Trade deficit shrinks for fourth straight month

The U.S. trade deficit narrowed in October to its lowest point of the year as Americans bought fewer foreign cars and imported less oil. Exports […]

Cutting deficits harder than just talking about it

The coming year-end spending spree after so much debate over budget deficits shows just how hard it is to stem the government’s flow of red […]

Clinton meets Thai flood victims

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has met with Thai flood victims at an evacuation center after announcing a $10 million aid package.
Hillary spent […]

September trade deficit narrows to $43.1 billion

The U.S. trade deficit fell in September to the lowest point this year as foreign sales of American-made autos, airplanes and heavy machinery pushed exports […]

GOP makes new offer on taxes, Medicare cuts

With a Thanksgiving deadline fast approaching, the GOP members of a deficit-reduction supercommittee are pressing a plan to cut the deficit by about $1.5 trillion […]

Opposition snubs Greek PM

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Norfolk Southern 3Q profit, revenue rise

Freight railroad Norfolk Southern says third-quarter profit rose 24 percent on higher rates.
Net income was $554 million, or $1.59 per share, compared with $445 million, […]

Stocks rally on stronger earnings, hope on European debt

U.S. stocks surged Friday, lifting two major indexes into weekly gains, as optimism ahead of a weekend European Union summit, the past days’ economic data, […]

Hugo Chavez travels to Cuba for medical tests

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returned to Cuba on Sunday to undergo a series of medical tests to evaluate his cancer treatment.
The president, who finished what […]