Business

U.S. department store Macy’s has announced plans to hire more than 31,500 full- and part-time employees across its stores and distribution centers to gear up for the bustling holiday season....

Components used in thousands of pagers that detonated on Tuesday in Lebanon in a deadly blow to Hezbollah were not made in Taiwan, Taiwan’s economy minister has said. Taiwan-based Gold...

Ahead of Sri Lanka’s presidential election, no issue is more central than the economy. With the South Asian country still struggling from its worst financial crisis in decades, Saturday’s ballot...

September 30 could be a consequential day for the US economy if two major negotiations don’t get hammered out in time. Congress must pass a stopgap spending bill by the...

A participant in a pro-Trump boat parade explained to CNN why a good economy still matters to him even though he has enough money to own and operate a boat....

Buying glasses can be a big commitment. Even with the right deal and a great sale to keep the price down, you’re still picking out what will essentially become a...

On Sept. 21, 17 million Sri Lankans will cast their vote to select the country’s next president. This is the first popular election since the country defaulted on its sovereign...

In making its first interest rate cut in more than four years, the Federal Reserve went big — a decision that took some economists and policy experts by surprise, while...

Stocks surged to open Thursday trading in the wake of the Federal Reserve’s announcement that it was lowering interest rates by half a percentage point. The Dow Jones Industrial Average...

Warning: The story below contains details of abuse in care homes. Police in Malaysia have arrested the chief executive and other leaders of a prominent business group accused of running...