AP - Seeking ways to spur economic growth ahead of the November elections, President Barack Obama will ask Congress to increase and permanently exten read more »
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AFP - US lawmakers returning from summer recess face a conundrum on tax cuts set to expire at the end of this year, with the economy seemingly sputte read more »
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AP - The Dutchman charged with killing a 21-year-old Peruvian woman and suspected in the disappearance of U.S. teenager Natalee Holloway has acknowle read more »
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Reuters - Encouraging news about the U.S. employment picture continued to spill over onto financial markets on Monday, lifting world stocks on hopes read more »
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Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Friday he would outline new measures next week to boost the U.S. economy, but analysts were skeptical he wou read more »
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Reuters - Australia's top investment bank Macquarie Group Ltd warned investors it would miss profit forecasts after weak markets took a toll on its read more »
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Reuters - President Barack Obama launches several economic initiatives this week aimed at generating some desperately needed U.S. job growth and limi read more »
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Reuters - G20 delegates agreed on Saturday global economic recovery would endure although the speed of expansion may slow, a South Korean official sa read more »
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Reuters - U.S. regulators probing the May flash crash are focusing on a trading practice known as "quote stuffing", in which large numbers of rapid-f read more »
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Reuters - BP has revived the sale of its Alaskan assets after failing to offload them to U.S. oil and gas company Apache in July, the Financial Tim read more »
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Reuters - China will allow insurers to broaden investment channels into private equity and real estate, a move that could unleash as much as $100 bil read more »
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CQPolitics.com - Leading voices in both parties sparred Sunday over the state of the economy and the role that Bush tax cuts should play in the recov read more »
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Reuters - Debt levels that ran up ahead of the financial crisis have shown only a modest decline since and are likely to fall sharply in the coming y read more »
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