“Japan is sitting on a demographic time bomb,” warned Kazuhiro Asakawa, a business professor at Keio University. “An explosion is going to take place. They see it coming, but no one is doing enough about it.”

A buildup in inventories kept the economy afloat in the first quarter despite the weakest consumer spending since 2001 and reduced business investment, a government report on Wednesday showed.

The Association for Services Management International (AFSMI), the Service & Support Professionals Association (SSPA), and the Technology Professional Services Association (TPSA) announced that Robert Reich, former U.S. Secretary of Labor and noted author

Ecuadorean authorities took over three television stations, a sugar mill and dozens of other companies belonging to one of the country's most powerful business groups early Tuesday, calling it a move that should have been taken a decade ago to settle deb

For the first time in a decade, fewer Californians are expected to take Labor Day vacations this year, according to AAA of Northern California. About 4.3 million Californians will travel 50 miles or more this Labor Day weekend, a 1.4 percent drop from las