Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Reykjavik, Iceland (AHN) – Iceland will start repaying a $3.45 billion (EUR 2.6 billion) from Britain in 2016. Reykjavik owed the amount to London after the online Icesave Bank failed two years ago. The agreement to repay ends two years of dispute over interest rates between the two countries after [...]

The Chinese economy released today data on the trade balance, exports and imports during the month of November, where the actual reading for the trade balance showed a surplus value of $ 22.89 billion compared to the previous reading of $27.15 billion, where as forecasts where referring to a surplus. View full post on All [...]

La mayoría de los demócratas en la Cámara de Representantes votó el jueves a favor de rechazar el pacto fiscal entre el presidente Barack Obama y la minoría republicana y exigió que se presente una iniciativa modificada, aunque no aclararon cuáles serían los cambios. View full post on All Stories

Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Seattle, WA, United States (AHN) – Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg pledged Thursday to give half of his wealth to charity. He made the promise by signing up with Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett’s Giving Pledge campaign. Aside from Zuckerberg, others who joined the campaign include billionaire investor Carl [...]

By News staff WASHINGTON — The Narragansett Indians and allies around the country have taken a big step toward undoing the Supreme Court decision that denied the Rhode Island tribe a special trust status that would largely exempt a parcel of their land from state and local taxes and regulations. With House passage late Wednesday [...]

Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News News Writer Bentonville, Arkansas, United States (AHN) – Wal-Mart Stores announced Wednesday that it will no longer pay its employees who work Sundays an additional $1 an hour. The new policy, however, would only cover workers hired after Jan. 1, 2011. Current U.S. employees numbering 1.4 million will not be [...]

Bulgarian pharmaceutical giant Sopharma has formally launched the construction of its new factory, an investment worth BGN 70 M, in Sofia on Thursday. The groundbreaking ceremony was carried out by Sopharma CEO Ognyan Donev and Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, with several ministers and foreign ambassadors also attending. The company has pointed out that the construction [...]

La Cámara de Representantes de los Estados Unidos ha rechazado el cierre de Guantánamo en 2011, así como la posibilidad de que el autor intelectual del 11 de septiembre pueda ser juzgado en suelo americano. La Cámara de Representantes aprobó la noche del miércoles, por 212 votos contra 206, la ley de financiación de proyectos [...]

Anthony Jones – Celebrity News Service Reporter Los Angeles, CA, United States (CNS) – Earlier this year, Taylor Swift became the latest spokeswoman for CoverGirl, where she joined the ranks of A-listers like Drew Barrymore and Rihanna. Now the “Speak Now” star is the face of the beauty giant’s new NatureLuxe line. NatureLuxe is described [...]

PHILADELPHIA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Attendance figures are strong for American Bus Association convention coming to Philadelphia January 8-12, 2011, despite the economy. View full post on All Stories

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (UPI) — U.S. President Obama meets with Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski Wednesday for two meetings in the Oval Office, the White House said. View full post on All Stories