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The United States posted its biggest monthly budget surplus in five years in April, the Treasury Department said Friday, adding that revenues are running at a record high so far this year, thanks to higher taxes and an improving economy. The April . .

This week, members of the United Nations ("U.N.") Working Group on Human Rights and Transnational Corporations are making an official visit to the United States as part of the Group's mandate to promote the effective implementation of the U.N. Guiding .

The nonbinding deal is only a partial victory for the United States, which has been blocked from investigating accounting scandals at dozens of Chinese companies listed on U.S. stock exchanges. It applies only to enforcement . The pact was the result . .

Fears that the Fed is about to reduce its stimulus helped send stock, bond and currency prices on a wild ride on Wednesday and Thursday, with Japanese stocks experiencing their worst one-day decline since the 2011 tsunami and United States indexes .

The head of a typical large public company in the United States made US$9.7 million in 2012, a 6.5 per cent increase from a year earlier that was aided by a rising stock market, according to an analysis using data from Equilar, an executive pay . .

MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) - The Philippine stock market again closed lower today due to speculation that the United States Federal Reserve will pull back on its economic stimulus programs. . Stocks in the 30-company index were mostly down.

'Loser' No More: Tesla Repays $465 Million US Loan - The fast-growing electric car company has repaid the entire $465 million loan it received from the U.S. Department of Energy, in a vindication for company co-founder Elon Musk, the billionaire mogul and rocket-ship enthusiast. The loan repayment, made .

Perrigo's stock will jump to the New York Stock Exchange on June 6 - - MLive.comPerrigo Co. announced late this week that it will transfer the listing of its U.S. traded common stock to the New York Stock Exchange starting June 6. Saying Perrigo looks forward to its shares having more visibility, company Chairman and Chief .

TORONTO -- Toronto and U.S. stock markets racked up losses Thursday amid a contraction in Chinese manufacturing that drove Tokyo's Nikkei index down to levels not seen in more than two years. The S& P/TSX composite index fell 94.14 points to 12,658.09 .

Moneycontrol.com - Problems in the U.S. system of taxing corporate income were front and center this past week as senators grilled Apple CEO Tim Cook about his company's tax minimization measures. Yet no one argued that Apple has violated U.S. tax laws or even that it is .Tim Cook gets the job doneNew York Postall 34 news articles .