Obama signs broad reform of financial regulation into law

President Barack Obama signed into law Wednesday an overhaul of banking and Wall Street regulations that he says will end many of the practices that sent the U.S. economy into the worst recession since the 1930s. Read More

Obama: Republicans playing politics with jobless

President Barack Obama accused his Republican opponents on Monday of playing election-year politics by refusing to join with Democrats in approving an extension of U.S. jobless benefits. Read More

White House seeks to ease tensions with business

The White House moved on Tuesday to ease simmering tensions with the business community, telling corporate executives it has an "open door" and pledging to listen to their ideas. Read More

Obama will urge boosting clean energy tax credit

President Barack Obama will urge the U.S. Congress on Friday to extend a manufacturing tax credit by $5 billion to foster private investment in clean energy, a White House official said. Read More

China denounces new unilateral U.S. sanctions on Iran

China denounced the United States on Tuesday for imposing its own sanctions on Iran, saying Washington should not unilaterally take such steps outside of U.N. resolutions. Read More

China Pulls Taiwan Closer With Historic Trade Deal

China will cut duties on fuel oil, copper foil and about 500 other Taiwanese goods, underscoring the success of Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou’s two-year drive for rapprochement between the civil war foes. Read More

Gillard Breaks With Tax Policies That Doomed Rudd

Julia Gillard began her job as Australia’s first female prime minister by promising to smooth relations with mining, its biggest industry. Read More

U.S.: Avoid Travel to Southern Israel, Gaza

On the heels of a White House statement praising Israel for loosening its blockade of Gaza, the U.S. State Department late Sunday issued a revised warning to Americans telling them to avoid travel to southern Israel and the Hamas-run Gaza Strip. Read More

Ahmadinejad says Iran nuclear fuel deal 'still alive'

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says a nuclear fuel swap deal brokered by Brazil and Turkey is still on the table, despite the adoption of new UN sanctions last week. Read More

Turkey signs deal with Arab neighbors to create free trade zone

Turkey signed a deal Thursday with its Arab neighbors of Syria, Jordan and Lebanon to establish a cooperation council to create a zone of free movement of goods and persons among them. Read More