United States to meet Taliban to seek Afghan peace Jun 18th, 2013 - 20:10h (CET +01.00) By Mark Felsenthal, Hamid Shalizi and Dylan Welch WASHINGTON/KABUL (Reuters) - The United States will meet the Taliban this week for talks aimed at achieving peace in Afghanistan, where the United States and the insurgents have fought a bloody and co... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : united, states, meet, taliban, seek, afghan, peace, Top Keywords

EU free-trade states urge quick resolution of Chinese solar dispute Jun 14th, 2013 - 15:20h (CET +01.00) By Ethan Bilby LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - A group of free-trading northern European nations urged the EU's trade chief on Friday to contain a growing dispute with China or risk a negative spiral that could choke exports. Sweden, Denmark and the Neth... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : freetrade, states, urge, quick, resolution, chinese, solar, dispute, Top Keywords

Wal-Mart profit up despite sales weakness in the United States May 16th, 2013 - 13:20h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc posted a higher quarterly profit on Thursday even as sales fell 1.4 percent at its Walmart U.S. stores open at least a year because of a delay in income tax refund checks, cool weather, less grocery inflation than expe... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : walmart, profit, despite, sales, weakness, united, states, dispute, Top Keywords

Solar-powered plane wraps first leg of flight across United States May 5th, 2013 - 06:40h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - The flight from San Fransisco to Phoenix took 18 hours and 18 minutes on Saturday - and didn't use a drop of fuel. A solar-powered airplane that developers hope eventually to pilot around the world landed safely in Phoenix on the fir... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : solarpowered, plane, wraps, first, flight, across, united, states, Top Keywords

Official says US seeks Arab states for peace push Mar 25th, 2013 - 17:10h (CET +01.00) RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - The U.S. is seeking to bring Arab countries into efforts to restart Israeli-Palestinian negotiations that broke down more than four years ago, a senior Palestinian official said Monday. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : official, says, seeks, arab, states, peace, push, states, Top Keywords

Official: US to bring Arab states into peace push Mar 25th, 2013 - 09:00h (CET +01.00) RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - A Palestinian official says the U.S. is seeking to bring Arab countries into efforts to restart Israeli-Palestinian negotiations in the coming weeks. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : official, bring, arab, states, peace, push, push, states, Top Keywords

Insight: Nation-states enter contentious patent-buying business Mar 20th, 2013 - 08:10h (CET +01.00) By Dan Levine and Miyoung Kim SAN FRANCISCO/SEOUL (Reuters) - Patent competition in the United States is usually a fierce arena for private companies, but now the South Korean and French governments are suiting up. Both countries have launched patent... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : insight, nationstates, enter, contentious, patentbuying, business, push, states, Top Keywords

EU states undecided on pesticide ban to protect bees Mar 15th, 2013 - 14:20h (CET +01.00) BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union governments failed to reach a decision on Friday on whether to ban three widely-used pesticides linked to the decline of honeybees, the European Commission said. "No qualified majority was reached, either in f... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : states, undecided, pesticide, protect, bees, business, push, states, Top Keywords

Google nears $7 million settlement with U.S. states over Wifi incident: source Mar 8th, 2013 - 23:20h (CET +01.00) SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc is nearing a $7 million settlement with some 30 U.S. states over a 2010 incident in which its Street View mapping cars collected passwords and other personal data from home wireless networks, according to a person... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : google, nears, million, settlement, states, wifi, incident, source, Top Keywords

Analysis: U.S. states race to capture online gaming bonanza Mar 1st, 2013 - 00:30h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie this week finally approved online gaming in the Garden State. Now comes the hard part: banding together with other states to attract more gamblers, drive up jackpots and lure players away from offshore w... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : analysis, states, race, capture, online, gaming, bonanza, source, Top Keywords