Hurricane Irene could cost U.S. state and local governments billions of dollars in damages, but funds from the federal government might ultimately cover much of this expense. It is too early to estimate the cost of the storm, but New …
The United States put its eastern seaboard on alert for Hurricane Irene Monday as the powerful storm barreled up from the Caribbean on a path that could hit the U.S. coast on the weekend. Even as the hurricane, the first …
U.S. authorities Tuesday arrested 16 people on charges they participated in major cyber attacks, including an attempt to cripple eBay’s PayPal web site as retribution for dropping Wiki Leaks as a client. FBI agents arrested 14 people in nine states …
Agreements resolving the dispute over long-haul, cross-border trucking services between the United States and Mexico were signed today, announced U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. Mexico will lift retaliatory tariffs, imposed two years ago, on more than $2 billion in U.S. …
Johnson & Johnson will pay $78 million to settle U.S. and UK charges that it paid bribes and kickbacks to win business overseas, the first big drug company to settle since the Obama administration began its scrutiny of the industry …