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Tuesday National Association of Realtors releases pending home-sales index for October; Commerce Department releases construction spending for October; Institute for Supply Management releases its manufacturing index for November; major automakers report U.S. sales for November.
Asian shares rebound but keeping eyes on Dubai HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian stocks recovered after last week's steep sell-off over the Dubai debt crisis on growing speculation the fallout from a potential default will be limited, while assurances from various authorities also helped calm nerves....
Growing ranks of U.S. citizens are heading to street corners and home improvement store parking lots to find day-labor work usually done by illegal immigrants.
Iran announced plans on Sunday to build 10 new uranium enrichment plants in a major expansion of its atomic program, just two days after the U.N. nuclear watchdog rebuked it for carrying out such work in secret.
Asian stock markets rallied Monday as investors’ nervousness over potential fallout from a debt-repayment delay in Dubai faded, Bettina Wassener reports in The New York Times.
One of Iran's vice presidents says Tehran had no intention of building 10 new uranium enrichment facilities until it was criticized by the U.N. nuclear watchdog.
Volkswagen, its executives say without blinking, wants to be king of the auto world. Here's how it plans to accomplish that.
Meng Ni and Fan Zhiqing said "I do" to each other in the same month that they said "we do" to their real estate agent.
Growing ranks of U.S. citizens are heading to street corners and parking lots to find day-labor work usually done by illegal immigrants.
Trying to prevent a run on its banks, and financial turmoil that some fear could spread globally, the United Arab Emirates helped calm financial markets Monday with its pledge to lend money to banks operating in Dubai, an action that came amid concerns about excessive borrowing around the world, Vikas Bajaj and Graham Bowley reported in The New York Times.
Shares of Las Vegas Sands' Macau unit tumbled on their debut in Hong Kong Monday, but Chairman Sheldon Adelson dismissed the drop as a short-term slump.
Swiss voters approved a constitutional ban on mosque minarets in a surprise vote Sunday.
Swiss voters have approved a ban on new mosque minarets being built, prompting dismay and anger in the Muslim world at the success of the far-right initiative.
Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Less than a week after deflecting calls for his resignation, Timothy Geithner sold bonds on behalf of U.S. taxpayers at the lowest yields on record in a show of confidence in the Treasury Secretary’s policies.
Most of the focus at North Carolina State during the offseason centered around the offense, as the national media speculated about whether All-ACC quarterback Russell Wilson could build on his breakout year in 2008 and make the Wolfpack ACC title contenders in 2009.
Twenty years ago, when the Iron Curtain came down, the world gagged in horror as it witnessed firsthand the ravages inflicted on nature by the Soviet industrial machine.
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