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U.S., Japan expanding air cargo access
September 14, 2007The United States and Japan agreed to expand an air services agreement to provide additional passenger and cargo access to Asia. The U.S. Transportation Department said more talks are planned with an open-skies type deal as a long-sought goal. The...
U.S. deficit far greater than year ago
September 14, 2007The U.S. government ran a monthly budget deficit of $116.97 billion in August, up 81 percent from a year earlier, the Treasury Department said Thursday. In its monthly budget report, the agency said outlays were a record $283.52 billion last month...
Economy rises on political agenda
September 10, 2007The Federal Reserve is all but certain to reduce interest rates at its next meeting as economic concerns rise on the U.S. political agenda, it was reported. Democrats in Congress and on the 2008 presidential campaign trail are increasingly critical...
Russia, U.S. trade charges over missile-defense system
January 26, 2007Air Force Lieutenant General Henry Obering, who heads the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, said in Washington on January 25 that the missile-defense system the United States wants to deploy in Poland and the Czech Republic is not aimed against Russia, but...
- January 26, 2007
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. sales of new single-family homes fell 17.3 percent in 2006, the largest decrease in 16 years, the U.S. Commerce Department said Friday. For December alone, new-home sales were up 4.8 percent, after rising 7.4 percent...
Crude oil rises as U.S. temperatures drop
January 26, 2007NEW YORK, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices rose Friday as U.S. Northeast temperatures dropped ahead of an Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries meeting to cut oil supplies. Light, sweet crude for March delivery rose 35 cents to $54.58 a barrel...
U.S. flood insurance enforcement lax
January 26, 2007WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Fines against U.S. banks for violating laws requiring flood insurance in high-risk flood zones rose 82 percent last year, a report said Thursday. The $297,815 in fines from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. reflects...
U.S. stocks close worst day of year
January 26, 2007NEW YORK, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- The Dow Jones industrial average recorded its worst day of the year, falling 119 points on Ford Motor Co. losses and a big drop in existing-home sales. The Dow closed down 119.21 or 0.94 percent at 12,502.56. The Standard...
Lockheed wins $70M U.S. port ID contract
January 26, 2007BETHESDA, Md., Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Lockheed Martin Corp. has won a $70 million contract to supply high-tech identification cards at U.S. ports, it was reported Thursday. The Transportation Security Administration contract to issue ID cards to 850,00...
High U.S. gas prices alter driver behavior
January 26, 2007WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. government data has revealed the country's drivers reduced U.S. per-motorist mileage by 0.4 percent in 2005. With motorists facing record gasoline prices, the year saw the first decrease for the mileage statistic...