Author : EW News Desk Team

Bankers have all but given up on defeating one of the most contentious provisions in the financial regulation bill — one that would effectively bar federally insured banks from...

The movie has ancient Greek warriors, pirates, underwater kingdoms, a villain called the Demon Mage and mermaids that kill men during sex. There is a sultry Bond girl, too,...

WHEN Treasury bonds are hotter than stocks, it’s a sign that something is very wrong with the stock market. That has been the pattern lately, though. In a reprise...

The violence that has claimed scores of lives in Kyrgyzstan is frequently ascribed to ethnic tensions, but regional experts say the causes are more complex. “I don’t believe in...

As oil continued to pour into the Gulf of Mexico, Jennifer Wilkerson spent three hours on the phone talking about life after petroleum. For Mrs. Wilkerson, 33, a moderate...

Germany’s trading partners want the country to go on a shopping spree, increase imports and help countries like Greece and Spain grow faster so they can pay off their...

This island city-state, thanks to its small size and a big public investment, could soon be the first country blanketed with a fiber optic infrastructure so fast that it...

In South Korea, free-to-air mobile TV is a five-year-old fact of life. According to the country’s broadcasters, 27 million people — 56 percent of the population — watch regularly....

The United States has discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan, far beyond any previously known reserves and enough to fundamentally alter the Afghan economy and...

While it may seem only tangentially related to the usual concerns of EconomyWatch.com, the debate over whether Yao Ming's US-born daughter should receive American or Chinese citizenship opens an...