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SYDNEY — Ford Motor Co. will stop making cars in Australia, nine decades after founder Henry Ford first began building Model Ts in the country, as a surge in the currency undermines the local industry’s ability to compete with imports.

The Senate voted unanimously to confirm Sri Srinivasan, President Obama’s nominee for a long-vacant seat on the United States Court of Appeals in Washington.    

By Alisha A. PinaPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- He was interested in the secretary of state office, but Providence City Councilman Terrence M. Hassett said Thursday there is unfinished business in the capital city that he wants to see through. That doesn't...

President Barack Obama says he will nominate Katherine Archuleta, a former top campaign aide, as director of the Office of Personnel Management. Archuleta would be the first Hispanic to direct the agency, which oversees and sets policies for the...

President Barack Obama says he will nominate Katherine Archuleta, a former top campaign aide, as director of the Office of Personnel Management. Archuleta would be the first Hispanic to direct the agency, which oversees and sets policies for the...

President Barack Obama says he will nominate Katherine Archuleta, a former top campaign aide, as director of the Office of Personnel Management. Archuleta would be the first Hispanic to direct the agency, which oversees and sets policies for the...

After climbing sharply the previous week, seasonally adjusted initial claims for unemployment benefits for the week ending May 18 fell to 340,000, the Department of Labor reported Thursday. That was a decrease of 23,000 from the previous week's...

WASHINGTON — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell 23,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 340,000, a level consistent with solid job growth.

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - Initial U.S. jobless claims are forecast to decline to 343,000 in the week ended May 18 from 360,000 in the prior week, according to analysts surveyed by MarketWatch. The Labor Department will release the claims data at...