Aug. 31 (Bloomberg) -- The Bank of Japan's decision to expand a bank-loan program was “too little and too late” as a means of halting the yen's advance, said former central bank policy board member Nobuyuki Nakahara.

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea welcomed expanded US financial sanctions against North Korea on Tuesday, but made its first large-scale offer of aid to its destitute neighbor since the sinking of one of its warships in ...

WASHINGTON - Pitcher Roger Clemens returned to the nation's capital Monday, but this time, instead of answering questions and getting scolded by members of the US House, Clemens hung out in the back rooms of the US District ...

Chris Waldrop, Director of the Food Policy Institute at the Consumer Federation of America, says the Food and Drug Administration has done a good job handling a massive egg recall, but adds the agency needs more authority to prevent outbreaks.

The show's hush-hush opening skit adds luster to Fallon's showbiz image. Even Springsteen is on board. By TL Stanley, Special to the Los Angeles Times There was no doubt in Jimmy Fallon's mind how he wanted to open the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards, ...

The Fox News conservative commentator exhorted a sprawling crowd on the Mall on Saturday to restore the traditional American value of honor.

SAN FRANCISCO - As the world's biggest maker of computer chips, Intel Corp. can't afford to ignore its huge blind spot in mobile phones.

The socialite was arrested with her boyfriend Saturday in Las Vegas. Police found 0.8 grams of cocaine in her purse. She is expected to be charged with felony drug possession.

Proposals from Research In Motion (RIM) for lawful access of its networks by law enforcement agencies in India are being put into operation immediately, the government said Monday.

Kim Clijsters had a 14-match winning streak going on at the US Open. She had won consecutive titles - though they came four years apart, interrupted by her retirement.

The careers of a generation of Army officers have been defined by the chaos and contradictions of the Iraq war. Suicide bomb attacks have killed thousands in Iraq since 2006.

President Barack Obama makes a statement on the economy, Monday, Aug. 30, 2010, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington.

Aug. 30, 2010 -- The number of young children treated in hospital ERs for concussions they got while playing on sports teams has doubled in just a decade, a new study shows.

On the plus side of the ledger, Coach K called Chauncey Billups (not Kevin Durant) in an iso sequence for the Americans' last and most critical possession of the game.

Engineers start tunnel-boring work as rescue efforts to free 33 miners trapped underground enter second week. Preliminary drilling works have begun to carve a tunnel through solid rock to free 33 workers trapped some 700 metres below the surface in a ...

LOS ANGELES -- In the end, there was a simple reason why the Los Angeles Dodgers were willing to let go of Manny Ramirez. "Everything has its time,'' Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti said.

The undecided Republican primary in Alaska between Senator Lisa Murkowski and Joe Miller has been anything but quiet, despite the fact that the tallying of thousands of uncounted ballots doesn't get started until Tuesday.

The stunning bidding war for 3Par seems poised to continue. Dell (DELL) on Monday said that it was contemplating whether to match Hewlett-Packard's (HPQ) $2 billion bid to acquire the obscure data-storage company.