The Fed hasn't touched interest rates since July, but they're still moving. What that looks like for credit cards, mortgages and savings accounts
Inflation in the U.S. has hit a speed bump.
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European markets close mixed ahead of Fed rate decision; Raiffeisen Bank falls 8.7%
This was CNBC's live blog covering European markets.
Why defeated presidential candidates are challenging Indonesia’s election result
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s electoral commission announced on Wednesday that Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto, a former general linked to past human rights abuses, was elected president. The results immediately drew allegations of fraud from Subianto’s political rivals.
AP documents grueling conditions in Indian shrimp industry that report calls “dangerous and abusive”
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Noriko Kuwabara was excited to try a new recipe she’d seen on social media for crispy shrimp spring rolls, so she and her husband headed to Costco’s frozen foods aisle. But when she grabbed a bag of farm-raised shrimp from the freezer and saw “Product of India,” she wrinkled her nose.
Indian couples are struggling to conceive. Why is the world’s most populous nation facing this challenge?
Sruti Das and her husband were part of the estimated one in six Indian couples who struggle with infertility. While they enjoyed an affluent lifestyle, she made the difficult choice to quit her high-paying but stressful job after she was diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome, to focus on one of the condition’s known treatments – getting fit and eating healthy.
Eight dead after South Korean chemicals tanker capsizes off Japan
Eight people died after a South Korean-flagged tanker capsized off Japan on Wednesday, the coast guard said, reversing its earlier statements that they were rescued.
UK inflation slides to 3.4%, below expectations
U.K. inflation came in lower than expected at 3.4% year-on-year in February, official figures showed Wednesday, down from 4% in January.
Apple CEO Tim Cook visits Shanghai amid a slowdown in China iPhone sales
Apple CEO Tim Cook is on a visit to Shanghai, according to a post on his official Weibo account on Wednesday, ahead of the inauguration of a new retail store and declining iPhone sales in the country.