BRUSSELS, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- The Council of the European Union announced it would negotiate a partnership agreement for the peaceful use of nuclear energy with Russia.
LUANDA, Angola, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Iraq will double its oil exports to China in 2010 to satisfy regional energy demand during rapid economic expansion, oil officials said in Angola.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Consumer spending rose 0.5 percent in November, pushed by an increase in incomes, the U.S. Commerce Department said Wednesday.
DEARBORN, Mich., Dec. 23 (UPI) -- U.S. automaker Ford Motor Co. said it had settled "all substantive" issues with Chinese automaker Geely for a sale of its Swedish brand Volvo.
OTTAWA, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Canada's gross domestic product grew 0.2 percent in October, with production up in most major sectors, Statistics Canada reported from Ottawa Wednesday.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Microsoft lost a legal round Tuesday when a U.S. appeals court upheld a jury verdict that said it infringed on a Toronto company's patent.
LONDON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- A mild winter in the Western Hemisphere will continue to exert downward pressure on crude oil prices that are already weak amid a slow economic recovery worldwide, London think tank Center for Global Energy Studies said Tuesday.
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SEOUL, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- South Korea's military is investigating a cyberattack in which North Korean hackers are believed to have netted secret defense plans with the United States.
NEW YORK, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. stock indexes closed up Tuesday, lifted by a strong report on existing home sales tempered by a lower gross domestic product for the third quarter.
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Normalizing ties with the government of Syria is in the best interest of both countries, said Lebanese political leader Walid Jumblatt.
NEW DELHI, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said his country's concerns had not only been protected but also enhanced at the climate-change summit at Copenhagen.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Duke Energy will spend $85 million to resolve Clean Air Act violations at its Indiana plant and pay a $1.75 million fine, federal officials said Tuesday.
LONDON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Collapsed investment bank Lehman Brothers is still hiring and can still hand out bonus checks this year, a bankruptcy court in New York said.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Labor said 25 states have borrowed $24 billion from the federal government to cover depleted unemployment benefit funds.
DEARBORN, Mich., Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Ford Motor Co. offered U.S. hourly workers a job buyout program Tuesday, stressing it was a voluntary method of reducing its workforce of 41,000 employees.
ANDOVER, Mass., Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Dynamics Research Corp. has been selected to provide a U.S. Air Force weapons and aircraft parts global tracking system with maintenance services.
OTTAWA, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- The number of non-farm Canadian payroll jobs rose by 34,500 in October, with the average worker's weekly pay up to $831.17, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.
PRINCETON, N.J., Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Increased confidence in the economy has not translated into increased spending, surveys of U.S. consumer habits indicate, Gallup researchers said Tuesday.
LONDON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- The British Defense Ministry announced plans to change the armed forces' camouflage design to provide troops with improved gear for the Afghan terrain.
NEW HARTFORD, N.Y., Dec. 22 (UPI) -- The U.S. Air Force has contracted Rome Research Corp. to provide research, development and testing support for laboratory facilities.
CHICAGO, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Job cuts in November fell to their lowest monthly total since the U.S. economy fell into recession in December 2007, a private research group said Tuesday.
A woman is helped by soldiers during presidential elections, in Zakazik 80 Kilometers (50 miles) north of Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, May 23, 2012. Egyptians went to the polls on Wednesday morning to elect a new president after the fall of ex-President Hosni Mubarak last year. UPI/Ahmed Jomaa
