The retailer Target is cutting another 140 jobs at its headquarters and eliminating 50 other unfilled jobs.
President Barack Obama has scheduled a White House meeting with pro-trade Democrats to discuss how to salvage his ability to complete trade negotiations with 11 Pacific Rim nations.
MILAN (Reuters) - First lady Michelle Obama chopped parsley and pine nuts for a salad with 20 school children in Milan on Wednesday to spread her message: Make more home-cooked meals, and you will be healthier.
MILAN (Reuters) - First lady Michelle Obama chopped parsley and pine nuts for a salad with 20 school children in Milan on Wednesday to spread her message: Make more home-cooked meals, and you will be healthier.
A Berkeley community is still in shock following the deaths of six people in an apartment balcony collapse at a 21st birthday party. Vanessa Johnston reports.
A Berkeley community is still in shock following the deaths of six people in an apartment balcony collapse at a 21st birthday party. Vanessa Johnston reports.
June 17 (Reuters) - TPG Capital LP said on Wednesday its former head of public affairs, who had accused it of violating securities regulations and defrauding investors out of millions of dollars, had agreed to drop his lawsuit against the buyout firm.
Michelle Obama took her campaign for healthy eating overseas on Wednesday, but let it slip that she still has work to do at home.
Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush says there's "not a reason in the world" why the U.S. economy can't grow at 4 percent annually.
PARIS, June 17 (Reuters) - French banks Credit Agricole and Societe Generale said they had decided to sell shares of their Amundi asset management joint venture in an initial public offering (IPO) by the end of the year.
As a black – and female – firearms officer, Carol Howard stood out in the Metropolitan Police's Diplomatic Protection Group (DPG), one of only 12 women in a unit of 700. She had wanted to join the police from a young age and was incredibly proud of her job. But instead of being rewarded for her tenacity in such an environment, she was treated with suspicion, passed over for promotion and subjected to intense scrutiny.
As a black – and female – firearms officer, Carol Howard stood out in the Metropolitan Police's Diplomatic Protection Group (DPG), one of only 12 women in a unit of 700. She had wanted to join the police from a young age and was incredibly proud of her job. But instead of being rewarded for her tenacity in such an environment, she was treated with suspicion, passed over for promotion and subjected to intense scrutiny.
CONAKRY (Reuters) - A court in Guinea has indicted two generals, both senior officials in the country's former military junta, for a 2009 massacre of pro-democracy demonstrators, a leading human rights campaigner and judicial officials said on Wednesday.
BAKU (Reuters) - Olympic champion Jade Jones won gold for Britain in the women’s -57kg taekwondo on Wednesday to make it two British victories in the sport at the inaugural European Games.
Maybe he was just a little nervous before the big moment. After all, he was auditioning to be not the next Prime Minister but three, like Lord Lundy, but the next Prime Minister but none! So a hand strayed towards his necktie before grasping his glass of water instead.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc expects to have drone technology ready for package delivery operations by the time the Federal Aviation Administration finalizes drone regulations, an executive for the online retailer said on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, June 17 (Reuters) - U.S. commercial drone operations could take flight on a large scale by this time next year, as federal regulators finalize rules allowing widespread unmanned aerial system use by companies, according to congressional testimony on Wednesday.
June 17 (Reuters) - Jimmy Lee, one of JPMorgan Chase & Co's most senior investment bankers, has died, Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon said in a statement on Wednesday. Lee was 62.
Authorities say a good Samaritan trying to help a New York man in distress turned out to be a bad Samaritan.
More Federal Reserve policymakers expect a slower increase in short-term interest rates this year than they projected three months ago, reflecting a sharp slowdown in the economy at the start of the year.
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain on Wednesday called on Russia to free detained Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko and told Moscow it and NATO would not be intimidated by "sabre-rattling" by President Vladimir Putin.
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain on Wednesday called on Russia to free detained Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko and told Moscow it and NATO would not be intimidated by "sabre-rattling" by President Vladimir Putin.
MARACAIBO, Venezuela, June 17 (Reuters) - Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA and Rosneft are negotiating a financing deal under which the Russian oil major could lend its South American counterpart $5 billion, a source close to the negotiations said on Wednesday.
PARIS, June 17 (Reuters) - French bank Credit Agricole said on Wednesday that it and Societe Generale had decided to sell shares of their Amundi asset management joint venture in an initial public offering (IPO) by the end of the year.
George Osborne prepared the ground for £12bn of welfare cuts in his Budget next month by warning that Britain’s spending on it is “unsustainable.”
