Among Group of 20 economies, Germany, where Angela Merkel won a third term as chancellor, ranked highest at 14th in the Global Gender Gap Report from the Global Economic Forum. Photograph: Francois Lenoir/reuters. Topics: Business · Economy …

How have financial markets reacted to news of the shutdown? After declining seven out of the past eight sessions on concerns about a possible shutdown, Wall Street rebounded on Tuesday as investors viewed the pullback as a buying opportunity in the …

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, left, and Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speak to reporters about their meeting with Senate Republicans regarding the government shutdown and debt ceiling on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013.

At a conference in Muscat, Oman, October 21, Abdalla El-Badri, OPEC's secretary general spoke. Bloomberg quotes him saying that, “The economy remains the major worry, particularly in the short and medium term.” El-Badri is cautious of the international …

Thus, the vision for LinkedIn's economic graph is to connect the dots between listed opportunities, skills, companies, educational institutions, people and professional knowledge to form a network that "will map the global economy. Weiner explained …

KUALA LUMPUR: Global economic activity is forecast to strengthen moderately in 2014 with global growth anticipated to increase 3.6 per cent. The Finance Ministry, in its Economic Report 2013/2014, said the outlook for advanced economy is expected to …

There are plenty of theories out there on why this is happening, but I'll leave that alone and focus on the economic implications. The Washington Post story on the subject — "Japan's Sexual Apathy Is Endangering the Global Economy" — warns us we …

While the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries expects global economic growth to accelerate to 3.5 percent in 2014 from 2.9 percent this year, Europe faces a “major challenge” in its labor market, and growth in China and India has slowed, he said.

The Canadian dollar was down 0.27 of a cent to 95.65 cents US, lower for a third day in the wake of a decision by the Bank of Canada to remove its tightening bias and downgraded its economic forecast. The move has led analysts to believe that interest …