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February 21, 2014
Lockheed sees huge potential for military-, commercial-use drones

By Andrea Shalal HUNTSVILLE, Alabama (Reuters) - The Pentagon's No. 1 arms supplier Lockheed Martin Corp sees significant growth potential for its range of unmanned aircraft, given continued military demand for surveillance aircraft and a huge untapp...

February 21, 2014
In Asia, WhatsApp posts mixed message for Facebook

By Jeremy Wagstaff Singapore (Reuters) - WhatsApp may be hugely popular but its forays into Asia, the world's biggest mobile market, have had mixed success, raising questions about whether it can sustain the explosive growth Facebook Inc cited to jus...

February 21, 2014
Beleaguered Sony counting on new game machine

TOKYO (AP) — PlayStation stands out among the long list of famous Sony brands as one that hasn't faded or succumbed to a nimbler competitor. Months after hitting global markets, the latest version of the video-game console is going on sale ...

February 21, 2014
Italy's Renzi set to unveil new cabinet

By Massimiliano Di Giorgio and Stefano Bernabei ROME (Reuters) - Italian center-left leader Matteo Renzi is close to naming the members of his government, with OECD Chief Economist Pier Carlo Padoan set to take the key economy ministry portfolio, sources ...

February 21, 2014
Japanese stocks lead world markets higher

HONG KONG (AP) — World stocks rose on Friday, led by the Japanese market as the central bank in Asia's second biggest economy signaled its lavish monetary stimulus could continue for longer than the two years anticipated by markets....

February 21, 2014
Harsh weather helps depress Canada December retail sales

Extreme weather helped slash Canadian retail sales by a seasonally adjusted 1.8 percent in December, data which will help cement expectations that the economy shrank in the month, according to a Statistics Canada release on Friday. The volume of retail sa...

February 21, 2014
US stocks edge higher in early trading

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are inching higher in early trading, putting the Standard & Poor's 500 index on track for its third straight week of gains....

February 21, 2014
Wall Street edges higher as tech shares gain

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks advanced at the open on Friday, putting the S&P on track for its third straight weekly gain, buoyed by some strong results from technology companies. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 2.53 points or 0.02 percent, to 16,...

February 21, 2014
Fannie Mae profits push taxpayers into black on housing bailout

By Margaret Chadbourn WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fannie Mae said on Friday it would soon send the U.S. Treasury $7.2 billion, a profit-related dividend that makes taxpayers whole for the 2008 bailout of the mortgage-financing giant and its sibling company Fre...

February 21, 2014
United States Balance of Trade

The United States recorded a trade deficit of 38701 USD Million in December of 2013. Balance of Trade in the United States is reported by the U.S. Census Bureau. Balance of Trade in the United States averaged -32175.53 USD Million from 1992 until 2013, re...