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Of course, this is not an attack on the prowess of professional golfers; the United States Golf Association does a remarkable, almost sinister, job of making the courses difficult for this particular tournament. But in a sense, the U.S. Open offers the .

London - The World Bank is concerned about the spillover effects on developing countries of a slowing of US money creation and will move to provide affordable capital when borrowing costs rise, its president said on Wednesday. The US Federal Reserve . .

Inflation remained minimal last month in the United States, leaving the rate-setting Federal Reserve flexible when it issues monetary policy decisions on Wednesday in Washington. Consumer prices rose a seasonally adjusted 0.1 percent in May, following . .

ARDMORE, PENNSYLVANIA -- Tiger Woods was a big favorite coming into the US Open as he tried to end a five-year drought in the majors but walked away with a 13-over 293 total Sunday that he blamed on poor putting and iron play. TIGER WOODS of the United .

Plans for an ambitious transatlantic trade deal have been launched by the European Union and the United States. Negotiations will begin in Washington next month amid hopes of a speedy agreement that will help the world economy grow more rapidly.

The biggest-ever Chinese acquisition of a US company faces hurdles in Washington from lawmakers and regulators, but in much of America, Chinese investment is quietly booming. With over US$10.5 billion (NZ$13.4b) of deals by Chinese companies in the . .

CHART OF THE DAY: There's One Chart Responsible For The Tectonic Shift In . - It's the most important chart in the world right now: real interest rates in the United States. Real interest rates are just nominal interest rates (the rate you see on a 10-year Treasury bond, for example) adjusted for inflation. So if interest rates . .

KSBW The Central Coast - The president can block various types of aid, such as arms financing, grants for cultural and educational exchange programs and could withdraw U.S. support for loans from the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. That appears unlikely in the .Briefing on the 2013 Trafficking in Persons ReportMENAFN.COMall 51 news articles .

US ups 'social cost' of carbon emissions - The U.S. government has increased a key economic measure it uses to estimate the damage caused by carbon emissions and the benefit of carbon reduction — upping the "social cost of carbon" from $22 US per tonne of CO2 to $36 per tonne. That means .

President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy said: "Together Europe and the United States are the backbone of the world economy. Opening up that space further for opportunities for business and consumers is simply common sense." Last week .