WEATHER POSTPONES TRADE CENTER’S ASCENT TO TALLEST
By VERENA DOBNIK FILE – One World Trade Center rises above the lower Manhattan skyline, April 13, 2013 in New York. It is already New York’s tallest building. But when…
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CHINA AND ICELAND SIGN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Iceland’s Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir, right, is shown the way by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang after inspecting a guard of honor during a welcome ceremony outside the…
INDIA AND GERMANY SEE PROGRESS IN TRADE DEAL
By DAVID RISING German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and the Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh, left, address the media during a press conference as part of a meeting at…
PROMISES, PROMISES: OIL IMPORTS
By JONATHAN FAHEY FILE – In this Jan. 26, 2009, file photo President Barack Obama signs an executive order on energy independence and climate change in the East Room of…
US TREASURY CHIEF URGES EU TO EASE OFF AUSTERITY
By JUERGEN BAETZ U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, right, is greeted by European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso during a meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels on Monday, April 8,…
BIDEN: US NEEDS AMBITIOUS AGENDA ON EXPORTS
By JOSH LEDERMAN Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the 2013 Annual Conference of the Export-Import Bank in Washington, Friday, April 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) WASHINGTON (AP) —…
UN ADOPTS TREATY TO REGULATE GLOBAL ARMS TRADE
By EDITH M. LEDERER FILE – In this Sept. 13, 2005 file photo, the flags of member nations fly outside the General Assembly building at the United Nations headquarters in…
OBAMA HOSTS IRISH LEADER AT THE WHITE HO– USE
By JOSH LEDERMAN President Barack Obama speaks at a Women’s History Month reception in the East Room at the White House in Washington, Monday, March 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)…