CARLOS SLIM IN $9.6BN BID FOR DUTCH TELECOM KPN
By TOBY STERLING FILE – In this Jan. 14, 2013 file photo, Mexican telecommunications tycoon Carlos Slim speaks during news conference at the Soumaya museum in Mexico City. TracFone, a…
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KENYA AIRPORT FIRE: SLOW RETURN OF INT’L FLIGHTS
By JASON STRAZIUSO and TOM ODULA Armed policemen cordon off the area as fire rages at the international arrivals unit of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, Aug. 7,…
YEMEN’S GOVERNMENT SAYS IT FOILED AL-QAIDA PLOTS
By AHMED AL-HAJ A policeman checks a car at the entrance of Sanaa International Airport, in Yemen, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2013. The State Department on Tuesday ordered non-essential personnel at…
US MILITARY EVACUATES EMBASSY PERSONNEL FROM YEMEN
By DEB RIECHMANN and LOLITA C. BALDOR FILE – In this Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013 file photo, a Yemeni soldier stops a car at a checkpoint in a street leading…
WILL FAST-FOOD PROTESTS SPUR HIGHER MINIMUM WAGE?
By SHARON COHEN Fast-food worker Michelle Osborn, 23, of Flint, Mich. shouts out chants as she and a few dozen others strike outside of a McDonald’s restaurant on Wednesday, July…
NEW JOBS DISPROPORTIONATELY LOW-PAY OR PART-TIME
By PAUL WISEMAN In this Aug. 1, 2013, photo, a “Now Hiring” sign hangs in front of a new McDonald’s restaurant under construction in Tempe, Ariz. Of the 162,000 jobs…
NEW US PENALTIES WILL GREET IRAN’S NEW LEADER
By BRADLEY KLAPPER In this picture released by the official website of the Iranian supreme leader’s office, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, gives his official seal of approval to…
CRITICS: CONSUMERS SHOULD KNOW MORE ABOUT OUTBREAK
By GRANT SCHULTE and MARY CLARE JALONICK In this image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a photomicrograph of a fresh stool sample, which had been prepared…