STOCKHOLM/WASHINGTON: Three American scientists won the 2013 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences Monday for research that has improved the forecasting...
WASHINGTON: Progressive groups opposing Lawrence Summers as the next Federal Reserve chairman are stepping up pressure on President Barack Obama to make a...
WASHINGTON: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday the U.S. central bank still expected to start scaling back its massive bond purchase program...
WASHINGTON: U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke strongly defended the central bank’s bond-buying stimulus before Congress Tuesday, saying its...
WASHINGTON: In an unprecedented step, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday it would hold interest rates near zero until the U.S. unemployment rate falls to...
WASHINGTON: The United States on Friday demanded that Iran free jailed human rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh, who it said has been on hunger strike for more...
JACKSON HOLE, Wyo.: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Friday l eft the door wide open to a further easing of monetary policy, saying the stagnation in...
NEW ORLEANS: President Barack Obama pledged Wednesday to work with leaders of all political stripes to "arrive at a consensus" on how to reduce gun...
WASHINGTON: A simmering dispute between Iraq's central government and the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan is an internal affair, a top Baghdad...
WASHINGTON: U.S. President Barack Obama did not suggest that violence had dissipated entirely in Afghanistan when he said that his apology to...
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama on Monday pledged that Washington would remain a strong partner for Iraq as U.S. troops exit by year-end, and played down...
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama’s grim warnings about the state of the U.S. economy could backfire on him by undermining a key goal of his...
RICHMOND, Virginia: President Barack Obama, seeking to rescue a faltering U.S. economy and his own re-election prospects, began an uphill battle Friday to win...
OAK BLUFFS, Massachusetts: U.S. President Barack Obama said Sunday Moammar Gadhafi’s rule was showing signs of collapse and called on the Libyan leader...
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama turned Saturday from national elation over the killing of America’s most wanted foe to face the threat that high gasoline...
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama: President Barack Obama flew to the epicenter of one of the United States’ worst ever tornado disasters Friday to pledge federal support...