; 3 dead

The Latest on blast at Paris bakery (all times local): 10 p.m. A powerful explosion apparently caused by a gas leak has blown ...

January 12, 2019

French yellow vest protests hit 9th week, clash with police

Thousands of yellow vest protesters marched Saturday through Paris and other French cities for a ninth straight weekend to ...

January 12, 2019

3 dead, dozens injured in Paris bakery gas leak explosion

A powerful explosion apparently caused by a gas leak blew apart a Paris bakery on Saturday and devastated the street it was ...

January 12, 2019

Dramatic images of bakery explosion aftermath

A powerful explosion and fire apparently caused by a gas leak at a Paris bakery Saturday injured several people, blasted out ...

January 12, 2019

Mining truck crashes into minibus in Sweden; 6 reported dead

A mining company truck has crashed into a minibus in northern Sweden, and Swedish media are reporting that six people have ...

January 12, 2019

Train crash on test run on Istanbul suburban route injures 2

Turkish media says two people were injured after a train hit a construction vehicle on an Istanbul suburban route.

January 12, 2019

SpaceX to lay off 10 percent of workforce to become leaner

SpaceX will lay off 10 percent of its roughly 6,000 workers, announcing Friday that it needs to become leaner to accomplish ...

January 12, 2019

Los Angeles teachers strike still on as impasse declared

A massive teachers strike in Los Angeles is still planned for Monday after a union rejected a new offer from the nation's ...

January 12, 2019

Nissan executive Munoz resigns after Ghosn's arrest

Nissan Chief Performance Officer Jose Munoz, who took a leave of absence a week ago, has resigned, the first high-profile ...

January 12, 2019

Seattle airport holds fair for federal workers

The Port of Seattle hosted a resource fair for the hundreds of federal workers who work at the Seattle-Tacoma International ...

January 11, 2019

Workers rally in Boston to demand end to shutdown

Federal workers who aren't getting paychecks amid the lingering government shutdown rallied in Boston Friday to call on ...

January 11, 2019

Fed officials feared adverse market reaction in 2013

Federal Reserve officials were worried about an adverse market reaction when they made their first tentative moves in 2013 ...