MEXICO CITY — Nicaraguan lawmakers moved one step closer to fulfilling a national dream on Thursday, granting a Hong Kong company the right to build a $40-billion cross-country shipping canal that could ... Read more
NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar — Foreign executives who flew into this dirt-poor country over the past year to tap into what is described as Asia’s last major frontier market often came away skeptical, befuddled or ... Read more
FRANKFURT — This is what passes for good economic news in Europe: Spain just added 265 jobs. “Clearly encouraging,” the nation’s prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, said of the ... Read more
When a Chinese company bid $4.7 billion last week to take over Smithfield Foods, America’s biggest pork producer, the deal was announced by the company’s Chinese executives. But behind ... Read more
MIAMI — Of the 22,000 condos created in downtown Miami during the boom years, only about 600 remain unsold — thanks mainly to an influx of Latin American investors seeking a safe haven for their ... Read more
BEIRUT — As Lebanon prepares to move toward exploring and developing its potential offshore oil and gas resources, the prospect is being dangled that hydrocarbon revenues could fix many of its problems. ... Read more
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Tiffany & Company is quietly building a diamond-polishing factory in Cambodia, a country popularly associated more with killing fields and land mines than baubles. ... Read more
YANGON — Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt of Google plans to go to Myanmar this week, becoming the first high-profile executive from a technology company to visit the country since the West eased sanctions ... Read more
A FEW years ago, capital was flying around the globe faster than it ever had. The world economy became more tightly integrated and technology contributed to making it easier for banks and investors to deploy ... Read more
ATHENS — During a quick visit to the Greek capital on Tuesday, President François Hollande of France expressed support for Greece’s efforts to revive its economy and called on French ... Read more