Productivity

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) _ European Union leaders agreed Wednesday to stick to ambitious plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions 20 percent by 2020, but divisions over how to share out the cuts were widened by fears over the impact of the financial crisis....

Channing Crowder's a funny guy. He usually has a witty retort for questions that could easily be followed with a rim shot. But following a career-best 13-tackle performance in Sunday's 29-28 loss to the Texans, Crowder tried to mask his frustration by...

A funny thing happened on the way to the Third Plenary Session of the 17th Central Committee, where China's Communist Party leaders were expected to finally enact a bold land reform program allowing farmers eventually to buy, sell or lease their fields....

Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain have both expressed support for the nation's space program during their campaigns. Both candidates promise to close the gap between retiring the space shuttle and bringing online the next generation...

The differences are clear - but the details aren't simple. Barack Obama has said he would lower or hold taxes steady for everyone earning less than $250,000 and raise taxes on those with incomes above that threshold. He talks about "fairness" in the...

When it comes to taxes, this election presents a clear choice. On one side you have a Democrat who proposes to raise taxes. On the other, you have a Republican who proposes to raise taxes. I know, I know, Sen. John McCain says he wants to do just the...

China is already home to 16 of the planet's 20 most heavily polluted cities -- a noxious consequence of its double-digit economic growth. Now researchers have worse news for the nation's beleaguered lower classes: The air inside their homes is up to 10...

Peruvian President Alan Garcia accepted the resignation of his entire Cabinet on Friday amid a sweeping bribery scandal that has rocked the government of a major U.S. ally. As the corruption case was unfolding, authorities also said Friday that an attack...

Louis Galambos is scared about the economy and cautiously optimistic at the same time, which sounds about right. "Am I nervous?" says the professor of economic history at the Johns Hopkins University. "Yes, I'm nervous. You are, too. We're all nervous....

LONDON (AP) _ Oil prices tumbled to a one-year low below US$83 a barrel Friday in European trading as fears mounted that governments around the world would be unable to keep the ongoing financial crisis from causing a severe global economic downturn....

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) _ South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong all slashed interest rates Thursday, joining in a chorus of cuts by central banks around the world aimed at fighting the global financial crisis. The moves follow Wednesday's coordinated rate...

Steven Hall thinks he works for a great boss. "He's a pleasant guy to work for," Hall says of his boss, Dale Manson. "He treats everybody with respect no matter how bad things are going or good things are going." Hall enjoys his job as director of...