Forecast-busting US services survey jolts markets
By PAN PYLAS Investor studies share prices during the afternoon trading at a private stock market gallery in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013. Global stocks markets were mixed…
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Ovation puts a new spin on TV arts programming
By LYNN ELBER FILE – In this Aug. 31, 2013 file photo, actor and director James Franco poses for photographers on the red carpet for the screening of the film…
Obama’s simple promises vex complex health rollout
By JIM KUHNHENN and JOSH LEDERMAN President Barack Obama gestures to describe the height of his daughters as he speaks at an Organizing for Action event in Washington, Monday, Nov.…
Struggle for Syria talks comes as aid needs spike
By JOHN HEILPRIN US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman arrives for a meeting with the UN Joint Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi and the Russian…
CVS Caremark 3Q profit rises 25 percent
By TOM MURPHY FILE – In this Feb. 7, 2012 file photo, pedestrians walk past a CVS store in Chicago. CVS Caremark Corp. is reporting their earnings on Tuesday, Nov.5,…
Philippines, US disagree in troop deployment talks
By JIM GOMEZ FILE – In this Aug. 14 file photo, Philippine chief government negotiator Carlos Sorreta, 3rd from left, starts meetings with US Department of State Ambassador Eric John,…
US home prices rise at slower pace in September
By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER FILE – In this Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013 photo a for sale sign hangs in front of a house in Walpole, Mass. Private data provider CoreLogic…
Local, not US, issues at play in Tuesday voting
By THOMAS BEAUMONT Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe, right, turns toward his son Peter after completing his vote on election day in McLean, Va. on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013.…