Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter New York, NY, United States (AHN) – U.S. stocks celebrated Veteran’s Day will a strong rally. Helping markets advance was a report that showed a better than expected rise in the Consumer Confidence Index and a vote in Italy on its debt reduction plan. At 3 p.m., with just [...]

Jupiter Kalambakal – AHN News Reporter New York, NY, United States (AHN) – The United States stock market moved up mid-day Wednesday, recouping from the 2011 slump of the Dow Jones Industrial Average as investors see a stabilizing economy as indicated by new economic data released by the government. Standard & Poor’s 500 Index was [...]

Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Rep. David Wu (D-OR) announced Tuesday that he will resign from Congress after allegations he had made unwelcome sexual advances on a young woman. Wu said his resignation will be effective when the debt ceiling crisis is resolved. Officials in his liberal Portland [...]

Reuters – Addressing tens of thousands of red-clad workers at a May Day march on Sunday, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez set a goal to create more than 3 million jobs in eight years and end unemployment in the OPEC nation. View full post on All Stories

Supporters of the Bulgarian Socialist Party have started their nationwide string of protests on occasion of the International Labor Day in Plovdiv. Thousands marched along Plovdiv’s main pedestrian street, carrying and chanting slogans against Bulgaria’s center-right GERB cabinet. People are in particular protesting the government’s economic and social policy, the long term slowdown and high [...]

Tom Edrington – AHN Sports Reporter Palm Harbor, FL, United States (AHN Sports) – It was fitting that Paul Casey showed up with a nice green shirt on St. Patrick’s Day at the Transitions Championship. “The darker the green, the better the luck,” Casey said with a smile. He didn’t need much luck in the [...]

By Mark Albright, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, March 8, 2011 Significantly more Americans (52 percent versus 45 percent last year) plan to celebrate next week’s St. Patrick’s Day. And more — an eight-year high of 31 percent — plan to hit a bar or restaurant, according to Big Research. With a budget of $33.97, revelers [...]

A strike by Tube drivers will take place on Boxing Day after London Underground lost a legal challenge to the action. Related Stories Boxing Day Tube strike warning Long-term unemployment risk for youth Heathrow boss gives up bonus Boxing Day tube strike to go ahead Stores slash prices in bid to woo shoppers View full [...]

Panama City, Fla. – Clay Duke was a troubled, broke ex-con with bipolar disorder, an interest in anarchy, a wife whose unemployment benefits had run out and frustrations that reached their boiling point on a day circled on his calendar at home. View full post on All Stories

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks staged a late afternoon rally after spending most of the day weighed down by an unexpected rise in the unemployment rate. View full post on All Stories

AHN News Staff D.C., Washington, United States (AHN) – The U.S. Transportation Security Administration is now checking all U.S. flight passengers against terrorism watch lists, TSA Administrator John Pistole disclosed Tuesday. This means 197 air carriers, including 127 airlines that fly internationally, are part of TSA’s screening program. Pistole’s announcement confirmed the statement on the [...]