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China is moving "agonisingly slow" in making its currency flexible, Deputy US Secretary of State Robert Zoellick said, ahead of a bilateral summit where the currency issue is expected to hog the agenda.
Offered no firm recommendation on how to redistribute voting rights to reflect the waning of US and European domination, but expressed hope for a deal by the sister groups' annual meetings in Singapore in September.
A pair of weaker-than-expected readings on the housing and manufacturing sectors in April sparked concerns about near-term economic strength. Tensions over Iran's nuclear ambitions struck energy markets, causing oil prices to finish above $70 a
Entrepreneur Frank Baldino was touring the animal lab at a Paris drugmaker that was testing a new antidepressant. Rodents are nocturnal, so Baldino was stunned to see mice wide awake in the middle of the day. He decided to license the compound and te
State and federal authorities and the Mormon polygamist sect headquartered along the Arizona-Utah border seem finally headed for a showdown. So far, there have been no reports of violence in the towns of Colorado City, Arizona, and Hildale, Utah,
The average U.S. retail price of gasoline jumped by a dime last week to $2.78 a gallon, an increase of 10 cents from the previous week. Pump prices are 54.6 cents higher than a year ago.
States are helping public schools escape potential penalties by skirting the No Child Left Behind law's requirement that students of all races must show annual academic progress. With the federal government's permission, schools deliberately
President Bush's new chief of staff said it was time to "refresh and re-energize the team," and he told senior White House aides who might be thinking about quitting this year to go ahead and leave now. He did not ask for anyone's r
In Dec. federal jury in Tampa found Florida university professor Samial-Arian not guilty on 8 charges and failed to reach a verdict on 9 others after a 6-month trial. Al-Arian has pleaded guilty to aiding the Palestinian group Islamic Jihad and agree
Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, praised by death penalty foes for halting executions but accused of using public office to enrich friends and family, was found guilty of fraud, racketeering, tax evasion and other charges. The jury convicted Ryan, 7
"Anytime customers can find your product in another place, it's going to cause some concern," says John Decker of San Diego's KPBS-FM. He says the podcast trend makes some public radio programmers "nervous." Indeed, the
Gold rose to a 25-year high, and silver topped $13 an ounce for the first time since 1983, on concern that the dispute over Iran's nuclear program will disrupt oil exports and spur inflation.
What some analysts posit is the real concern for the United States is Iran's plan to open its own oil exchange — the Iranian Oil Bourse (IOB) — with the alleged goal of becoming the dominant center of the Middle East's oil trade.
Depending on the commodity, China now accounted for between 20% and 30% of total global demand
California’s new voter registration database — whose creation the federal government once called a model for other states — may prevent thousands of eligible voters from casting ballots in a June 6 statewide election, officials fear
This is the age of information warfare, and details of how this new military doctrine will affect everyone on the planet are contained in a report, entitled The Information Operations Roadmap, commissioned and approved by US secretary of defence Dona
Missing from the discussion over Iraq in the United States is the growing likelihood that the Bush administration will escalate, not de-escalate, the war.
The American dollar’s great influence on the global economy and its dominance seems to be coming to an end.
"The Iranian situation is getting no better and any combination of events could lead to a conflagration,'' said Michael Fitzpatrick, vice president of energy risk management at Fimat USA Inc. in New York. ``China's GDP is growing at
Explanation of corporate media invective to demonize Hugo Chavez prepping the public for 4th US attempt to oust the Venezuelan president
The United States began planning a full-scale military campaign against Iran that involves missile strikes, a land invasion and a naval operation to establish control over the Strait of Hormuz even before the March 2003 invasion of Iraq, a former US
"The United States has long maintained the option of preemptive actions to counter a sufficient threat to our national security."
As petrostates around the globe exert increasing command over their energy assets, Iraq is on the verge of ceding theirs to the control of American and British oil companies. If all goes as planned, the oil giants will have performed the heist of the
What made a chorus of ex-generals call for the SecDef's head? The war over the war—and how Rumsfeld is reacting.
China's President Hu Jintao will press U.S. President George W. Bush to reiterate opposition to any move toward independence by Taiwan when they meet in Washington later this week, analysts said.
Google Inc, the top online search engine, is unveiling a calendar service that allows users to store appointments online, receive reminders about them and share those plans with others.
Pressure on China to allow the nation's currency to rise faster may intensify after President Hu Jintao said yesterday that the world's fourth-largest economy grew faster than economists expected.
Spoof film "Scary Movie 4" scored a win for Bob and Harvey Weinstein, debuting in the No. 1 position over the weekend and setting a record for the best-ever debut of the Easter weekend holiday, the Associated Press reported Sunday.
The Pentagon made public Sunday a memorandum it sent to supporters and critics of Donald Rumsfeld, after a week in which several retired generals called for the defense secretary's resignation.
Wireless video cameras peer down from lamp posts about 30 feet above the sidewalk. Program to place 500 cameras throughout the city at a cost of $9 million. Hundreds of additional cameras could follow if the city receives $81.5 million in federal g
