The United States is confident Japan will be able to handle economic challenges in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami, and does not expect the disaster to stall the world's recovery from economic recession, a White House spokesman said on Monday.
General Electric Co paid Jeffrey Immelt a $4 million cash bonus in 2010, following two years when the chief executive of the largest U.S. conglomerate declined a payout in the face of sliding profits.
President Barack Obama on Friday defended the military's treatment of a soldier accused of leaking classified State Department cables which have been released by whistleblower site Wikileaks, as a key State Department official resigned on Sunday after criticizing the military.
The House of Representatives may vote on Tuesday on the latest stopgap bill to avert a federal government shutdown, with a three-week budget deal brokered by Republicans and Democrats on the table.
A top official from the Chinese education ministry at the Going Global Conference in Hong Kong announced that the country plans to turn itself into a hub for international education and take its international student population to 500,000.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy promised Brazil his government would support Dassault's proposed technology transfer of its new fighter jet as the company seeks an edge in its bid to win a multibillion-dollar Brazilian military contract.
Assistance in the form of food and equipment has started to arrive in earthquake-and tsunami-battered Japan from the U.S.
Search and rescue teams are expected to reach Japan by tomorrow.
The death toll from Japan’s devastating earthquake could rise to more than 1,300, as the country continues to dig out survivors trapped beneath rubble and concrete
The United States must reduce its dependence on oil and begin to reform energy policy, President Barack Obama said on Friday, pledging to do all he could to keep gasoline prices low.
The U.S. will assist Japan with heavy lifting equipment to move debris and has activated two search and rescue teams to help in the aftermath of the massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake and subsequent Tsunami on Friday that has already killed hundreds of people and has injured and displaced many others.
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle launch an aggressive anti-bullying campaign, enlisting the support of popular youth icons Facebook, MTV and Britney Spears.
Memo to central bankers:Best not to cite the price of the new iPad as an example of why inflation isn't a problem when you head into a working-class neighborhood.
Senator Ron Wyden told a White House meeting he is ready to propose a new version of the Build America Bonds program that was part of the federal stimulus plan and that expired in December.
Guantánamo Bay is a bay located in Guantánamo Province at the southeastern end of Cuba. It is the largest harbor on the south side of the island and is surrounded by steep hills creating an enclave cut off from its immediate hinterland.
Sen. John Kerry, the top U.S. lawmaker on the Senate foreign relations committee, said on Friday that we will spare no effort to aid rescue and recovery efforts in Japan after a massive earthquake in of the island nation's northeastern coast has already claimed hundreds of lives.
President Barack Obama offered assistance to Japan on Friday after an 8.9 earthquake hit just off the coast of the northeastern city of Sendai, triggering a tsunami which has so far caused up to 300 deaths, according to local officials.
As forces loyal to Moammar Gaddafi appear to be retaking strategic Libyan away from increasingly demoralized rebel factions, a U.S. intelligence official has predicted that Gaddafi will emerge victorious from this brutal conflict.
Newly revealed missteps by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in its handling of the epic Bernard Madoff fraud undermined its pleas for more funding on Thursday before a trio of congressional panels.
New missteps in response to the epic fraud of Bernard Madoff threatened to undermine the Securities and Exchange Commission's pitch for more money before a trio of congressional committees on Thursday.
It was recently announced that actress Julianne Moore has been cast to play former governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, in the upcoming HBO film Game Change. It has not been announced who will play the role of presidential-hopeful, John McCain. Here is a look at five actors that could fit the role.
The trade deficit widened much more than expected in January to $46.3 billion, as surging imports of oil, capital goods and cars overpowered record exports.
HBO Films announced Wednesday that four-time Oscar nominee, Julianne Moore will star as former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin in new film titled Game Change.
