A man committed suicide on Monday in an eight-story leap from a parking structure near where Occupy San Diego demonstrators were gathered, but it was unclear if he identified with the protesters, authorities said.
U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday as Europe's progress toward bolstering its financial rescue fund brought more battle-weary investors back into the market.
China has launched an intense lobbying effort in Washington to kill legislation that would punish it for its currency system, in the latest display of its more sophisticated approach to influence U.S. policy.
The United Auto Workers and Chrysler Group LLC have reached a tentative agreement on a four-year labor contract that would pay workers smaller bonuses than unionized workers at General Motors Co and Ford Motor Co.
The United States will use a finance ministers' meeting in Paris this weekend to ratchet up pressure on Europe to deal with its debt crisis swiftly before it derails a fragile global recovery, a top U.S. Treasury Department official said on Wednesday.
Thanks to a hot summer which devastated the peanut crop, peanut butter prices are set to inevitably skyrocket this fall at supermarkets nationwide, and possibly even double. Looks like November, which is National Peanut Butter Lover’s Month according to Chase’s Calendar of Events published by McGraw-Hill, will be pretty costly for consumers.
The buzz word was definitely “9-9-9? in Tuesday’s Republican debate at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire that focused on economic issues.
TSMC, the world's top contract chip maker, expects weak growth in the global economy over the next 12 months, its chairman said on Wednesday.
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc suffered its first loss in the firm's effort to win back portions of upfront bonuses paid to former brokers, according to regulatory documents released on Wednesday.
The numbers are in, and Herman Cain's new book is a national bestseller. Now, Cain said the book tour is over and he is committing to more aggressive campaigning and campaign spending.
U.S. officials indicated that the Iranian operatives as well as members of Hezbollah were transported across the Middle East by Mahan.
U.S. stocks jumped 1 percent on Wednesday, pushing the Dow into positive territory for the year, as the euro-zone rescue fund was set to get approval from all EU members.
U.S. stocks extended their recent rally on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 on track for its sixth winning day in the past seven as the euro-zone rescue fund was set to get approval from all EU members.
If Rick Perry is going to win the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, he'll have to do it based on something other than his debate performances.
The Psych gang makes a welcome return on Wednesday night with another season rife with rapid-fire pop culture references, more guest stars than Love Boat and ... pretend psychic Shawn Spencer (James Roday) being exposed?
The number of jobs waiting to be filled fell in August, underscoring the pain in the labor market where millions of unemployed workers have been shut out of the economic recovery.
Occupy Wall Street has much more in common with a growing European unrest in France and Spain than the Arab Spring and Tahrir Square
Stocks extended their recent rally on Wednesday, with the Dow industrials back in positive territory for the year and the S&P 500 briefly rising 2 percent as the euro-zone rescue fund was set to get approval from all EU members.
Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, sent a subpoena Wednesday to Attorney General Eric Holder as part of his investigation into the gun trafficking operation known as Fast and Furious.
Now that Herman Cain has launched a bestseller with his brand new book This is Herman Cain! the Republican candidate for president says he will shift away from a recent focus on book sales and promotion to better focus on his campaign, and key states like New Hampshire and Iowa.
BlackBerry service to Research in Motion customers in North America was disrupted Wednesday, adding to problems in the troubled developer’s European, Middle East and African markets.
Is the doctor doomed?
