Japan’s economy climbed out of yearlong recession in the second quarter, the government said Monday, expanding 3.7 percent at an annual pace and joining Germany, France and other regions that appear to be emerging from the global financial crisis.

Until now, creating the microchips that power all of our electronic gadgets has been a laborious, complex and time-consuming process costing…

Delridge Produce Cooperative is giving away free fruits and vegetables from rotating “mobile markets” along Delridge Way Southwest. The co-op hopes to eventually open a nonprofit produce store in a neighborhood that one local resident calls a “healthy-food desert.”

After more than a decade in the doldrums, e-reading takes off after the debut of Amazon’s device. Smartphones are starting to play a big role, too.

An Everett boatbuilder and his workers are crafting wooden catamarans for a fleet of ferries to strengthen transport and commerce across Lake Victoria, Africa’s biggest lake.

North Korea agreed Monday to lift border restrictions with South Korea to allow reunions of separated families and restart stalled tourism ventures in its latest gesture of conciliation toward Seoul after nearly 18 months of rising tensions.

AT&T Inc. said Sunday it reached tentative agreement with a union covering about 8,900 of its electrical workers on new contract terms.

Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin’s office has rejected a proposed settlement by an investment firm to repay nearly $6 million to state investors who lost money in Bernard Madoff’s fraudulent investment scheme.

From a nondescript brick building a few blocks from the bright lights of Westport, Kansas City’s oldest entertainment district, Giant Labor Solutions lured hundreds of foreigners to the city with promises of good jobs and a chance to live the American dream.

On Wall Street, the average shopper can trump a Federal Reserve policy maker.