The Next Immigration Challenge

THE immigration crisis that has roiled American politics for decades has faded into history. Illegal immigration is shrinking to a trickle, if that, and will likely never return to the peak levels of 2000. Just as important, immigrants who arrived in the 1990s and settled here are assimilating in remarkable and unexpected ways.

France can overcome crisis with reforms: Sarkozy

AMBOISE, France (Reuters) - President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Sunday France could overcome its debt crisis as long as it was prepared to pull together to adopt economic reforms, two days after the country lost its prized triple-A credit rating.

France goes soft-core

FRIDAY, January 13th, proved unlucky for nine euro-zone countries: they had their credit ratings cut by Standard and Poor’s (S&P) soon after the American markets closed for the week.

'US should negotiate investment treaties with China, India'

WASHINGTON: The US needs to negotiate more bilateral investment treaties with India and China if it wants to be competitive in the global market, the US Chamber of Commerce has said.

Fed officials signal more action may be needed

VANCOUVER, Wash/WOOSTER, Ohio (Reuters) - Federal Reserve officials on Tuesday signaled more help for the U.S. economy may be necessary despite recent data that suggested the recovery was picking up steam going into 2012.

U.S. debt is now equal to economy

WASHINGTON – The soaring national debt has reached a symbolic tipping point: It's now as big as the entire U.S. economy.

Canadian Confidence in Economy Rises From Two-Year Low, Nanos Poll Shows

Canadian consumer confidence rose in the fourth quarter from a two-year low on optimism about real estate prices and the global economy according to a Nanos Research poll.