With an earlier close in honor of the red, white and blue, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 56.14 points, or 0.38%, to 14988.55. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was up 1.33 points, or 0.08%, to 1615.41. Each has been up five of the past seven …

NEW YORK – Global equity markets slid on Wednesday on worries over signs of slowing growth in China and deepening political turmoil in Portugal, where talks over the government's future weighed on the euro and threatened to reignite the euro zone crisis.

There's trouble all over the global economy, from fresh tremors in the Eurozone debt crisis to unrest in the Middle East and uncertainty over the fate of Obamacare here at home. With so many threats to the markets coming from so many directions, what's …

“Turkey's first quarter growth was fairly positive, but we have not increased our growth expectations as we believe the latest decision of the U.S. Federal Reserve (FED) to end the high liquidity party in the global economy could specifically cause …

LinkedIn is positioned to become the first global economic graph with the ability to mine the transactions of an emerging data economy. That's the conclusion of a study by faberNovel, a Paris-based consulting group that has published the results of its …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. trade deficit increased in May to the highest level in six months as a weak global economy depressed U.S. export sales while imports of autos and other nonpetroleum products hit an all-time high. The trade deficit rose to …

The general outlook for the global economies remains grim but little changed. As a result there is little change in equity expectations. The dramatic fall in index-linked gilt yields and rising inflation is impacting Japanese equity returns. Jack Evans …

The global manufacturing sector picked up speed in June but bleak data from China highlighted the precarious health of the world economy. A return to expansion in the US factory sector, with the purchasing managers' index up from 49 to a higher than …

Portland, Oregon, a prosperous metropolis of 2.2 million people, has one of the most recognizable brands in the United States. It regularly makes popular top 10 lists for most green or eco-friendly cities, and for good reason. Portland is the first U.S …