How are U.S. forces - and Iraqi forces, too, they've sent additional brigades to the capital as well -what's different about their deployment?
The simple fact is, smart public investments at the leading edge of emerging technology sectors is how new industries are born and how the U.S. stays competitive.
To understand this, one must understand (1) how retirement plans are treated under U.S. tax law, (2) how the government actually accounts for the foregone revenue, and (3) how the government ought to account for the foregone revenue.
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Much has been written about how foreigners are taking away U.S. jobs, but what about the business generated overseas by U.S.-based multinationals?
The State Securities Commission (Vietnam's equivalent of the Securities and Exchange Commission) says it has no idea how many Vietnamese are trading U.S. stocks.
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To get a better handle on how many U.S. dollars are outside of the U.S., the U.S. Customs Service tracks information on cross-border flows through its Currency and Monetary Instrument Reports (CMIR).
Slowly but surely, the Chinese companies that have been in the U.S. long enough to realize how differently things are done here than in China now want to learn how to play by U.S. rules.
The data doesn't show how much of the larger deals are from European VCs and how much from U.S. investors taking an interest in the growing European ecosystem.
Consumer sentiment is slated for release on Friday, which will give some insight to how people are feeling about the U.S. economy.
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Demands for such information grew after the leak early last week of an unclassified memo on how decisions are made to target U.S. citizens abroad.
How are the Afghans responding to U.S. retrograde?
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At Hattery and Engine, we celebrate the power of the startup community and work to educate government on how important we are to the U.S. economy to ensure that future legislation does get it right.
The U.S. and the U.N. have faced tensions over control of Iraq, with U.N. leaders saying that once the world body returns to the country it wants more of a say in how things are run than the U.S. seemed ready to cede.
By taking on President Obama squarely over his support for the Muslim Brotherhood, Gov. Romney can make clear that he is not simply quibbling about how many U.S. troops are left in places like Iraq and Afghanistan and for how long, or a case of Monday morning quarterbacking about the Libya debacle.
So this is how companies are raising capital in the U.S., but it is not a very efficient way for those investors to trade their investment.
Iraqis tell us how they think things are going with the U.S. military buildup.
Our business news starts with how U.S. airlines are dealing with new security restrictions.
How many voting members are there in the U.S. House of Representatives?
The CFTC compiles data as of each Tuesday that provides a snapshot of how market participants are collectively positioned in all U.S. futures markets.
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The changes, which affect both the labeling of imports and how U.S. quotas are applied, threw into chaos one of Hong Kong's most important industries.
Erroneous Estimate While the U.S. Census Bureau is in the midst of counting how many of us there are in America, it has estimated that the U.S. population will double by the end of this century.
Without a valid idea of why the Arabs and the Jews are fighting, U.S. peacemaking efforts, no matter how intense and well-motivated, are unlikely to allay the grievances that underlie the 100-year conflict between Arabs and Jews over Palestine.
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Are you guys looking to see how the U.S. recovery is going compared to the rest of the world?
There are no publicly available procedures on how a U.S. company that wants assistance from the U.S. government in countering an attack (such as from NSA) could request it, and there is scant legal statutory authority for the government to provide such assistance. ( National Security Directive 42 provides a narrow ability for NSA assistance to government contractors).
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Whether the release of teacher information becomes widespread likely will depend, in part, on how strongly people in other parts of the U.S. push for it, and how successful they are in overcoming opposition.
Scientists are unsure how far the ants, which are native to Argentina and Brazil, may spread in the U.S. Since being first seen in Houston in 2002, they've been found mostly in wetter environments with mild winters in parts of Texas, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi.
There is a lot of concern in Europe and the U.S. about how ethics are handled in China.
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Boston Consulting Group detailed in September how energy costs are helping to fuel a resurgence in U.S. manufacturing.
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