In a 2009 address to a Joint Session of Congress President Barack Obama proclaimed that "by 2020, America will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world." He asked every American to commit to at least one year or more of higher education or career training.
Sony Corp released an upgraded version of its Android tablet on Wednesday, branding its rival to Apple Inc's iPad and Samsung Electronics' Galaxy as "Xperia" in a bid to unify its mobile devices under one name.
Dear Republicans: They will lose the Hispanic vote in the upcoming presidential election. President Barack Obama will receive million more Latino votes his candidate Mitt Romney. But that's not the worst. I am writing to tell you that, unless they change several of its anti-immigrant positions, may be doomed to lose the White House for decades.
Chairman of the Democratic National Convention and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa claims that the lineup of the Hispanic speakers at the RNC is not enough to make the Romney-Latino connection.
Although Winfrey's new venture, Oprah Winfrey Network, has been struggling since it premiered on Jan. 1, 2011, most of her earnings come from her magazine, a radio deal with Sirius and Harpo Productions. Winfrey does not get a salary at OWN.
Hurricane Isaac continues to wobble inland over southeastern Louisiana, with maximum sustained winds near 80 mph. Dangerous storm surge and the threat of flooding from heavy rains are likely to continue through Wednesday night. The center of Isaac will move over Louisiana on Wednesday and Thursday and over southern Arkansas early Friday.
Lack of knowledge of credit risks could create future problem
(Photo : Flickr/ RobertScoble)Rui Yao, assistant professor of personal financial planning at MU, says that this large growth in such a small amount of time has positive and negative implications for the Chinese economy.
Miscommunication between a Spanish airline pilot and Dutch ground control caused a hijack scare on Wednesday that led the Netherlands to send F-16 fighters to intercept a plane, the airline said.
President Felipe Calderon promised on Tuesday to get to the bottom of how two U.S. officials were shot at by federal police officers, allegedly in plain clothes, while heading to a Mexican marine base.
An injunction banning No. 2 U.S. oil company Chevron Corp and its drilling contractor Transocean Ltd from operating in Brazil was upheld by a panel of three Brazilian federal judges on Tuesday while charges over a November oil spill are being considered.
Brazil appears to have the best long-term prospects among rising economic powers, thanks to its stable policy framework, ample natural resources and good relationship with its neighbors, former U.S. President Bill Clinton said on Tuesday in a ringing endorsement of an economy that has struggled lately.
Venezuelan firefighters put out a blaze at the country's biggest oil refinery on Tuesday, paving the way for a restart of the facility and an investigation into the world's deadliest refinery accident in fifteen years.
Argentina's government, unions and industry leaders agreed on Tuesday to raise the minimum wage by 25 percent as inflation shows few signs of cooling despite a slowdown in Latin America's No. 3 economy.
Mexico's electoral court is poised to confirm President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto's victory in the July 1 ballot, despite allegations of vote buying and money laundering during the campaign, electoral officials and legal experts said.
Europe captain Jose Maria Olazabal was right to ignore triple major winner Padraig Harrington's claims for a wildcard pick and his 12-man team is just about perfect, said former skipper Bernard Gallacher.
Fans of country singer Taylor Swift looking for new clues on the subject of her hit song, "We Are Never Getting Back Together," may want to watch the video premiering this week on MTV and sister TV network CMT, the television channel said on Tuesday.
Richard Branson's Virgin Trains group launched legal proceedings against the British government on Tuesday in a last-ditch bid to prevent a rival bidder from signing the contract for the West Coast railway train operating franchise.
AstraZeneca Plc has poached Pascal Soriot from rival Roche Holding AG to be its new chief executive, hoping his experience with biotech drugs and dealmaking can revive a company battered by clinical trial failures and patent expiries.
NASA on Monday showed off the first high-resolution, color portrait images taken by the Mars rover Curiosity, detailing a mound of layered rock where scientists plan to focus their search for the chemical ingredients of life on the Red Planet.
NASA's Curiosity rover is making global headlines as it travels uncharted territory on Mars, and it will venture into new realms back on Earth this week when it premieres a new will.i.am song.
Greece plans to set up "special economic zones" to attract private investment and help lift its debt-laden economy out of depression, the government said on Tuesday.
Tropical Storm Isaac was near hurricane force as it bore down on the U.S. Gulf Coast on Tuesday and was expected to make landfall in the New Orleans area seven years after it was devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
The Spanish economy is falling deeper into recession and depositors are pulling their money out of the banks, figures published on Tuesday showed, while the country's most economically important region, Catalonia, said it needed a major rescue from Madrid.
