Home Depot co-founder Ken Langone blasted President Barack Obama Tuesday morning on CNBC, where he was a guest host on Squawk Box.
A U.S. official emphasized that diplomatic relations between the U.S. and North Korea will not resume until the Hermit Kingdom agrees to recommit to nuclear disarmament as specified by the 2005 Six-Party-Talks.
Two Occupy Wall Street protesters filed the first federal civil rights lawsuit against the NYPD in connection with the OWS movement on Monday, claiming they were falsely arrested and subjected to excessive force last month during a protest at a Manhattan bank.
The California Supreme Court declined to give local governments carte blanche to hike health premiums for retired workers, saying on Monday that retirees could have a right to such benefits in some circumstances.
Haqqani was recently summoned to the Pakistani capital to explain his actions.
Egypt's sitting government, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces led by Field Marshal Mohammed Hussein Tantawi, has accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Essam Sharaf.
Where do the top one percent live? Not actually possible, using IRS data, according to a Brookings Institution researcher. But his study did find out where the top three percent live.
Fox News viewers are less informed on current events than people who don't follow the news at all, according to a new study from Fairleigh Dickinson University. MSNBC viewers fared poorly as well, while people who got their news from Sunday morning news shows and NPR were the most informed overall.
Despite mounting pressure from the U.S. and the European Union, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has insisted on keeping former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko imprisoned on a conviction of power abuse.
Ratings agency Fitch said on Tuesday it was concerned about South Africa's deficit reduction plans given that economic growth is likely to slow next year.
South Africa's inflation risks are skewed to the upside, with cost-push pressures and the sharp depreciation of the rand posing the primary threats to the outlook, the Reserve Bank said on Tuesday.
The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a review of comments and actions banks and trade associations made when rolling out new consumer debit card fees, sparking antitrust concerns.
Erdogan referred pointedly to remarks Assad recently made that he would fight to the death to remain in power.
Kenya's central bank changed another key policy aim by almost-doubling this fiscal year's inflation target to 9 percent, just weeks after being driven to make a huge rate rise to combat soaring inflation and save the plunging shilling.
In less than a week from now, commissioners with the U.S. International Trade Commission will be one step closer to making a decision on SolarWorld Industries America's trade dispute against Chinese dumping of solar cells.
South Africa's parliament passed a bill on protecting state secrets on Tuesday despite criticism at home and abroad that it harks back to apartheid legislation and makes it easier for corrupt officials to conceal graft.
The super committee's failure will not lead to another downgrade in the United State's credit rating, but it does leave Congress with a budgetary mess on its hand in the coming months.
Egypt's ruling military council, which is frantically trying to stop the massive and violent riots that have consumed the capital of Cairo for the last four days, has pushed up the date of transfer of power.
An unidentified fighter jet bombed the outskirts of a Somali rebel-controlled village in the south of the Horn of Africa country on Tuesday, killing at least one civilian, residents and members of the al Shabaab militant group said.
The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor conceded on Tuesday that the captured son of Muammar Gaddafi may be tried in Libya rather than in The Hague, meaning he faces the death penalty if convicted.
Most Egyptian politicians demanded on Tuesday that a parliamentary election proceed on time after days of protests against military rule but one party called for a delay of two weeks because of the security concerns.
Egyptians frustrated by army rule battled police in Cairo streets again on Tuesday as the military struggled to cope with a challenge to its authority that has jolted plans for the country's first free election in decades.
Nancy Pelosi recently bashed Catholics on a pro-life referendum.
Sarah Palin has reportedly angered Fox News president Roger Ailes by announcing her decision not to run for the GOP nomination in 2012 on a radio program rather than on Fox.
Saif-al Islam Gadhafi, the son of dictator Moammar Gadhafi, can and will be tried for crimes against humanity in Libya, International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo conceded on Tuesday.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is the current beneficiary of Republican voters' perpetual search for an alternative to Mitt Romney, and he's enjoying the amplified media attention that accompanies a rise in the polls. If he declines, is Huntsman next? Or is it time to write-off the former Utah governor?
Now that we’ve announced HP’s full-year results for 2011, here’s what we have to do to get back on course: Focus on a united company and other aspects of my plan.
U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Fla., has introduced the first proposal directly inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement.
The European Union proposes legislation to label crude oil derived from Canada's vast reserves of tar sands, as well as from other sources of unconventional oil, as highly carbon intensive.
The combination will create the largest bourse in Asia -- with listed stocks having a value of $3.6-trillion.
