The European Parliament passed a resolution condemning Argentina’s nationalisation of YPF and called for a partial suspension of tariffs that benefit exports from the South American country to the EU. The EU assembly branded...
Warm weather and widespread petrol panic helped drive the biggest increase in British retail sales in more than a year in March, raising chances that recovering consumer spending may have helped the economy to...
It is the most powerful federal agency you’ve never heard of — and lawmakers from both parties on Thursday vowed to keep abreast of its astonishing growth and rein it in, if necessary. The...
NEW YORK – It’s an age-old saying in Hollywood that sex sells, but with consumers finding themselves oversaturated with sexual imagery, today’s top acts are turning to something even more sinful to get our...
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — When Susan Combs was growing up on her family’s West Texas ranch, conserving water was part of everyday life: If the windmill wasn’t turning and the storage tank at least...
(Reuters) – Most Americans support the right to use deadly force to protect themselves – even in public places – and have a favorable view of the National Rifle Association, the main gun-lobby group,...
(MoneyWatch) COMMENTARY Spain’s economy is in the worst shape of any European nation and it still has a lot of falling left to do. Its condition is at least as bad as Greece’s was two years ago when...
(multimedia) Kazuo Hirai’s honeymoon was brief, ending just 10 days after he took over as the new Sony CEO. On Tuesday, Hirai doubled the company’s full-year loss forecast to $6.4 billion. Two days later...
(multimedia) We’ve all had this happen: you call an American company’s 800 number for help, and end up talking to someone in a foreign country. It’s called outsourcing. American firms do it because foreign...
(multimedia) President Obama insisted that the “Buffet Rule,” requiring Americans making over $1 million a year, is “not some socialist dream.”
