Jim Zarroli

Financial markets have suffered their worst week since the 2008 financial crisis. The drubbing continued as coronavirus spread and fears grew that its impact will damage the global economy.

The U.S. stock market ended its worst week since the financial crisis with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 12.4%. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell promises to support the economy as necessary.

U.S. markets fell sharply amid widening concern that the continuing spread of cases could lead to a global pandemic. The Dow Jones Industrial Average had its worst performance in more than 2 years.

Wall Street moves a little closer to Main Street with Morgan Stanley's acquisition of discount brokerage E*Trade. The $13 billion deal is the largest by a major U.S. bank since the financial crisis.

President Trump's relationship with Deutsche Bank is still under investigation, so David Enrich's story is necessarily incomplete. But he shows the bank's tale is complex — more than one gone rogue.

The U.S. government has charged China's Huawei with racketeering and conspiracy to steal trade secrets. The new charges raise the stakes to a case that began last year.

Ebbers built WorldCom into one of the world's largest telecommunications companies, only to see it all end in bankruptcy and federal fraud charges. He died Sunday at age 78.

If Boeing were a normal company, it could be facing questions about bankruptcy after losing billions of dollars over the grounding of the 737 Max. But is it too big to fail?

Prince Harry and his wife Megan Markle are giving up their senior royal status to work as they please and become financially independent. No one is exactly sure what that means.

Australia hasn't had a recession in nearly 30 years, an impressive track record for an industrialized county. But the fires threaten two pillars of the country's economy.

Australia's devastating wildfires are now threatening key parts of the country's economy, like farming and tourism.

The S&P 500 has seen a nearly fivefold increase since the depths of the Great Recession. But some analysts say the bull market may have gone on too long, encouraging investors to take more risks.

President Trump's trade agenda began to take hold in 2019. There was a revised NAFTA agreement and an initial deal with China. But deep uncertainty remains over U.S. trade relations with the world.

Airline manufacturing giant Boeing announced Monday its CEO has resigned. Dennis A. Muilenburg came under fire for his handling of the 737 Max crisis.

The aircraft giant is the top U.S. exporter, and its decision to suspend production of the 737 Max is likely to ripple through the supply chain. Several analysts project that the move will cut growth.

The United States and China say they will sign the first phase of an agreement addressing some of the trade frictions between them.

China says the deal would cover intellectual property protections and currency manipulation, but no details have been released.

House Democrats announced on Friday morning two articles of impeachment and also that they'd agreed with the White House on terms of a new North American Free Trade Agreement.

House Democrats announce an agreement on the new trade agreement expected to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement between United States, Mexico and Canada.

The long economic recovery has brought unemployment to historic lows. But the number of men in the labor force during their prime working age has dropped significantly over the past 50 years.