Federal reserve:Difference of opinionTHE outcome was never in doubt. On December 12th America's central bank kept shortterm interest rates unchanged at 5.25%. What mattered was the statement accomp...
The world since September 11thIT STANDS to reason that 19 men cannot change history. But they did. Five years and two American-led wars later, the world created by the September 11th hijackers is a da...
Moment of truthNo sooner did James McCarthy's name turn up in an Associated Press story on the outlook for global warming than he started getting outraged e-mails from colleagues. All that McCarthy, a...
Microsoft brings instant chat toTV screen, through games Microsoft planned to announce today that it will make its Windows Live Messenger service available on its Xbox 360 game consoles, bringing inst...
Limited resourcesIt's been nearly a week since Canadian pet-food manufacturer Menu Foods Inc. recalled some 60 million cans and pouches of wet food linked to the deaths of at least 15 cats and one dog...
What do babies know? As Daniel Haworth is settled into a high chair and wheeled behind a black screen, a sudden look of worry furrows his 9-month-old brow. His dark blue eyes dart left and right in se...
Higher rates! Bigger fees! In recent weeks, you've heard plenty about the sleazy side of the subprime mortgage business. Rising numbers of borrowers are losing their homes after being lured into high-...
Guilty plea in deadlyTennessee school shootingA 15-year-old boy pleaded guilty Tuesday in the killing of a high school official and the wounding of two others under a plea deal announced after jury se...
Global warming On Feb. 2, 2007, the United Nations scientific panel studying climate change declared that the evidence of a warming trend is "unequivocal," and that human activity has "...
English as language of global education In the shifting universe of global academia, English is becoming as commonplace as creeping ivy and mortarboards. In the last five years, the world's top busine...