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Multinational corporations have been expanding into emerging markets, while foreign companies are using stronger currencies to pursue acquisitions -- especially in the United States. So far this year, cross-border deals have reached a record high of ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Borders, Inc. will open its first stand-alone Paperchase shop in the U.S. Oct. 24 on Boston's famed Newbury Street. Paperchase is the London-based retail brand leader in design-led and innovative ...

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Even as tight credit conditions curb the urge among U.S. dealmakers to go shopping, the international mergers and acquisitions market is setting records. Multinational corporations have been expanding into emerging markets, while ...

When the government chose a military base in Brdy, a 70-km forest highland stretching from central to west Bohemia, as a likely location for the proposed U.S. radar base, the announcement was met with skepticism from many locals, who view the base as a ...

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Even as tight credit conditions curb the urge among U.S. dealmakers to go shopping, the international mergers and acquisitions market is setting records. Multinational corporations have been expanding into emerging markets, while ...

Investigators concluded three times that woman who turned out to be key witness couldn't help crack the case, probe told ... This conversation is semi-moderated ...

When Prince William County (VA.) Supervisor John Stirrup got home last night following a marathon, twelve-hour session of the county board on tougher measures on illegal immigration, his wife Heidi and daughter Sarah had long gone to bed. 'The only one ...

WASHINGTON 'The drawdown of Operation Jump Start's strength level is ill-timed and should be halted and re-examined,' Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano wrote in a letter last week to Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Secretary Michael Chertoff, ...

WASHINGTON Citizenship and Immigration Services released on Thursday the pool of 100 civics and history questions that could be asked of people wanting to become naturalized Americans. They will begin using the new citizenship test Oct. 1, 2008. Just as ...

WASHINGTON 'Each day our nation fails to act, the problem only grows worse,' the president said at the National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast. 'I will continue to work closely with members of both parties, to get past our differences, and pass a bill I can ...

Investigators concluded three times that woman who turned out to be key witness couldn't help crack the case, probe told ... This conversation is semi-moderated ...

Within months, traffic stops in may carry serious consequences for thousands of residents, as police officers begin checking the immigration status of anyone who breaks the law, whether for speeding or shoplifting, if they believe that person is in the ...

WASHINGTON - With the hiss of brakes and the honk of a horn, the Bush administration on Wednesday tried to push forward efforts to keep a disputed cross-border trucking program alive. Faced with congressional attempts to kill the program, the ...

TUCSON, Ariz. - The first section of a high-tech "virtual fence" along the U.S.-Mexico border will be tested this month after defense contractor Boeing Co. reported it solved most of the computer glitches that have delayed the program for months, a ...

WASHINGTON 'We're going to show the American people that the promises in this bill will be kept,' Bush said in a speech to the Associated Builders and Contractors. Bush got behind a proposal to set aside money collected through fees and penalties for ...

WASHINGTON Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff told senators in a letter late Tuesday that the amendment, which makes a new program to stop businesses from hiring illegal workers less burdensome, 'would be a serious step backwards in our ...

CHAPARRAL, N.M. (AP) - Four civil rights groups sued a county near the Mexican border Wednesday alleging sheriff's deputies forced their way into homes without warrants and illegally detained residents during impromptu immigration raids. The suits claim ...

ISTANBUL, Turkey: Parliament on Wednesday authorized the military to carry out a cross-border offensive against Kurdish rebels in Iraq. But an incursion was not expected immediately as Turkey came under increasing pressure from Washington and Baghdad to ...

Man had been set to appear at deportation hearing but was hospitalized late Tuesday after hunger strike ... This conversation is fully-moderated ...

VOICE OF AMERICA DATELINE: White House President Bush is urging Turkey to refrain from launching a cross-border offensive against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports Mr. Bush spoke at the White House as the Turkish parliament ...