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China's trade suffered its biggest decline in January since the 2008 crisis — a new sign of weak global demand and a slowing domestic economy.

The unemployment rate’s unexpected drop to a three-year low has overshadowed a less-positive labor- market development: fewer Americans are looking for work.

After decades of decline, malls across the country are being redeveloped by communities and planners trying to forge new gathering places out of vast lots with empty buildings.

Home prices have resumed their decline, raising the odds that more borrowers will choose to walk away from their mortgages, even if they can afford the payments.

Activity in the eurozone manufacturing sector fell for the fifth successive month in December, but showed a slight improvement on the previous month, a closely-watched survey suggests.

The number of people seeking unemployment benefits rose last week after three weeks of decline.

The average happiness of English-speaking Twitter users peaked in April 2009 and has been on a downward slide ever since then.

Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows thatA over the last decadeA self-employed Americans have become less likely to employ others.A Moreover, this decline predates the Great Recession, as the figure below shows.

The millions of long-term jobless, a nagging trait of this anemic recovery, have been taxing the nation’s food banks that have s

Negative economic reports from Europe pushed stocks lower early and the decline accelerated in...