BEIJING, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Governments and enterprises should hold on to emission reduction efforts despite cooling economy and resist the temptation of spurring economy through energy-inefficient industrial projects, officials and experts said Satu...
The U.S. Federal Reserve is staying the course on monetary policy, taking no action and leaving interest rates at historically low levels. This, despite a steady improvement in economic conditions in the U.S. and around the world. Gasoline prices are...
NEW YORK, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- The blue-chip Dow broke through the psychologically（心理的） important 12,000 mark on Wednesday for the first time in two and a half years, but edged lower in afternoon trading. The U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday as...
World markets were mixed Thursday due to investor concerns over the U.S. stimulus plan and more gloomy corporate news. In Britain, the Royal Bank of Scotland, or RBS, has posted the largest annual loss in U.K. corporate history with a $34 billion sh...
World markets were mostly lower on Wednesday amid more dire U.S. economic news and a move by Germany to facilitate bank nationalization. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up one-tenth of a percent, while other U.S. indexes were just slightly lowe...
Senator Barack Obama, who will formally claim the Democratic Party's presidential nomination next month, has been working to defend and clarify his position on Iraq in recent weeks. The effort, culminating in a column in The New York Times, follows...
By Michael Bowman Caracas 01 December 2006 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is running for reelection at a time of brisk economic growth driven by unprecedented oil revenues. But while many Venezuelans are happily spending money, some economists are...
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 21 November 2006 U.N. peacekeepers and firefighters in the Democratic Republic of Congo have rushed to the Supreme Court to contain violence after clashes and a fire broke out. The court is considering a complaint of fraud by...
By Nico Colombant Kinshasa 30 July 2006 Vote counting has started in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo amid renewed tension over the outcome in the country's first open election in over 40 years. There was some rioting in a mining town, caus...
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 26 January 2006 After eight years of renovation, the Getty Museum will reopen its antiquities museum Saturday in a replica Roman villa on the California coastline. The o...
