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Economies around the world began the year still trying to emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Fed officials and economists expect interest rates to stay high next year, with reductions unlikely until 2024.

Cardiologist Dr. Elizabeth Klodas shares the worst foods for high cholesterol and what she eats instead to maintain a healthy heart and brain.

As layoffs spread, here's what to know about severance, health insurance and other benefits that distinguish a fair job separation offer from an unfair one.

It's unlikely that a dangerous new Covid-19 variant is spreading in China, said Dr. Chris Murray, director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.

FTX Japan says it is developing a system to resume withdrawals through the website of Liquid Japan, a crypto exchange it acquired earlier this year.

Southwest Airlines' holiday meltdown will hit "certainly" hit its fourth-quarter results, an executive said Thursday.

Against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, Iran's ties to Russia are growing, and it's the closest it's ever been to reaching nuclear bomb-making capability. 

While the economic outlook for much of the world is predicted to be rocky over 2023, in the Gulf there's a buoyant mood.

Middle-income Singaporeans could be affected most by Singapore's GST hike, which is designed to support an increase government social spending.

Vidit Agrawal of Indonesian startup GajiGesa says crazy growth is nice. But staying power is better.

Global venture dollars may have dropped in 2022, but SGInnovate, Singapore's government-owned tech investment firm, is optimistic about 2023.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk sent a companywide email on Wednesday urging employees to stay focused and not to pay attention to the slumping stock price.

The U.S. in particular is worried that a new Covid variant could emerge in China as the virus spreads widely and rapidly.

Russia ETFs plunged after the country's army invaded Ukraine, and sanctions effectively froze the funds in March.

Brazilian soccer icon Pelé has died at age 82, his daughter announced.

The only notable tech IPO in the U.S. this year was Intel's spinout of Mobileye, a company that had been public before it was acquired in 2017.

Many fintech startups will be forced to shutter or sell themselves as they run out of funding in 2023, according to investors, founders and investment bankers.

The requirements, which apply regardless of nationality and vaccination status, start Jan. 5.

Beijing on Monday dropped its quarantine on arrival policy, leading many to book their first overseas trips in years.