WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Wednesday he wants to reward companies that invest in America and eliminate tax breaks for companies that don’t, and he’s planning new tax proposals to do it. A day after his Republican foes competed in the New Hampshire primary, Obama sought to grab back the spotlight and underscore his focus on the economy by convening a White House forum on how to ...

WASHINGTON, January 25, 2012 (AFP) -- US President Barack Obama has proposed radically shifting the US economy back to a manufacturing base after decades of ceding jobs in goods production to factory-heavy countries such as China.

Montana Democrats are traveling around the state gathering ideas about how to create jobs, their most recent stop landed them in Helena.

The Welsh Government’s EU-backed Skills Growth Wales scheme has helped a Swansea-based translation company create 12 new jobs and become one of the fastest growing companies in Wales.

LONDON, Jan 27 — Picture this: A terrible drought forces you to abandon your meagre plot of farmland, so you migrate to a city where the jobs are, only to end up living in a slum regularly submerged by floods. It is a scenario that’s going to become more and more familiar in coming years as climate change and rapid urbanisation play an ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel today called for united efforts to tackle the European debt turmoil and also underlined the need for structural reforms to create more jobs. "We need to continue to... Related Stories TCS star performer, Wipro has to catch up: Premji How an embargo of Iranian oil could affect markets Telecom industry has gone through massive upheaval: Sunil Bharti Mittal US ...

An aggressive Mitt Romney repeatedly challenged Republican rival Newt Gingrich Thursday night in the final debate before next week's critical Florida primary, demanding an apology for an ad saying he harbors anti-immigrant sentiments and ridiculing the former House speaker's call to colonize the moon.

President Barack Obama pushed drilling for gas in shale rock and support for cleaner energy sources to boost the economy in his final State of the Union address before facing U.S. voters in November.

Fast food giant McDonald's is to create more than 190 jobs across Scotland this year. The burger chain expects more than a half of the new posts to go to young people and around 30% to first-time workers.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Since the start of the year, one phrase has tripped off the lips of European leaders more than any other: "jobs and growth." After two years of debt crisis and budget austerity, there is a strong desire to shift the narrative on. To that end, the EU's first summit of 2012, to be held on January 30, will focus on finding ways to kickstart growth and create jobs across the 27 ...