Hi-ho, it's off to work they go at Disney

2012-03-28 07:28:21

Local jobseekers have responded enthusiastically to the first round of hiring for Shanghai Disney Resort due to open in 2015.

US may be set to turn over new leaf

2012-03-27 08:25:56

The first tea business I co-founded was incorporated in 2004 and I am now a minority shareholder.

Apple may settle patent fights with Samsung

2012-03-30 04:01:22

US media reported on Thursday that top-level executives at Apple and Samsung have met lately about a potential patent settlement.

Obama urges Congress to repeal oil tax breaks

2012-03-30 01:04:01

US President Barack Obama pressed the Congress on Thursday to end billions of dollars in subsides handed out to oil companies each year.

US cancer death rates continue to decline

2012-03-29 06:58:08

Rates of death in the United States from all cancers for men and women continued to decline between 2004 and 2008.

Tsunami debris heading to US

2012-03-29 08:08:04

A Japanese fishing boat drifting off the coast of western Canada could be the first wave of 1.5 million tons of debris heading toward North America.

Top US court contests health plan

2012-03-29 08:08:04

The US Supreme Court's conservative justices pointedly challenged the core provision of President Barack Obama's historic healthcare law.

US plane pilot rants about bomb

2012-03-29 08:08:04

The captain of JetBlue Airways Flight 191 from New York was taken to a hospital after suffering a "medical situation" on board.

Strauss-Kahn's lawyers argue for civil suit dismissal

2012-03-29 06:53:05

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn's lawyers went back to a New York court Wednesday to seek dismissal of a civil suit brought by a hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault last year.

US says Syria not implementing peace plan

2012-03-29 06:47:33

The US State Department said that the Syrian government is not implementing the peace plan put forward by UN special envoy Kofi Annan.

Obama hits back in Russia 'hot mic' row

2012-03-28 08:08:33

Obama voiced doubt on the prospects for progress with Moscow on missile defense until after the November US election.

Wife defends US soldier accused in Afghan rampage

2012-03-28 08:08:33

The wife of a US soldier accused of killing 17 Afghan civilians says her husband showed no signs of post-traumatic stress disorder before he was deployed, and she doesn't feel like she'll ever believe he was involved in the killings.