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BusinessweekA report by a blue-ribbon, binational panel assembled by the China-United States Exchange Foundation said this week that the countries “should begin early-stage discussions of the opportunities and challenges of an eventual bilateral free-trade . .

"Now this is an enormous benefit to the United States," he said. In the U.S. House of Representatives, which is to vote this week on legislation forcing the Keystone's approval without further review, the pipeline's advocates continue to argue the . .

Businessweek-Dominion said U.S. consumer banking profit jumped 12 percent as lending growth there topped domestic gains. -Dominion now has more bank branches in the U.S. than in Canada. Earnings from investment banking also rose, boosted by . .

Overall hiring, however, remains far below pre-recession levels. More than 4.7 million Americans were receiving unemployment benefits the week that ended May 4, down 23 percent from nearly 6.2 million a year earlier. The United States still has 2.6 . .

The government-approved director will monitor national-security issues relating to SoftBank's takeover of the third-largest U.S. wireless carrier, said the person, who asked not to be named because the negotiations are private. Mitsuhiro Kurano, a . .

The resolution states that the U.S. should support Israel “in accordance with United States law and the constitutional responsibility of Congress to authorize the use of military force� if Israel “is compelled to take military action in legitimate self . .

Sanctions, particularly economic sanctions, have long been a tool of U.S. foreign policy, and few presidents have leaned on them as much as Barack Obama or been as successful at rallying others to do the same. To thwart Iran's nuclear ambitions, the U . .

JERUSALEM (AP) — The United States and Israel raised hopes Thursday for a restart of the Middle East peace process, despite little tangible progress so far from U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's two-month-old effort to get Israelis and Palestinians . .

It's Not a UFO! A Strange Solar- - BusinessweekSky Harbor's air traffic control explained to Phoenix police that the ostensible UFO was really a solar-powered airplane: the Solar Impulse, an experimental aircraft completing the first, 19-hour leg of a flight across the United States. Then the . .

The Atlantic - U.S. Senate scrutiny of Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s tax strategies turned the spotlight on a unit with $30 billion in profit since 2009 that's incorporated in Ireland, controlled by a board in California, and doesn't pay taxes in either place. Apple officials .Have US states figured out a way to avoid a global race to the bottom on taxes?Washington Post (blog)Apple's Tax Practices in Ireland Draw Ire of Some UK, European PoliticiansTechzone360all 887 news articles .