Economic Indicators

The head of Russia's giant state-controlled gas company says it plans to resume imports from Turkmenistan after a three-year break over a pricing dispute.

One of the oldest coal companies in the U.S. has filed for bankruptcy to deal with steep debt amid declining world demand.

The president said on Tuesday China is “not ready" to make a deal.

The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m.

South Africa's finance minister has resigned after acknowledging missteps during the scandal-tainted tenure of former president Jacob Zuma.

Nine people have died in a fiery explosion at a steel plant in central India.

German exports dropped in August over the previous month for the second month in a row in the latest disappointing news about Europe's largest economy.

Malaysian Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng says the government is expected to unveil new tax measures to help raise funds to pay off national debts that have snowballed due to corruption under the previous government.

China's government has promised not to weaken its currency to boost exports and rejected U.S. concern about the sagging yuan as groundless and irresponsible.

Asian markets are mostly lower after the IMF downgraded its economic outlook, citing rising interest rates and mounting tensions over trade.

Pakistan says it will seek a bailout loan from the International Monetary Fund to address a mounting balance of payments crisis.

U.S. stocks are slipping again Monday morning, and technology and internet companies are taking some of the biggest losses.

The International Monetary Fund is downgrading its outlook for the world economy, citing rising interest rates and growing tensions over trade.

Netflix has chosen New Mexico as the site of a new U.S. production hub and is negotiating to buy an existing multimillion-dollar studio complex in the state's largest city.

Advocates of taxing fossil fuels believe their position is stronger now because of an alarming new report on climate change and a Nobel Prize awarded to by two American economists, but neither development is likely to break down political resistance to a carbon tax.

NAME: William Nordhaus BIRTHDATE: May 31, 1941 BIRTHPLACE: Albuquerque, New Mexico DOCTORATE: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1967) CURRENT JOB: Economist, Yale University ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Pioneered climate-change economics, creating models to help guide policymakers.

The Latest on the Nobel prize in economics (all times local): 11:55 a.m.

The Republican senator says low unemployment and anger over the Kavanaugh confirmation process will drive conservatives to the polls.

Facebook is launching the first electronic device to bear its brand, a screen and camera-equipped gadget intended to make video calls easier and more intuitive.