Priyanka BoghaniMarch 25, 2013 11:49

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was "very pleased" with the outcome of the negotiations on Monday.

TrueCar aims to foster hassle-free auto deals

Dinah Wisenberg Brin, CNBCMarch 22, 2013 19:00

TrueCar Inc., through their website, publishes data on actual auto sales alongside listings for similar new and used vehicles, allowing shoppers to lock in good prices — average savings of $2,500 off the manufacturer's suggested retail price for new cars, the company says — while preserving dealer profits.

Bill FrelickMarch 24, 2013 08:53

Fleeing Syria: Insights on Lebanon’s open border

Commentary: Lebanon needs financial aid to keep its refugee program from backsliding.

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A Syrian refugee child stands outside the shanty rented by her parents in a poor neighborhood of the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on March 7, 2013. A significant number of Syrians have fled their country since deadly civil strife erupted just over two years ago, but now the focus has turned to financial aid as some of the refugee programs struggle to deal with the growing number of those displaced by the conflict. (Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images)

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WASHINGTON — Human rights advocates generally criticize governments for falling short and feel no need to credit them for acting the way they are supposed to. Having just returned from Lebanon, however, and seen its response to the Syrian refugee crisis, I will jettison my usual reticence.

Finally, more homes for sale

Diana Olick, CNBCMarch 21, 2013 15:06

For the first time in over six months, the supply of homes for sale is beginning to rise. While inventories are still down nearly 20 percent from a year ago, they did rise more than the seasonal norm in February from January, according to a new report from the National Association of Realtors.

Egypt: higher Suez Canal tolls may decrease business

Samantha Stainburn and Erin CunninghamMarch 21, 2013 11:29

CAIRO — This would be a problem for Cairo, since international traffic in the canal generates about $5 billion a year for Egypt and boosts local employment.

How the shiny “agate” stones in jewelry and rosary beads are killing workers

Jason OverdorfMarch 21, 2013 06:01

KHAMBHAT, India — A few years ago, when occupational safety activists came to 50-year-old Hydersha Diwan's village here, he drove them away with threats and bluster. Today, he wishes that he'd listened.

IMF chief Christine Lagarde's house raided by French police

Jennifer MattsonMarch 20, 2013 16:26

Authorities searched Lagarde's home as part of a fraud investigation into former French president Nicolas Sarkozy.

Death on a beach

Mariya KarimjeeMarch 21, 2013 06:01

GADDANI, Pakistan — Gaddani is a three dimensional maze of hazards, as chaotic as a major industrial site can get. Steel assaults the senses: the shrieking of metal saws, the ferocious, unnerving thump of massive slabs falling to the sand. And the whole place smells of a four car pileup. Which is essentially what it is.

8 questions for Charles Kernaghan: What are the world's most dangerous jobs?

David CaseMarch 21, 2013 06:01

BOSTON — Work. Many of us spend most of our waking hours doing it. We seek it out, we need it to pay the rent. And we often whinge about it. But is our daily slog really all that bad? GlobalPost spoke to labor advocate Charles Kernaghan, who knows as much as anyone about exploited workers.

Cyprus banks stay shut amid fallout over failed bailout deal

Kristin DeasyMarch 20, 2013 13:54

Banks refuse to open their doors to a mounting fiscal crisis in Cyprus.