
Romney moves to reframe debate on abortion, autos
In ads, his own remarks and most recently the words of a top supporter, Republican Mitt Romney seems determined to soften emphasis on abortion and ...
Obama ad pushes back on Romney jobs claim in Ohio
TITLE: "Collapse." LENGTH: 30 Seconds AIRING: Ohio KEY IMAGES: The ad opens with a still photo of a shuttered factory and pans to a headline from a ...

Romney on economy: Obama 'made the problem worse'
Seizing on fresh evidence of economic sluggishness, Republican challenger Mitt Romney said Friday that President Barack Obama inherited a bad ...

Amazon posts 3Q results below expectations
Amazon reported third-quarter results below Wall Street's expectations on Thursday — including a large loss, weighed by its stake in online deals ...
Correction: US Oil Boom story
In a story Oct. 23 about the boom in U.S. oil production, The Associated Press misidentified the year and amount of peak U.S. oil output. U.S.
SAfrica's finance minister decries inequality
South Africa's finance minister says the government wants to improve the living conditions of every South African. In a budget speech that made ...

After government lifeline, Peugeot finds 600 jobs
Hours before a high-stakes meeting with the government, Peugeot Citroen says it has found a company able to take over the site of the auto plant it ...

US new-home sales rise to highest in 2½ years
U.S. sales of new homes jumped last month to the highest level in more than two years, further evidence of a sustained housing recovery that could ...

Ryan to deliver speech on helping middle class
Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan is preparing to explain to low-income voters how he and Mitt Romney would do more to help them than ...
Obama, Romney say China needs to play by the rules
The presidential candidates sparred over China during a debate on foreign policy Monday but as usual the focus was less on the Asian giant's rise as ...

Clintons land in Haiti to showcase industrial park
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton encouraged foreigners to invest in Haiti as she and her husband Bill led a star-studded delegation gathered ...

Land battles surface in Myanmar as reforms unfold
The landscape of Mingaladon township on the northern outskirts of Myanmar's main city tells a story of economic upheaval. Skeletons of factories for ...

FedEx sees online shoppers powering holiday record
FedEx expects to ship a record number of packages during the holidays, thanks to shoppers' growing fondness for buying online. The world's ...

Psst, taxes go up in 2013 for 163 million workers
President Barack Obama isn't talking about it and neither is Mitt Romney. But come January, 163 million workers can expect to feel the pinch of a big ...

High pay a costly legacy of Calif. prison receiver
A doctor at California Medical Facility was paid more than $410,000 last year, while a registered nurse at High Desert State Prison made nearly ...
GM to hire 3,000 workers from Hewlett-Packard
General Motors will hire 3,000 workers from Hewlett-Packard, part of a push to bring most of its computer technology in-house. The HP employees, who ...

Ryan says Obama lacked new solutions during debate
President Barack Obama failed to bring any new ideas that could revive the economy during the second presidential debate, Republican vice presidential ...

Bank of America says housing has 'begun to turn'
For banks, mortgage-making kept profits humming before the financial crisis, then blackened reputations and stamped out earnings when the crisis hit.

Surge in US home construction could lift economy
U.S. home construction is making a comeback that could invigorate the economy's still-weak recovery. Builders last month started construction on ...

Analysis: Romney, Obama ask voters: Trust me
President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney teed up the last three weeks of the presidential election as a question of which man voters can ...
Obama, Romney offer jobs pitch at start of debate
President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney offered their jobs agenda at the start of the second presidential debate, responding to a college student ...

US industrial output rises but factories stay weak
U.S. industrial production increased only modestly in September, held back by weak growth in factory output. The Federal Reserve said Tuesday that ...
Amazon to hire 50,000 seasonal workers this year
Amazon.com Inc. says it's hiring 50,000 temporary workers at order-fulfillment centers across the U.S. this holiday season. The Seattle-based online ...

Political ads blitz viewers, risk voter turnoff
Is there any escape from all those political ads in the most hotly contested states in the three weeks before the presidential election? The TV ads ...

FACT CHECK: Slips in vice presidential debate
Anyone who paid attention to a hearing in Congress this week knew that the administration had been implored to beef up security at the U.S.