P Chidambaram arrives in US to pitch for investment in IndiaChidambaram is in US to deliver keynote address at the annual leadership summit of the US-India Business Council and meet his American coun...
India's trade practices harming US trade and jobs: SenatorsTwo influential Senators today asked Secretary of State John Kerry to raise serious concerns of the US over "unfair" trade practices of Ind...
Obama asks budget director to stay, no move to trade jobUS President Barack Obama has asked Jeff Zients to stay on as acting budget director, the White House said Monday.
- Drag China to WTO on currency issue: Senators
China will not end its currency undervaluation unless the US seizes opportunities like this to insist it does, the Senators felt.
- Obama: End tax breaks to stop overseas hiring
At issue is a bill, now stalled in the Senate, that would do away with some tax credits and deferrals for US companies for operations abroa...
- China says yuan must not be 'scapegoat' for US economic woes
China said Friday the yuan exchange rate must not be used as a "scapegoat" for the United States' economic woes, ahead of a Treasury Depart...
- Experts urge US to restrict drug Avandia
A majority of members of a key advisory committee recommended Wednesday that the US government allow diabetes drug Avandia to stay on the m...
- US Senate passes jobless aid package
The US Senate on Thursday passed a two-month extension of unemployment benefits, overcoming Republican opposition that stalled the aid pack...
- Glaxo knew of heart risk from Avandia, report says
Avandia came on the market in 1999 and achieved annual revenue of $3 billion by 2006, including sales of a combination drug that includes A...
- Microsoft, Dell to fight Obama’s offshore tax plan
Software and computer companies such as Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard and Dell are gearing up to fight an Obama administration plan to curb of...
- Democrats propose $1.9 tn increase in debt limit
Senate Democrats on Wednesday proposed allowing the federal government to borrow an additional $1.9 trillion to pay its bills, a record inc...
- Democrats urge US debt limit rise of up to 1.9 trillion
Congress will have to permit at least $1.8 trillion in additional federal borrowing next year to avoid a default on US debt.
- US Senate health care bill to cost $829 billion
Congressional budget experts say the Senate Finance Committee's U.S. health care overhaul would cost $829 billion over 10 years.
- House bill to make healthcare a right
House Democratic leaders, pledging to meet the President’s goal of healthcare legislation before their August break, are offering a $1.5-tr...
- 11 AIG execs quit despite getting huge bonuses to stay
Eleven of the individuals who received retention bonuses of $1 million or more are no longer working at AIG, including one who received $4....
- Energy bill stalls in US Congress
Senate Democrats searched for a compromise on energy legislation as Republican leaders made clear they will oppose oil industry taxes and a...
- Bush admn opposes easier immigration bill
The Bush administration strongly opposed an effort by Republican and Democratic lawmakers to make the immigration bill easier.