(Reuters) – State oil company CNOOC plans to buy Canadian rival Nexen Inc for $15.1 billion, a deal which if successful would be China’s biggest foreign corporate takeover and a test of Ottawa’s tolerance...
The House’s near-unanimous passage yesterday of a bill requiring the White House to explain how it will make the severe budget cuts mandated by last summer’s debt- ceiling pact was a pleasant exhibition of...
The Postal Service has announced it may be forced to default for the first time in the company’s history. Here’s WBUP. “It owes $5.5 billion to a retirees health fund on August 1st, but...
(Reuters) – Chinese President Hu Jintao on Thursday offered $20 billion in loans to African countries over the next three years, boosting a relationship that has been criticized by the West and given Beijing...
Thunderstorms with winds as strong as 60 miles (97 kilometers) per hour are erupting across the U.S. Northeast and have disrupted air traffic in New York, Newark and Philadelphia. Severe thunderstorm watches and warnings stretch...
(Video and article does contain some strong language) James O’Keefe’s new Project Veritas video (see below) is a stunning exposé of union corruption surrounding so-called “shovel ready” jobs. In typically irreverent Project Veritas style,...
(multimedia) Fox News interview with GOP congressman Allen West. They discuss West’s attack on Supreme Court’s health care ruling by making a contrasting comparison when he said, “I believe for personal security. Every American should...
After three years in a suburban house, Nathaniel Wallace bought a loft in Detroit’s midtown, where major crime has dropped 38 percent in three years. The 32-year-old computer contractor paid less than $200,000 for the...
A scathing U.S. Senate report charged that Europe’s largest bank exposed the U.S. financial system to money laundering by Mexican drug cartels as well as potentially illicit transactions involving Iran and other countries. The...
(AP) PHOENIX – Planned Parenthood Arizona is suing to try to block enforcement of a new Arizona law that would bar abortion providers from receiving public funding for health services other than abortion. The...
