The “Occupy” protests around the United States have provided another opportunity for the Democratic and Republican parties to voice their differences.  To the dismay of the protesters, both parties show signs of trying to sway public sentiment about the demonstrations in their favor.

Every year, millions of tourists flock to Greece for one reason: sunshine. But now the Greeks and their German neighbors to the cloudier, richer north are looking skyward for economic rays of light.

U.S. President Barack Obama has called German Chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss the latest developments in the eurozone crisis. The White House said that in the telephone talk on Friday President Obama and Chancellor Merkel also discussed preparations for the G20 summit next month in France.

Floodwaters in central Thailand have inundated industrial parks and manufacturing centers, adding to the mounting economic costs of the disaster.  Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos are also continuing to tally the cost of heavy flooding that has claimed hundreds of lives.

President Barack Obama used a factory visit on Friday to highlight benefits for U.S. workers and the economy of the free-trade agreement with South Korea ratified by Congress this week.  President Obama brought South Korea’s president with him on a tour of a General Motors plant in the midwest state of Michigan. The visit was… [Continue Reading]

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in an economic speech Friday, called for a level playing field in world trade while lamenting what she said were efforts by China to “game” the global trading system to its advantage. She appealed for an end to partisan paralysis in Washington over economic policy. In her speech to the… [Continue Reading]