Economy Mar 31 New GM CEO Predicts 'Deeper' Restructuring The new chief of General Motors Corp. said Tuesday that the struggling automaker will likely shutter more U.S. plants and cut jobs as it embarks on a "deeper" company restructuring.
Nation Mar 31 Iran, U.S. Participate in Summit on Stabilizing Afghanistan An international summit attended by more than 80 nations, including both the United States and Iran, convened in the Hague Tuesday to discuss stabilizing Afghanistan.
World Mar 30 Pakistani Forces End Deadly Militant Siege on Police Academy Elite Pakistani security forces overpowered a group of gunmen that seized a police academy near Lahore Monday, ending an eight-hour siege that left at least eight policemen dead.
Economy Mar 30 GM CEO Ousted as Obama Details Auto Plan After months of dire sales predictions and billions loaned in government aid, President Barack Obama laid out a series of tough terms for ailing U.S. automakers, including the ouster of General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner.
Science Mar 27 Joint Project Seeks to Stem Impact of Energy Production on Wyoming Wildlife By all accounts, more than 500 gas wells in an area of eastern Wyoming known as the Jonah Natural Gas Fields have transformed 30,000 acres of rich sagebrush ecosystem into a largely industrial landscape of fuel production.
World Mar 27 IAEA Members Hit Stalemate on New Leadership Member nations of the International Atomic Energy Agency failed Friday to elect a new leader after multiple rounds of voting split largely along economic lines.
World Mar 27 Mosque Bombing in Pakistan Leaves Dozens Dead A suicide bomber demolished a crowded two-story mosque Friday in a Pakistani town near the Afghan border, killing dozens of worshipers and injuring scores more, government officials said.
Nation Mar 27 More Troops, Civilian Trainers to Head to Afghanistan Under New Strategy President Barack Obama announced a new strategy for the Afghanistan war on Friday that would dispatch more military and civilian trainers to the country, in addition to the 17,000 more combat troops he already ordered.
Nation Mar 27 Text: Obama's Remarks on Afghanistan Strategy On Friday, President President Barack Obama announced his administration's new strategy for dealing with the al-Qaida terrorist organization and the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Here are his remarks, as released by the White House:…
Economy Mar 26 Geithner Details Plan for Major Regulation Reform Telling lawmakers that the U.S. financial system has grown "too unstable and fragile," Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner rolled out the Obama administration's plans Thursday for a massive overhaul of the government's financial oversight role.