Productivity

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Monsanto Co., the world's biggest seed maker, said Wednesday its fiscal first-quarter profit more than doubled on higher sales to Latin America, and raised its expectations for the year. Shares soared $12.94, or 17.7 percent, to...

We should resist the temptation to see the forthcoming "economic stimulus" package as a panacea. It won't be. At best, it would represent traditional "pump priming." This familiar metaphor is worth pondering. To get the pump started, you add water; then...

BEIJING (AP) — The year ahead will challenge Chinese security officials increasingly nervous about social stability, the nation's top police officer said, amid concerns about gang violence, separatism and dissident plans to mark the 20th anniversary...

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chilean inflation dipped to 7.1 percent last year as the slowing world economy brought the country's biggest one-month price decline in 42 years in December, the government said Tuesday. Inflation slowed from 7.8 percent in...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Clues about where Federal Reserve officials see the economy heading — or how they can better battle the worst financial crisis since the 1930s — can be uncovered in documents released a few weeks after their closed-door...

BEIJING (AP) — China's manufacturing shrank for a third month in December as export demand fell, suggesting an economic slump is worsening despite government efforts to shield the country from global turmoil, according to data reported Sunday. A...

Outselling Chicken Soup for the Soul these days on Amazon.com is what one might call "Chicken Soup for the Investor's Soul." (Let's assume investors do in fact have souls.) Security Analysis by Benjamin Graham and David Dodd is climbing the charts...

Now that all the public hand-wringing about whether or how to bail out the U.S. auto industry has been punted to the next administration, it's time to look at historical precedents and facts to see whether we have been asking the wrong questions about...

by Frank James The question-and-answer session following President-elect Barack Obama's press conference elicited some interesting answers from the president-in-waiting: On voters' desire for an end to partisan ideology: OBAMA: Well, first of all, we had,...

by Mark Silva and updated with transcript President-elect Barack Obama, confronting the question of the beleaguered economy and tense international challenges that he is facing, explained his approaches to both fronts in an interview aired by NBC's Meet...

by Frank James Here's the transcript for President-elect Barack Obama's news conference earlier today on the economy and his economic team: PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA: Good morning, everybody. Good morning. Please have a seat. Thank you all for being here....

BEIJING — The signs of discontent are small but unnerving in an authoritarian country where public demonstrations are not permitted. Laid-off toy company workers smash windows and computers and overturn police cars in Guangdong province. Employees...