Economy Jun 10 Chrysler Finishes Deal With Fiat After Court Strikes Down Request to Delay Sale Italian automaker Fiat became the new owner of most of Chrysler's assets Wednesday, in a move that largely ends the U.S. company's bankruptcy process and staves off concerns about liquidating the company.
Politics Jun 09 Shell Pays Millions to Settle Activists' Deaths in Nigeria Royal Dutch Shell, in order to settle several lawsuits brought in a U.S. court, agreed Monday to pay $15.5 million to the families of Nigerian protesters executed by the military regime in the 1990s.
Economy Jun 09 Which Banks Are Repaying TARP Funds? The U.S. Treasury announced Tuesday that 10 large banks would be permitted to start repaying approximately $68.3 billion in total bailout funds they received from the government in the past nine months.
Economy Jun 09 Ten Banks Allowed to Repay $68B in Bailout Funds Ten large U.S. banks have been cleared by the Treasury Department to start repaying $68 billion in bailout money and begin to free themselves from an extraordinary government intervention program that began amid the global financial crisis.
Health Jun 08 Key Players: Health Care Reform As the Obama administration's health care reform effort begins to pick up speed, a number of key voices are emerging in the legislative debate over the nation's health policy. Here's a look at some of the critical players.
Politics Jun 08 Western-backed Bloc Keeps Majority After Lebanese Vote A Western-backed, anti-Syrian coalition maintained a parliamentary majority in Lebanon after elections Sunday in which some observers had expected to see Hezbollah make gains.
Politics Jun 08 North Korea Sentences 2 U.S. Journalists to 12 Years Hard Labor A North Korean court on Monday sentenced two U.S. journalists to 12 years in a labor camp, a move widely seen as a sign the Communist country is looking to escalate its confrontation with the United States.
Health Jun 08 Health Care Reform Tops Obama's Priority List With Congress poised to debate sweeping health care legislation in the coming weeks, President Barack Obama has renewed his focus on health care reform as a top administration priority.
Nation Jun 05 Strong Military Presence, Location Drive Hampton Roads Economy Located in southeastern Virginia, Hampton Roads is one of the world's biggest and deepest natural harbors and home to the world's largest naval base at Norfolk.
Economy Jun 05 Job Losses Slow, but Unemployment Hits 9.4% Unemployment jumped to a 25-year high in May, according to new Labor Department numbers, but the rate of job losses slowed with 345,000 jobs lost last month, down from 504,000 in April.