Fiat to return to US market
US automaker Chrysler plans to sell 50,000 Fiat 500 minicars in the United States in 2011, a source told AFP, as the Italian brand returns to the US market.
America and its core values compatible with Islam: US imam
America and its core principles are compatible with Islam, the US imam behind a controversial initiative to build an Islamic centre near the site of the 9/11 attacks said Tuesday in Dubai.
Obama’s Iraq speech: What you need to know
Tonight at 8 p.m. President Obama will deliver a speech from the Oval Office on the end of “combat operations” in Iraq.
Another former Linda McMahon employee dies young
Weeks after a 29-year-old former WWE wrestler died, 48-year-old former professional wrestler Gertrude “Luna” Vachon was found dead at her home Friday morning. Sheriff’s deputies report finding oxycodone at the scene and “several prescription bottles” in the bedroom. Which is probably not great news for former WWE CEO and Senate candidate Linda McMahon.
Healthcare’s midterm impact: Maybe nothing
This originally appeared at Jonathan Bernstein’s blog
Malaysia firms buying US assets: KPMG
NEW YORK: Malaysian companies are among entities from emerging economies buying corporate assets in the United States in the first half of this year. US companies are the most popular targets for acquisitions by emerging and high-growth market companies in the first half of 2010, according to KPMG LLP, a global audit, tax and advisory firm providing services to US-based companies in their …
State Dept.: New York imam heading back to US
The State Department says the imam leading plans for an Islamic center near the site of the Sept. 11 attacks in New York is returning to the United States on Wednesday.
Republican leads Senate race in Pennsylvania
Republican Pat Toomey has opened a 10-point lead over Democrat Joe Sestak among likely voters in a Senate race in Pennsylvania dominated by economic worries, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday.
It shouldn’t be surprising that Orrin Hatch would defend the right of the Park51 organizers to build a mosque (or “mosque”) on private property. The guy is one of the most prominent Mormons in the nation, and after their history of religious persecution, they ought to be finely attuned to scare mongering about religious minorities. But he’s also a conservative Republican, and his fellow Latter Day Saints Harry Reid and Mitt Romney both punted on the issue. So this is nice to hear, from Sen. Hatch.
Obama ends US combat role in Iraq
President Barack Obama has formally ended the United States combat role in Iraq after more than seven years.
Obama readies bold Mideast peace bid
President Barack Obama steps into Middle East peace efforts on Wednesday in a bid to relaunch direct Palestinian-Israeli negotiations after four Jewish settlers were gunned down in the West Bank.
