This performance reflects investor optimism over the global economy and a weaker yen, according to brokers. "Some people think that the US economy will show its resilience and that it will become more obvious later this week (when US jobs data is out …

Health care costs in the United States will keep rising until the nation addresses uneven global economic policies tied to drug pricing. James Tallon, president of the United Hospital Fund, has been warning lawmakers and health care business leaders …

Yet amidst all the gloom, rays of hope seem to be emerging from various areas and most analysts and experts – domestically and globally – are hopeful of an economic turnaround. While the process of getting India back on the path of high growth is bound …

Lagarde talked recently with Fortune's Geoff Colvin about the world's slow climb out of the financial crisis, how to get the global economy growing faster, women in leadership, and much else. She had no comment on the Smith controversy beyond her …

According to a new peer-reviewed scientific report, industrial civilisation is likely to deplete its low-cost mineral resources within the next century, with debilitating impacts for the global economy and key infrastructures within the coming decade …

America and China have spent the past few years in a stand-off over Chinese attitudes to intellectual property, and how the Chinese government goes about cyber-spying. Virtually all nations engage in cyber-spying to some degree, but experts suspect …

Leaders of the world's top industrial powers will warn that threats to the global economy need to be “managed carefully” in order to achieve a sustainable recovery, according to a draft statement. Group of Seven leaders will say that while the economy …

June 3 (Bloomberg) –- In today's “Global Outlook,” Gordon Chang, author of "The Coming Collapse of China," and Eurasia Group's Nicholas Consonery discuss the strained relations between the U.S. and China. They speak with Trish Regan on Bloomberg …

OTTAWA – Canada's economy slowed at the start of this year, as higher household spending was offset by lower government and business outlays, the government statistical agency said Friday. Growth was halved in the first quarter to 0.3%, from 0.7% in …