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  • Barack Obama

    On jobs trip, Obama tries to leave problems behind

    President Barack Obama tried on Friday to leave behind the political battles that have overshadowed his second-term agenda, saying lawmakers should ... 

  • Oil gains to near $96 as investors eye US economy

    The price of oil rose to near $96 a barrel on Friday ahead of the release of Conference Board's index of leading indicators for the U.S. economy. 

  • World stocks strong into the weekend

    World stock markets rose steadily on Friday after two key indicators suggested the U.S. economic expansion will continue. The Conference Board ... 

  • Abdullah al-Dardari

    Syria ex-minister leads rebuilding plan

    A six-member U.N. team led by a former Syrian planning minister is drawing up a comprehensive postwar reconstruction plan even as the country's civil ... 

  • House bill protects homeland security budget

    A Republican-controlled House panel moved Thursday to protect the Department of Homeland Security from the big cuts facing other domestic agencies ... 

  • Wal-Mart's 1Q profit, sales disappoint

    The first few months of the year were tough for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. The world's largest retailer reported Thursday that its first-quarter profit ... 

  • Bradley Kessler

    A late fade on Wall Street; Wal-Mart, Disney slump

    Signs of a slowing economy combined with comments from a Federal Reserve official helped pull the stock market down Thursday. There was plenty of ... 

  • Venezuelans scrambling to find scarce toilet paper

    Venezuelans scrambled to stock up on toilet paper Thursday as fears of a bathroom emergency spread despite the socialist government's promise to ... 

  • Ernest Moniz

    Senate confirms physicist Moniz as energy chief

    Physicist Ernest Moniz won unanimous Senate confirmation Thursday to be the nation's new energy secretary. Moniz, 68, a professor at the Massachusetts ... 

  • Oil reverses early losses, tops $95 a barrel

    Oil followed a familiar pattern Thursday, moving higher despite some less-than-stellar economic reports. Benchmark oil for June delivery rose 86 cents ... 

  • Barack Obama, Recep Tayyip Erdogan

    Turkish PM talks Syria with Obama at White House

    President Barack Obama said Thursday that the U.S. and Turkey will keep ramping up pressure to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad from power, but ... 

  • Sector Snap: Makers of computer networking gear

    Investors snapped up the stocks of companies that make computer networking gear Thursday after industry leader Cisco Systems Inc.'s latest quarterly ... 

  • Frank Lucas, Michael Conaway, Collin C. Peterson

    Deep divide in Congress over domestic food aid

    The House and Senate Agriculture Committees laid the groundwork this week for reducing the size of the federal food stamp program, approving farm ... 

  • Merkel, Hollande at odds over Europe's way forward

    Germany and France recognize that their cooperation is key to overcoming Europe's persistent economic crisis, but comments Thursday by the leaders of ... 

  • Mark Zuckerberg

    INFLUENCE GAME: Tech, labor spar on immigration

    To the U.S. technology industry, there's a dramatic shortfall in the number of Americans skilled in computer programming and engineering that is ... 

  • Greek strikes halt air travel

    Flights in Greece were halted for four hours Thursday as the country's two largest labor unions staged work stoppages to protest austerity measures ... 

  • Argentina brokers 24 pct wage hikes for millions

    Two million Argentines will get wage hikes of 24 percent under a deal President Cristina Fernandez brokered with six allied labor unions. Now the ... 

  • US housing starts fell in April but permits surged

    U.S. builders broke ground on fewer homes in April, one month after topping the 1 million mark for the first time since 2008. But most of the decline ... 

  • US consumer prices fall 0.4 pct. on cheaper gas

    A plunge in the cost of gas drove down a measure of U.S. consumer prices last month by the most since December 2008. Excluding the drop in fuel costs, ... 

  • Job Fair

    US jobless claims jump to highest level in 6 weeks

    The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits rose 32,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 360,000, the most since late March. The jump came ... 

  • Oil falls below $94 a barrel amid high supplies

    The price of oil slipped below $94 a barrel Thursday as traders digested discouraging economic data from the United States and Europe and U.S. 

  • Tomasz Miskiewicz

    Polish exports of meat for Jews, Muslims in limbo

    For some, it was a barbaric way to treat animals. For others, it was great business. Until January, slaughterhouses across Poland — a deeply Catholic ... 

  • Japanese economy grew at 3.5 percent pace in 1Q

    Japan's economy grew by a stronger-than-expected 3.5 percent in annual terms last quarter, giving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a boost as his government ... 

  • Slower Chinese growth adds to pressure on leaders

    Global economic malaise has knocked the stuffing out of Luo Yan's business making toy animals. Sales of Hello Kitty dolls and plush rabbits have ... 

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