Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – With a new majority taking control of the House next year, lawmakers returned to Capitol Hill on Monday to tackle a backlog of bills during a “lame-duck” session. Their agenda includes whether to extend Bush administration tax cuts for all or only for [...]

Mumbai, India (ProPublica) – By Sebastian Rotella ProPublica This article was co-published with the Washington Post . This is the first of two parts. On a November night two years ago, a young American rabbi and his pregnant wife finished dinner at their home in the mega-city of Mumbai. Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg had come [...]

The reports are so grim, it is hard to believe at times. America is staring down a 10% unemployment figure and the number doesn’t seem to budge as the months tick by. View full post on All Stories

Graduates of American law schools are finding that their chosen career is less lucrative than they had hoped THIS year “The Apprentice”, a television show in which contestants compete for the privilege of working for Donald Trump, features 16 who are down on their luck, having lost previous jobs or otherwise having to start anew. [...]

Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor Mountain View, CA, United States (AHN) – For the second year in a row Google is offering free Wi-Fi service in the skies during the holidays. Millions of passengers on AirTran, Delta, and Virgin America flights will have access to surfing the Web for free on flights between [...]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) defends her tenure in USA Today : “The results of last week’s elections reflected the genuine frustration of the American people, who are justifiably angered by the continued high unemployment rate. While Democrats are also disappointed at the rate of job growth, it does not diminish what we have accomplished.” [...]

AHN News Staff New Delhi, India (AHN) – United States President Barack Obama, on the second day of his three-day visit to India, has appreciated New Delhi for its developments and vowed his nation’s support in the world’s largest democracy’s quest for a permanent United Nations Security Council seat. In a landmark address at the [...]

Mortgage lenders are ranked based both on how many new loans they originate and how many loans they service. By those measures, the biggest originator of home loans during the third quarters was Wells Fargo & Co. The biggest mortgage servicer, meanwhile, was Bank of America Corp. View full post on All Stories

President Barack Obama hasn’t been able to drive down unemployment in America, so he’s in India in search of US jobs. View full post on All Stories

Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – The decision by the United States Federal Reserve to pump $600 billion into the nation’s economy by buying U.S. Treasury Bonds has sparked international criticism led by Germany and China. China and Germany represent the world’s second- and fourth-largest economies respectively. In addition, [...]

Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Olympia, WA, United States (AHN) – Republican Dino Rossi conceded the Senate race in Washington state Thursday night to give Sen. Patty Murray, one of the most vulnerable incumbents this election, a fourth term. More than 600,000 ballots remain to be counted and tallying continues, but the race ended [...]