The Patent Office's decision to fast-track 'green' technology patent applications could help revive one of the most fundamental aspects of American society -- our speed of innovation.
AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER and ANNE D'INNOCENZIO | Posted 12.12.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — Just in time for Christmas, the fragile economic recovery is showing signs of strengthening: Consumers are spending, companies are ...
Bloomberg | Shobhana Chandra | Posted 11.03.2009 | Business
Orders placed with U.S. factories rose in September for the fifth time in six months, reinforcing signs that manufacturing will drive the economic rec...
Bloomberg | Timothy R. Homan | Posted 10.25.2009 | Business
The economy in the U.S. probably grew in the third quarter at the fastest pace in two years as government stimulus helped bring an end to the worst re...
Bloomberg | Rich Miller and Julianna Goldman | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics
President Barack Obama said job losses are "bottoming out" and the U.S. economy looks to be growing again even as he warned against cutting off govern...
Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 11.14.2009 | Business
"Manipulation" is immeasurably more sinister than "Speculation." It bespeaks of controlling, orchestrating and maneuvering to falsify and rig.
AP | KEVIN FREKING | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Senators voted Wednesday to charge international travelers a $10 fee to help pay for a new nonprofit corporation that would promote...
AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 09.27.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — Further evidence the recession is ending came in a report Thursday confirming that the economy shrank at an annual rate of just 1 p...
AP | ALAN ZIBEL, AP Real Estate Writer | Posted 09.18.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON -- Construction of new homes and apartments dipped slightly last month, missing expectations, in a sign that the building industry's recove...
Sheldon Filger | Posted 09.17.2009 | Business
The centrality of the U.S. consumer to the overall global economy has meant his pulling back on a debt induced shopping spree, which has sparked a worldwide synchronized recession.
AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 09.13.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — A bleak report on retail sales Thursday reinforced a nagging worry of economists: Shoppers won't spend enough to help a recovery ta...
Sheldon Filger | Posted 09.01.2009 | Business
The IRS doesn't consider credit to be income, or else it would tax us on all our debts. However, in the case of the U.S. government measuring GDP, the opposite logic applies.
AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 07.27.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON _ Households raised their savings rate to the highest level in more than 15 years in May as many used a big boost in money from the governm...
AP | Jeannine Aversa, AP Economics Writer | Posted 07.26.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The economy tumbled at a 5.5 percent pace in the first quarter, but appears to be doing better now, even though heavy layoffs persi...
Yahoo! Finance | Christopher S. Rugaber, AP Economics Writer | Posted 07.26.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of people filing new jobless claims jumped unexpectedly last week, and the total unemployment benefit rolls rose to more...
AP | ALAN ZIBEL | Posted 07.25.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — New U.S. home sales dipped slightly last month, in another sign that the housing market recovery is likely to be gradual and prolon...
AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 07.17.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — Construction of new homes jumped in May by the largest amount in three months, an encouraging sign that the nation's deep housing r...
Yahoo! Finance | Jeannine Aversa, AP Economics Writer | Posted 06.29.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. economy sank at a 5.7 percent pace in the first quarter as the brute force of the recession carried over into this year. ...
AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 06.19.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — Single-family home construction posted a modest rebound in April, raising hopes that the three-year slide in housing is leveling of...
Leslie Harris | Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics
Earlier this week, two Senators introduced a bill that gives the President the power to seize and shut down the Internet or any other "critical infrastructure " in the "interest of national security."
Jonathan Greenblatt | Posted 05.03.2009 | Business
April 3rd is the anniversary of the death of Commerce Secretary Ronald H. Brown. If he stood among us, I believe he would espouse the power of responsible business.
AP | ALAN ZIBEL | Posted 04.25.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — New home sales rebounded unexpectedly last month, but were still the second-worst on record and remained well below last year's lev...
Washington Post | Posted 04.16.2009 | World
A Tehran businessman at the center of an alleged international weapons-trafficking scheme was charged today in federal court with violating U.S. expor...
Michael Shtender-Auerbach | Posted 04.04.2009 | World
With Hertz operating in every major Middle Eastern country, one would think Hertz would recognize how utterly offensive its map is and immediately repeal its use.
AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 04.03.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama urged agency heads Tuesday to ignore a Bush administration regulation limiting scientific reviews of project...
Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 12.22.2009 | Technology