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ANBANG Insurance Group has agreed to buy US annuities and life insurer Fidelity & Guaranty Life for about US$1.57 billion as Chinese insurers seek to expand into the United States. Privately held Anbang ...
November 10, 2015, Tuesday
THE US economy grew at an even faster clip in the spring than previously estimated. But that growth likely slowed in the summer, held back by global headwinds and turbulent financial markets. The overall ...
September 26, 2015, Saturday
THE Federal Reserve has ended weeks of speculation by keeping US interest rates at record lows in the face of threats from a weak global economy, persistently low inflation and unstable financial markets. ...
September 19, 2015, Saturday
PRODUCER prices in the United States rose for a third straight month in July, suggesting the drag on inflation from weaker oil prices was easing. The Labor Department said yesterday its producer price ...
August 15, 2015, Saturday
A US man arrested on terrorism charges revealed that he had plotted to shoot President Barack Obama and bomb the Capitol to retaliate against the US airstrikes against militant group Islamic State (IS), ...
March 7, 2015, Saturday
A crowded commuter train slammed into a sport utility vehicle on the tracks at a suburban New York crossing and burst into flames, killing seven people and seriously injuring nearly a dozen, authorities ...
February 4, 2015, Wednesday
STREETS across the Northeast were nearly empty early Tuesday after cities from Boston to New York and Philadelphia shut down amid a monster storm expected to unload up to 3 feet (90 centimeters) of snow ...
January 27, 2015, Tuesday
A slight majority of Americans -- 53 percent -- say they are satisfied with the acceptance of gays and lesbians in the US, the same level as last year, but much higher than levels seen over the last decade, ...
January 23, 2015, Friday