The prospects for a quick economic recovery dimmed Thursday, with new data showing the U.S. economy grew at a slower-than-expected rate this spring despite some oomph from tax rebate checks -- and actually shrank late last year.
The economy, boosted by $90 billion in stimulus checks, grew at a faster pace in the spring but not as strongly as expected, the government reported Thursday.
Government officials are not confirming a report that Chinese officials may have secretly copied the contents of a government laptop computer during a December visit to China by Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez.
Technology problems will force the government to count all of the nation's 300 million residents the old-fashioned way in the 2010 census -- with paper and pencil
Economic growth nearly ground to a halt in the last three months of 2007, according to a government report released Wednesday that showed the sharpest decline in growth since 2003.
The Department of Homeland Security issued a new workplace rule today, imposing penalties on employers who knowingly hire those who cannot legally work in the U.S.
The U.S. Commerce Department announced Friday that it will reverse its decades-long policy and begin to impose trade tariffs on some subsidized imports from China.
This week, Congress will return to the immigration debate when it hears testimony from U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez.
The prospects for a quick economic recovery dimmed Thursday, with new data showing the U.S. economy grew at a slower-than-expected rate this spring despite some oomph from tax rebate checks -- and actually shrank late last year.
The economy, boosted by $90 billion in stimulus checks, grew at a faster pace in the spring but not as strongly as expected, the government reported Thursday.
Government officials are not confirming a report that Chinese officials may have secretly copied the contents of a government laptop computer during a December visit to China by Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez.
Technology problems will force the government to count all of the nation's 300 million residents the old-fashioned way in the 2010 census -- with paper and pencil
Economic growth nearly ground to a halt in the last three months of 2007, according to a government report released Wednesday that showed the sharpest decline in growth since 2003.
The Department of Homeland Security issued a new workplace rule today, imposing penalties on employers who knowingly hire those who cannot legally work in the U.S.
The U.S. Commerce Department announced Friday that it will reverse its decades-long policy and begin to impose trade tariffs on some subsidized imports from China.
This week, Congress will return to the immigration debate when it hears testimony from U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez.
Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi may be Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson's best hope in the coming months to talk China into freer trade policies. But when the 68-year-old comes to Washington in May for t...
Senior U.S. officials, led by Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, arrived inside the Stalinist-style Great Hall of the People Thursday morning, briefed and breakfasted and eager to offer guidance to Chinese leaders on how to become a "responsible stakeholder" in the global economy.
In case anyone might miss his point, Hank Paulson landed in China this week alongside four U.S. cabinet secretaries, two agency heads and the chairman of the Federal Reserve. One more top American player and the Treasury Secretary could field a baseball team on the Wukesong Olympic field.
The White House said Tuesday that the administration has no plans to reach out to Raul Castro, who has temporarily replaced his brother, Cuban President Fidel Castro, due to health problems.
A senior Republican senator who avoids the headlines and tries to help President Bush as much as possible two weeks ago was discussing with me the problems of seeking Social Security reform.
In naming Kellogg CEO Carlos Gutierrez as the new Commerce Secretary Monday, President Bush picked a powerful business leader and a minority who made it to the top of corporate America without a college degree.
When you ask business consultants and analysts for examples of CEOs who have shown a knack for recharging tired brands, a few names tend to come up: A.G. Lafley at Procter & Gamble. Jim Kilts at Gi...
How do you rejuvenate a business that desperately needs new life? We asked three experts: Carlos Gutierrez, who transformed stodgy old Kellogg in just a few years; LVMH's Bernard Arnault, who is wo...
Cereal stocks have lost some of their crunch since last year. Kellogg plummeted 48% from its high and General Mills fell 31% from its peak before they both staged modest comebacks. These soggy retu...
Forget the commercials that depict cherubic kids leisurely eating a bowl of corn pops. The cereal business isn't much fun these days. After decades of growth, sales have been flat for five years, a...
Kellogg's new CEO, Carlos Gutierrez, took office with a pledge to boost profits of the Battle Creek, Mich., cereal company by at least 10% a year. Pie in the sky? Gutierrez could use some. For that...
If the Asian, black, and Hispanic CEOs of the FORTUNE 1,000 all got together, they would barely fill a small conference room. Yes, our survey indicates that many companies are including more minori...
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