MOSCOW — President Dmitri A. Medvedev of Russia accused the governing party, United Russia, of "backwardness" on Saturday, warning its leaders that they must learn to win elections honestly if it is to survive. Some regional branches of the party "show ...Read More
NEW YORK - Homebuilder D.R. Horton Inc., saw new home orders spike 26 percent from a year ago in the latest quarter as buyers raced to close deals and take advantage of a federal tax credit. But a wider-than-anticipated loss ...Read More
(CNN) -- If Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has his way, his chamber will vote Saturday to proceed with debate on its version of the health care bill.
If he's successful, Senate Democrats can breathe a sigh of a relief momentarily ...Read More
More Americans continue to oppose the health care reform legislation than support it, according to a Fox News poll released Friday. In addition, half favor banning the use of federal funds for abortions. By 51 percent to 35 percent, the public ...Read More
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras' interim president says he will step down temporarily to allow voters to concentrate on the upcoming presidential elections. Roberto Micheletti says he will step aside ahead of the Nov. 29 election until at least Dec. 2, when ...Read More
Government auditors raised doubts Thursday about the number of jobs created or saved by the economic stimulus program, but they also said that mistakes reported in recent weeks signal the benefits of government transparency. Roughly 10 percent of the recipients of ...Read More
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate Democratic leader says Congress is closer than ever to overhauling the nation's health care system. At a Capitol Hill rally, Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday that the $848 billion, 10-year bill he unveiled hours earlier ...Read More
WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--The key health-care overhaul issue now facing medical-device companies is when they may have to start paying a collective $2 billion-per-year tax proposed in Congress. The amount itself now seems set and has been halved from an earlier Senate ...Read More
WASHINGTON -- The Senate Democratic leader says Congress is closer than ever to overhauling the nation's health care system. At a Capitol Hill rally, Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday that the $848 billion, 10-year bill he unveiled hours earlier will ...Read More
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is pushing Congress to move quickly in overhauling the nation's badly flawed financial rules, which he says is essential for the health of the economy. Both the House and Senate are making progress toward revamping the current ...Read More
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