Economy and business

Brazil Police Raid Brokerage for Allegedly Laundering ‘Car Wash’ Bribe Cash

US Consumer Confidence Surges in March

Souq.com says Amazon has Bought it After $800M Counteroffer

Indiana Board Set to Endorse $7M Carrier Deal Trump Brokered

Free WiFi Touted as Airlines Grapple with Laptop Ban

Stocks Falter as US Health Care Squabble Worries Investors

Trump Convenes Panel on Empowering Women in Business

Economic Report Predicts Rise in Global Counterfeiting, Piracy

Snap Shares Rise as Underwriters Start Coverage with ‘Buy’

‘Bathroom Bill’ to Cost North Carolina More than $3.76 billion in Lost Business

OPEC, non-OPEC to Look at Extending Oil-Output Cut by 6 Months

Mnuchin: US Growth Prospects Not Fully Reflected in Markets

Report: State Department to Approve Keystone Pipeline Friday

Fight for $15, Black Lives Matter Groups Join Forces

Report: New US Home Sales Rise

Yellen: Growing Up Poor Hurts Adults’ Financial Success

India Doubles Maternity Leave, But Many Won’t Benefit

Venezuelans Line Up for Gasoline as OPEC Nation’s Oil Industry Struggles

Officials: German Companies Interested in Train Crossing South America

Warmer US Winter Cuts Some Small Companies’ Revenue

In Time of Crisis, Venezuelans Help the Hungry

Oil Prices Fall on Bloated US Crude Storage

Brazil Senate Leader Sees Huge Spending Freeze

Venezuela’s Problems Could Doom US Heating Oil Charity

Namibian President Calls for Land Expropriation

An African Trade Conference With No Africans

African Region to Receive $45 Billion in Development Aid

UN Faces Unprecedented Number of Challenges Amid Proposed US Budget Cuts

China Begins Opening Up $9 Trillion Bond Market

Germany’s Merkel and Japan’s Abe Urge Free Trade With Jabs at US

US Supports Fair Trade But Rejects Ban on Protectionism

As Greek Economic Crisis Grinds On, Children Pay Price

Couple Quits Finance, Wins Brazil’s Top Coffee Prize

Airbnb Aims to Double African Customers This Year

Travel Restrictions Worry US Tourism Industry

Asia Increasingly Looking to China to Drive Regional Growth

Nigerian Millionaire Says ‘Africapitalism’ a Solution to Africa’s Joblessness

Zimbabwe Hopes Tobacco Will Revive Battered Economy

Mcdonald’s Tests Mobile Ordering Before National Rollout

Drought Exposes More Complicated Issues Behind High Africa Food Prices

US Central Bank Expected to Raise Interest Rates Slightly

Trump, on Michigan Trip, to Hit Brakes on Tougher Fuel-Efficiency Standards

White House Issues Response to President’s 2005 Tax Return Ahead of TV Report

SXSW Panelists: Updating NAFTA Could Aid All 3 Signatories

At Meeting on Scrapped Pacific Trade Deal, Decisions Elusive

Brazil Foreign Minister Sees EU-Mercosur Trade Accord This Year

Russia’s Sberbank Expresses Concern About Protests Against Ukraine Subsidiary

Trump Budget Plan Set to Spark Another Battle with Congress

Intel to Buy Israeli Technology Firm Mobileye for $15B

Vietnam to Test Trump on Signing Solo Trade Pacts

State Research Center: China’s Economy Set for Steady Growth

Mexico Approves 4 Trademarks for Trump

Native Americans March in Washington to Protest Pipeline

US Job Gains Make Higher Interest Rates a Near Certainty

Jobs Report No Longer Phony, Trump Says, Now That It’s His

Wall Street Celebrates 8 Years of Bull Market

February Jobs Report: More Solid Growth Expected

Nigeria’s Rice Boom Raises Output but Old Problems Persist

Iran’s Khamenei: Economic Progress Limited Despite Lifted Sanctions

China Says it Followed Law in Approving 38 Trump Trademarks