"We are 100% committed to building 3 World Trade Center to the top as quickly as possible, " said Janno Lieber, Mr. Silverstein's deputy who oversees the World Trade Center development.

WSJ: New Hitch in Ground Zero Plans: No Takers

The Hong Kong talks, from 13 to 18 December, mark the end of the World Trade Organization's Doha development round, aimed at eliminating unfair trade barriers and giving the world's poorest countries easier access to global markets.

BBC: NEWS | Business | G7 urges progress on trade talks

Last week the International Financial Institution Advisory Commission, created by the U.S. Congress and made up of 11 American economists and other experts, released its reform recommendations for the IMF, the World Bank, the Asian, Latin American and African development banks, the World Trade Organization and the Bank for International Settlements.

CNN: ASIANOW - Asiaweek | Intelligence | The Week Ahead

All concerned in the development of the World Trade Center site are calling the latest design the result of not a row but of a "spirited effort" between the two teams of architects.

BBC: NEWS | Americas | Freedom Tower plan for WTC site

We are willing to partner with countries around the world to deepen ties of trade and investment, and science and technology, energy and development -- all efforts that can spark economic growth for all our people and stabilize democratic change.

WHITEHOUSE: Remarks by the President to the UN General Assembly

Finally, there's the extension of the No. 7 subway line from Times Square to a huge new real estate development on Manhattan's Far West Side, New York's biggest besides the World Trade Center.

NPR: New York Expanding Nation's Biggest Transit Hub

We stand by the Doha Development Agenda and reaffirm our commitment to pursue fresh, credible approaches to furthering trade negotiations at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), with an emphasis on specific areas where progress is most likely in the near term.

WHITEHOUSE: Joint Statement of the 4th ASEAN-U.S. Leaders' Meeting