President Barack Obama said on Saturday that bitter fights between Democrats and Republicans in Washington were hurting the economy and he urged lawmakers to embrace compromise in order to boost job growth.
Surely wearing his boots emblazoned with the words "liberty" and "freedom," Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced he is making a run for the U.S. presidency in 2012. And if the recent polls prove to be a trend, he and his boots have already walked over many of his competitors.
Rick Perry, the conservative governor of Texas, declared himself a candidate for president on Saturday, shaking up the race for the Republican nomination to face Democratic President Barack Obama in 2012.
Automation will ultimately stimulate the economy and create jobs in the long-term.
?At its core, the strike is about free health care, especially for retirees -- who actually outnumber the active workers.?
Obama desperately needs to re-energize his flagging re-election hopes.
The current conflagration has the potential to escalate into the worst civil disorder in living memory,
The United Kingdom has a long history of rioting in places surrounding Braford, Notting Hill, Tottenham, Bristol, Birmingham, Liverpool, Bristol and several other places.
A spree of bad news -- market gyrations, fears of a double-dip recession, stubborn unemployment and fallout from a debt deal -- has shaken confidence in President Barack Obama's leadership and could cloud his chances for winning re-election.
The White House has identified two economists to fill vacant seats on the Federal Reserve's powerful seven-member board, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing unnamed sources.
Gold and silver prices retreated Friday as investors shrugged off weak consumer sentiment data to step back into stocks and give the S&P 500 a two-day winning streak for the first time since mid-July.
Which party creates more jobs per year, on average -- Democratic presidents or Republican presidents? The answer may surprise you.
What can Obama do to reinvigorate his 2012 campaign?
U.S. consumer confidence plunged in August, according to the latest reading. The level is the lowest since 1980.
Retail sales in July posted their biggest gain since March, tempering fears that the world's largest economy might be slipping back into recession.
One of the central bank's most influential policymakers said on Friday he does not expect the economy to suffer a double-dip recession.
There is one thing that the doomsayers have gotten wrong: They aren?t nearly worried enough.
Consumer sentiment worsened sharply in early August, falling to the lowest index level since 1980, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan's preliminary reading.
Choices add diversity to the panel.
If history is any guide, another oil-induced recession may be just around the corner, at least for the United States and some of the other developed economies.
Retail sales in July posted their biggest gain since March, tempering fears that the world's largest economy might be slipping back into recession.
Retail sales in July posted their biggest gain since March, tempering fears that the world's largest economy might be slipping back into recession.
