Iraq will be unable to hold a national election in January as planned, a poll official said on Tuesday, heaping more uncertainty on a vote meant to cement democracy and pave the way for a partial U.S. troop withdrawal.
Support within the administration has grown for continuing a counterinsurgency strategy with a greater focus on protecting major Afghan population centers along with agricultural areas and transportation routes.
President Barack Obama will announce his decision on whether to send more U.S. troops to Afghanistan within days after he held a final strategy session with top aides, the White House said on Tuesday.
U.S. home prices rose for the fifth straight month and posted the second quarterly increase, but the pace of appreciation in September slowed and was less than expected, according to Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller indexes on Tuesday.
Heart risks from taking Merck & Co Inc's painkiller Vioxx could have been detected more than three years before the company withdrew the drug from the market in September 2004, had the data been openly available, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
Raj Rajaratnam, the billionaire founder of hedge fund firm Galleon Group, denied federal insider trading charges and accused the government of violating his constitutional rights with its use of wiretaps.
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Jefferies & Co began coverage of Alpha Natural Resources Inc with a buy rating, saying the coal miner seemed well positioned to gain from the recovery in the coal markets, expected during 2010 to 2012.
Cases of a drug-resistant bacterial infection known as MRSA have risen by 90 percent since 1999, and they are increasingly being acquired outside hospitals, researchers reported on Tuesday.
U.S. stock index futures pointed to a flat open on Tuesday after data showed home prices rose for the fifth straight month in September, but the growth was less than expected.
Playboy Enterprises Inc will outsource all its publishing operations except for editorial to American Media Inc in a bid to cut costs and return its namesake magazine to profitability in two years.
U.S. home prices rose for the fifth straight month and posted the second quarterly increase, but the pace of appreciation in September slowed and was less than expected, according to Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller indexes on Tuesday.
The U.S. economy grew more slowly than initially thought in the third quarter, held back by strong imports and weak investment in nonresidential structures, hinting at a lackluster recovery.
European shares turned negative in afternoon trading on Tuesday after U.S. GDP data showed the economy grew more slowly than initially thought in the third quarter.
U.S. stock index futures pointed to a flat open on Tuesday after data showed the U.S. economy grew in the third quarter, but at a slower-than-expected pace.
The U.S. economy grew more slowly than initially thought in the third quarter, held back by strong imports and weak investment in nonresidential structures, according to data on Tuesday that hinted at a lackluster recovery.
Almost half the financial sector workers in London and New York say they would take sensitive company information with them if they were fired, according to a new transatlantic survey.
U.S. stock index futures pointed to a flat open on Tuesday after data showed the U.S. economy grew in the third quarter, but at a slower-than-expected pace.
The U.S. economy grew more slowly than initially thought in the third quarter, held back by strong imports and weak investment in nonresidential structures, according to data on Tuesday that hinted at a lackluster recovery.
In a depressed neighborhood in the City of Angels, hundreds of good jobs appeared to fall from the sky last week.
The U.S. economy grew more slowly than initially thought in the third quarter, held back by strong imports and weak investment in nonresidential structures, according to data on Tuesday that hinted at a lackluster recovery.
The U.S. economy grew more slowly than initially thought in the third quarter, held back by strong imports and weak investment in nonresidential structures, according to data on Tuesday that hinted at a lackluster recovery.
