The United States government on Thursday arrested eight men from New York for their participation in an international conspiracy involving a high-tech theft ring that launched cyber attacks on financial institutions around the world, resulting in losses estimated at $45 million.
President Obama embarked Thursday on a brief trip to Mexico where he will meet with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto to discuss hot-button topics like economic growth, trade and security among other issues.
The controversial project for a high-speed rail system that would eventually connect Los Angeles and San Francisco is now hoping to get a boost from Chinese businesses.
New reports show that US consumers were unexpectedly more confident than economists predicted in March from the prior month as American optimism toward the economy has been on the rise.
The Institute of Supply Management has published its monthly analysis of the United States manufacturing industry, reporting an unexpected drop in growth from February's numbers.
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. set to become one of the biggest shareholders in Goldman Sachs Group Inc. without any exchange of funds, Bloomberg is reporting.
Home prices in the U.S. showed the biggest year-over-year increase in January since the summer of 2006, according to Standard & Poor's Case-Shiller home-price indexes.
Venezuela's presidential election looked headed for a close finish on Sunday with President Hugo Chavez facing an unprecedented challenge to his socialist rule from a young rival tapping into discontent over crime and cronyism.
Hugo Chavez loyalists blew bugles in a wake up call for voters on Sunday as the Venezuelan leader faced the biggest electoral challenge yet to his socialist rule from a young rival tapping into discontent over crime and cronyism.
