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5 June 2017: China intends to relive the glories of its past through the Maritime Silk Road with the One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative, making it the largest economic platform in the world if it succeeds. This network of trade routes will certainly open up untapped markets in the modern world and bring about development to rural areas along the OBOR route.

You might want to relax this Memorial Day or go shopping instead, but if it is the latter, then check out what are the best best deals around for different niches.

Amazon still reigned supreme over the Cyber Weekend among other retailers. Based on a data collected by research firm Slice Intelligence, the online shopping giant captured 31 percent of online spending. More people chose to shop in Amazon from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday than in Best Buy, Target, Wal-Mart and Apple.

With President-elect Donald Trump's campaign call to "make America great again," he wants Apple to move their manufacturing site from China to the US in the hopes of creating more jobs.

With US President-elect Donald Trump coming to the fore as Head of State by January 2017, Bank of America Corporation's stocks (NYSE: BAC) have been on the spike and are expected to rise phenomenally by December.

There were more Americans who shopped online than those who patiently waited in line in stores last Black Friday. E-commerce thrives the most during this season. Based on a recent survey, an even bigger turn out is expected on Cyber Monday.

Thanksgiving in America may be about to lose its popularity as one of the busiest shopping days in the year, as retail experts agree that it's not worth to set-up shop during this holiday.

It is always good to know when stores such as Macy's, Sears, Walmart, Toys R Us, Best Buy, and Target will close on Thanksgiving and Black Friday, so that you do not end up disappointed when facing a front door with the "Closed" sign on it.

Black Friday 2016 has yet to kick off officially, but this does not mean that there are no good offers available. Join us on our quest in keeping a lookout for the best Black Friday 2016 sales on Amazon to date!

MEXICO CITY - Mexico was pitched into deep uncertainty by Donald Trump's U.S. election victory on Tuesday after a bitterly divisive campaign, raising the prospect of major clashes over trade, immigration and security.

Nearly 7-1/2 years after Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme was unmasked, the court-appointed trustee recouping money for the swindler's victims on Thursday sought court approval to free up another $247 million to help cover their losses.

Battle lines now exist between North Carolina and U.S. federal government representatives regarding the state's controversial bathroom law, which has become the epicenter of a larger fight over transgender rights. The N.C. law, HB2, requires people to use public restrooms according to the sex they were assigned at birth, rather than the one with which they currently they "identify." Everyone's suing everyone, except one defector: N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper, a Democrat who is running for governor.

The year of 2016 is unique for taxes as it will be one of the latest times for you to file on April 18. Here is the reason why the personal and business tax due date for 2016 is delayed, as well as some last minute guide to filing your taxes.

Last year was the first time in history that healthcare spending exceeded what the nation was receiving in Social Security payments from the work force. The CBO reported on Monday that Medicare, Medicaid, The Children's Health Program and Obamacare all combined meant that the nation had forked over $936 billion, which is $54 billion more than Social Security received in labor force payments. That along with the 2016 federal deficit increase and significant increases in public debt means that a national financial crisis is looming that would last for decades.

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has predicted that 2016 will be a financially "cataclysmic year." They are warning their clients to, “Sell everything except high quality bonds. This is about return of capital, not return on capital. In a crowded hall, exit doors are small.”

Financial planner Barry Eckstein has heard a lot of extravagant spending stories. But when clients were chatting with him about the holidays a couple of years ago, he could not believe his ears.

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd said on Wednesday the value of merchandise it has sold so far during the Singles' Day online shopping extravaganza had surpassed last year's total of $9.3 billion.

China's adoption of a two-child policy is expected to boost the country's economic growth rate by about 0.5 of a percentage point, stemming from a rise in the size of its work force, a senior Chinese official said on Tuesday.

Black Friday is coming on Nov. 27 after Thanksgiving, but this early retail giants like Amazon, Walmart, Target and Best Buy have already launched their Black Friday promos immediately after Halloween.

Republican White House hopefuls on Friday slammed the Obama administration's rejection of the Keystone XL oil pipeline project, saying the decision would hurt the U.S. economy.

The United States moved to suspend trade benefits for South African farm products on Thursday, escalating a drawn-out dispute over U.S. chicken and meat exports.

The U.S. economy is gaining some strength but a stronger dollar has already tightened financial conditions and the Federal Reserve's first rate hike in nearly a decade will depend on incoming data, Fed Governor Lael Brainard said on Wednesday.

Some 26 million children and young people in Europe are threatened by poverty or social exclusion after years of economic crisis, according to a study by the Bertelsmann Foundation which gave Greece the worst marks in the entire EU.

U.S. Treasury Secretary counselor Antonio Weiss warned that Puerto Rico faces a humanitarian crisis without federal action, as he appealed to Congress to help the debt-ridden U.S. territory, in comments to a Senate committee hearing on Thursday.

From Portugal to Sweden, European countries are becoming harder to govern, and economic reforms more difficult to implement, as a prolonged financial crisis bequeaths a fragmented political landscape with weaker and more divided governments.