But this is more than a story about Japan and its cultural quirks: It's a story about the global economy. Japan is the world's third-largest economy, a crucial link in global trade and a significant factor everyone else's economic well-being. It owns …

Was the introduction of the pumpkin spice latte too little, too late? McDonald's McDonald's released its third quarter 2013 earnings on Monday morning, and the results were mixed, with better-than-expected earnings per share but revenue that was on the …

Confidence in U.S. economy intact despite budget bickering. * Fed firmly on hold despite likely robust jobs report. * Nothing to write home about on euro zone economy. By Alan Wheatley. LONDON, Oct 20 (Reuters) – If Wall Street's record high is a …

A key issue in a global economy is how to prevent people from jumping ship and going to the highest bidder in direct competition. One approach is to use standard restrictive covenants in employment contracts: non-competition clauses, or clauses dealing …

… global debate about the importance of macroeconomic budgetary and monetary policies, insufficient attention is often given to the unsexy, often politically toxic pile of smaller-bore policy challenges that can be critical to restarting a faltering …

The sentiment was also boosted on speculation that Federal Reserve could maintain monetary stimulus next year on concerns that the 16-day partial US government shutdown, which ended this week, may curb growth in the world's largest economy. The BSE …

The Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank in Washington highlighted the clouds on the horizon for the global economy. The US economy continues to underperform, the Euro area is slowly coming out of a long …

DUBAI – Obaid Humaid Al Tayer, UAE Minister of State for Financial Affairs, recently met with several global economic figures, on the sidelines of the IMF and World Bank annual meetings, to discuss the world economy's recovery outlook, coordinate …

Investors fear global economic recovery could falter: BofA. According to the BofA Merrill Lynch fund manager survey for October, investors are concerned that global economic recovery could falter, while emerging market confidence have started to rebuild.