An encouraging jobs report Friday underscored the growing prominence of temporary workers who some experts predict could constitute up to a quarter of the workforce in a few years.

Local population evicted as Mali sells long-term leases on large tracts of agricultural land to Libyan company

Instead of moaning about the injustice of the financial sector, there's a very simple way we could make our voices heard, says Tom Hodgkinson

Groups that help military families are reporting a drop in cash donations at a time of greater need for those struggling in a down economy while one or more parents fight in Iraq or Afghanistan.

There is no doubt that the future of the American economy will be impacted by the fate of a comprehensive global treaty to limit greenhouse gas emissions. What remains at issue is whether American business will benefit more from a failure at Copenhagen or

As stores prepare for hordes of Black Friday shoppers and mark down high-definition TVs and hot toys, they're also pushing deals on something more mundane -- necessities such as socks and diapers.

Union Carbide may have abandoned their plant in 1984, but the toxic waste that they had been throwing into a breached solar evaporation pond has stayed and spread each monsoon season into surrounding neighbourhoods

High jobless rate raises concerns even as economy heads into recovery

Set against the looming construction cranes and gleaming plastic roofs of the newly built factories, the last remaining fishing village in Jakarta Bay looks increasingly out of place.

Southern California agriculture area continues to suffer higher metropolitan area rate. More urban areas face severe unemployment.