AP sources: Obama to allow sale of canceled plans
By DAVID ESPO In this Nov. 6, 2013, file photo, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on the difficulties plaguing the implementation of…
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Stocks boosted as incoming Fed head backs stimulus
By EILEEN NG People walk outside a securities firm in Tokyo, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013. Asian stock markets bounced higher Thursday after prepared testimony for the confirmation hearing of incoming…
Yellen stands by Fed’s low interest rate policies
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER FILE – In this Monday, June 3, 2013, file photo, Janet Yellen, vice chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, places her name…
White House to release health law sign-up figures
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and LAURIE KELLMAN House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., holds up a checklist related to the preparation for the implementation of the Obamacare healthcare program,…
Kerry: New Iran sanctions could scuttle diplomacy
By BRADLEY KLAPPER In this Nov. 12, 2013, photo, Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a reception for U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy at the Japanese Ambassador’s residence…
Japan ex-leaders join calls against nuclear power
By ELAINE KURTENBACH Former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks during a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013. Koizumi said Tuesday that…
Markets unmoved by Chinese policy promises
By PAN PYLAS People walk by an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013. Asian stock markets mostly traded higher Tuesday after the Dow…
Obama faces worry at home, abroad over Iran talks
By JULIE PACE In this Nov. 10, 2013, photo, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry steps aboard his aircraft in Geneva, Switzerland. Nuclear talks with Iran have failed to reach…