The U.S. presidential race draws more than the usual amount of interest in India, after Barack Obama says he will ’stop giving tax breaks to corporations that ship jobs overseas.’


British home prices fell for the eleventh straight month in August, dropping 0.9% from July and 5.3% below the level seen in the same month last year, the lowest level since the survey began in 2001, real-estate data firm Hometrack reported Monday.


The events on the Gulf Coast are forcing Sen. John McCain to rethink his strategy for the Republican National Convention, but the GOP’s standard bearer still will have many of the same hurdles to cross.


Republicans scale back plans for their nominating convention as Hurricane Gustav heads for the Gulf Coast, threatening lives and property.


Hurricane Gustav strengthens rapidly on Sunday as it passes over Cuba and entered the Gulf of Mexico, taking deadly aim at the U.S. Gulf Coast. Gustav went from a tropical storm overnight into Saturday to a violent Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale, forcing residents from Florida to Louisiana to prepare to evacuate, and oil and gas companies and hotel-casinos in the region to shut down.


If someone supporting a family of four on about $35,000 a year in pricey San Francisco can manage to save a big chunk of income, what’s stopping the rest of us from saving more?

