The U.S. dollar held near a 10-week low against a basket of currencies on Wednesday, ahead of a statement from the Federal Reserve which is expected to reaffirm the central bank's focus on supporting growth.
The following are the prepared remarks of President Barack Obama's State of the Union Speech as released by the White House and set to be delivered on Tuesday evening starting around 9 p.m.
President Barack Obama will say that the challenges the U.S. faces are bigger than party and politics, according excerpts from Tuesday night's State of the Union Address.
The President Barack Obama goes into his third state of the union message on Tuesday night -- the following are excerpts.
President Barack Obama will propose that Congress adopt a 5-year freeze on non-security discretionary spending, extending a previous call for a 3-year freeze, senior administration officials said, according to reports.
U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday after disappointing profits and outlooks from blue chips such as 3M and Johnson & Johnson prompted investors to pause in the recent rally.
A former Northrop Grumman Corp (NOC.N) engineer has been sentenced to 32 years in prison for providing secret defense information to China, exporting technical military data and other crimes, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday.
U.S. consumer confidence rose in January to its highest level in eight months, underscoring the brightening economic outlook, although declining housing prices still cast a cloud on the recovery.
Stocks fell on Tuesday as disappointing earnings from blue chips such as 3M and Johnson & Johnson prompted investors to pause in the recent rally.
President Barack Obama aims to rise above party politics in his State of the Union speech on Tuesday, but he must prove he is serious about tackling the budget deficit that could unleash a bitter partisan fight.
Stocks fell on Tuesday weighed by disappointing blue-chip earnings, including 3M and Johnson & Johnson, ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech.
President Barack Obama will deliver his State of the Union address for 2011 tonight at 9 pm ET in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives. The president is expected to focus on 'competitiveness', and high energy costs are routinely a concern of U.S. businesses and consumers. Healthcare, taxes and the deficit tend to loom larger.
Sales of automobile paint and plastics helped DuPont post a higher-than-expected quarterly profit, though higher raw material costs raised concern about margin pressure this year.
Stock index futures pointed to a modestly lower open on Tuesday as a slew of corporate earnings failed to persuade investors to add to the previous session's gains.
Sales of automobile paint and plastics helped DuPont post a higher-than-expected quarterly profit, though higher raw material costs raised concern about margin pressure this year.
As President Barack Obama makes the annual state of the union address to the nation tonight, issues like jobs, exports, competitiveness and trade deals will hog much of the limelight.
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Sales of automobile parts, including paint and plastics, helped DuPont post a better-than-expected quarterly profit, and a lower tax rate led the company to boost its 2011 forecast.
While U.S. President Barack Obama put up a preview to his much anticipated State of the Union address on the popular video sharing website, eyewitnesses of the suicide bombing at the Moscow airport uploaded footage of the blasts online.
The U.S. Commerce Department said on Monday it was easing restrictions of exports of high-technology goods to India in recognition of the two countries' stronger economic and national security ties.
President Barack Obama will broadly discuss issues related the accounting debate about tax cuts and spending at his State of the Union address on Monday, a White House spokesman said Monday.
People who came to the aid of Arizona shooting victims earlier this month and the family of a girl killed in the incident are expected to appear at President Barack Obama's State of the Union Address on Tuesday night in Washington.
