Asian stocks rose for a fourth day as Japanese shares were boosted by the yen weakening against the dollar and optimism that the global economy is recovering. Nissan Motor Co. (7201) climbed 3.2 percent as the yen touched a one-month low against the …

Tuesday 18:00 BST. Wall Street returned from the long weekend break in the US in buoyant form with support coming from fresh optimism about the global economy and another burst of corporate deal activity. However, the positive mood was tempered by …

PARIS — The world economy will continue slowly expanding for the rest of the year, despite signs of relative weakness in China and other emerging markets, and an uneven recovery in Europe, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development …

The buildup to potential U.S. military action in Syria is likely to inject more uncertainty into economies and markets around the world, forcing policy makers to re-evaluate their outlooks and make contingency plans. A fractious debate about U.S …

A paddy field with patterns of the China Communist Party flag in east China's Zhejiang province. November's third plenum of the Communist party central committee will show whether China is serious about reforms aimed at shifting from investment-led to …

Today is the perfect day to step back and take a big picture look at the world economy. For one thing, it's Labor Day in the US, so it's a natural time to gain perspective. It's also, fortuitously, PMI Day in the rest of the world, so we have a lot of …

Even dressed up for the optimist, incoming information about the U.S. economic recovery sometimes seems dubious. The latest Employment Situation report, for example, shows that headline unemployment declined 0.2 percentage points on the month to 7.4 …

Meanwhile, politicians from emerging economies such as Brazil or countries with skills shortages such as Australia are busy publicising the opportunities they offer to old-world escapees. But what is life like for those who take up the opportunities to …

Today, only about 8 percent of the private-sector workforce is a member of a labor union and membership has declined nearly every year for more than three decades. There are many complex, interrelated reasons for this spiral into oblivion, almost all …