Democratic leaders secured the last two votes to move ahead on historic health care legislation, clearing the way for a Saturday night showdown on President Barack Obama's top domestic initiative.
Date Published: Nov 21, 2009 - 2:10 pm
AFP - The US Senate, torn along party lines, voted to formally launch debate on historic legislation to enact President Barack Obama's signature drive to remake US health care, handing him a win for now.
Date Published: Nov 21, 2009 - 6:58 pm
Reuters - Talks between General Electric and Vivendi over the future of NBC Universal have stalled, the New York Times reported on Friday night.
Date Published: Nov 20, 2009 - 6:35 pm
Step outside Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Studios and into the near west side neighborhood that's been home to her television talk show for two decades, and it's easy to get a sense of what she's meant to Chicago.
Date Published: Nov 21, 2009 - 10:55 am
Bloomberg - Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
won over the last of his party’s holdouts, bringing him to the
verge of victory in the first big test of whether he can keep
Democrats united behind health-care legislation.
Date Published: Nov 21, 2009 - 3:06 pm
The number of Americans traveling away from home for Thanksgiving will be up only slightly this year from 2008, according to a report from the AAA auto club.
Date Published: Nov 21, 2009 - 3:10 pm
LyondellBasell Industries said Saturday Reliance Industries offered to acquire a controlling interest in the beleaguered chemical company, which is under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Date Published: Nov 21, 2009 - 11:10 am
In India, Devi Shetty's heart hospital offers cutting-edge medical care at a fraction of what it costs elsewhere in the world.
Date Published: Nov 20, 2009 - 5:50 pm
AP - The number of Americans traveling away from home for Thanksgiving will be up only slightly this year from 2008, according to a report from the AAA auto club.
Date Published: Nov 21, 2009 - 5:32 pm
CQPolitics.com - Andrew Jackson would assuredly be pleased at the rising congressional distrust of the Federal Reserve. The populist president, who won re-election in 1832 on a platform of abolishing the Second Bank of the United States, was an early hater of power concentrated in huge financial institutions.
Date Published: Nov 21, 2009 - 1:58 pm
With one of the area’s best offenses on the opposing sideline and leading by just three points mid-way through the third quarter Friday night.
Date Published: Nov 21, 2009 - 12:01 pm
A group of start-up marketers see value in getting regular people to send a sentence or two of text to their friends and admirers.
Date Published: Nov 21, 2009 - 3:10 pm
