Obama's rating improves, loses edge vs Romney
2011-11-05 08:39:35
President Barack Obama's fortunes are improving slightly, although he would face a tough struggle for re-election next year if Mitt Romney were the Republican nominee, a Reuters/Ipsos poll said on Friday.
US jobless claims fall to 5-week low
2011-11-04 10:20:58
New applications for unemployment benefits in the US last week fell to the lowest level in the past five weeks, Labor Department figures showed Thursday.
Police confront Oakland protesters
2011-11-04 08:07:26
Police in riot gear clashed with protesters in Oakland in the early morning hours on Thursday.
Military veterans join Occupy Wall Street
2011-11-04 08:07:26
Thousands of US military veterans are heeding the rallying cry of Occupy Wall Street, saying corporate contractors in Iraq made big money while the troops defending them came home.
US census shows poor getting poorer
2011-11-04 08:07:26
WASHINGTON - The ranks of the poorest poor in the United States have climbed to a record high - one in 15 people - spread widely across metropolitan areas as the housing bust pushed many inner-city poor into suburbs and other outlying places and shriveled jobs and income.
Protesters block Oakland streets, shut port
2011-11-03 14:33:19
Demonstrators on Wednesday shut down operations at the Port of Oakland, one of the largest container ports in the United States.
Steve Jobs biography becomes bestseller in US
2011-11-03 10:43:50
"Steve Jobs," the only authorized biography of the Apple co-founder, has sold around 379, 000 copies in the United States in its first week of publication.
Colombia arrests a FARC leader for kidnapping Chinese
2011-11-03 10:42:45
Colombian police said Wednesday it had captured a key leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla group, who is believed to be responsible for kidnapping four Chinese nationals in June.
Fed lowers GDP forecast, holds policy steady
2011-11-03 10:20:19
The Federal Reserve slashed its forecast for economic growth.
At least 8 killed in Argentina train accident
2011-11-03 09:17:01
At least 8 people were killed in an accident when a train ran into a vehicle with 49 girls and adults in San Luis province in Argentina on Wednesday. More than 40 were wounded.
Power could be out for days in US northeast
2011-11-03 08:12:22
Crews try to restore power to hundreds of thousands of northeasterners.
Wall Street rattled by Greek referendum
2011-11-02 15:37:46
US stocks ended sharply lower on Tuesday as investors were rattled by the idea of a referendum in Greece on its unpopular austerity plan.