In its annual survey of human rights in 194 countries issued on Thursday, the U.S. State Department criticized China, along with Cuba, Myanmar, North Korea and Russia. China's State Council Information Office, or cabinet spokesman's office, issued its own annual assessment of the United States' ...

Located at the site www.broadband.gov, the test is aimed at allowing consumers to compare their actual speeds with the speeds advertised by their providers. The FCC release follows an FCC meeting in September where officials said that actual speeds were estimated to lag by as much as 50 percent ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Democrats drew closer on Thursday to agreement on a broad healthcare overhaul that could clear the way for a final vote in the next few weeks, but vowed not to be bound by White House deadlines. Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid said there are still issues to ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Warren Buffett was awarded total compensation of about $519,490 in 2009 to run Berkshire Hathaway Inc, a 6 percent increase mainly reflecting the higher cost of keeping the world's third-richest person safe. According to Berkshire's proxy filing with the U.S. Securities and ...

"If we continue to allow these risky financial products to operate in the dark we should not be surprised at the damage we find when the lights come on," Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro said in a statement, without commenting on Greece's situation. The swaps, ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday faced pressure to help create jobs in African-American communities and deliver an immigration overhaul even as he tried to push healthcare reform across the finish line. Back-to-back White House meetings with representatives from the black ...

The company recently met the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to review the late-stage trial results of its experimental radioactive tracing agent, Lymphoseek, which seeks to determine the spread of cancers in the lymphatic system. "The results from this meeting have clearly confirmed our ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chances of a broad overhaul of U.S. financial regulation dimmed on Thursday after bipartisan Senate talks collapsed, jeopardizing a top Obama administration priority and boosting bank share prices. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd warned that time was ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States boosted its investigation of tax and other financial crimes by about 10 percent last year, tax authorities reported on Thursday, amid an increased push to pursue wealthy tax cheats. The Internal Revenue Service said it started a total of 4,121 criminal ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell only slightly last week, indicating a sluggish return to jobs growth. The U.S. trade gap shrank as oil imports fell. Thursday's reports painted a picture of an economy that was slowly improving, ...