The Federal Aviation Administration says it has fired air traffic controllers in Miami and Tennessee for sleeping on the job.
The increasing utilization of biofuel can play a role as important as to provide up to 27 percent of world transportation fuel by 2050 if favorable policy and investment are in place.
Russia's economy will overcome the global economic crisis and recover the losses by early 2012, ahead of schedule, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said.
Rocketing oil prices have hit demand in the world's top energy consumers, China and the United States, and OPEC needs to raise output around June to douse further price rises.
Toyota Motor Co says it will reduce production in China due to disruptions in supplies of parts following Japan's tsunami.
ROK's Prime Minister called on Tuesday for "creative" measures to deal with impacts that a potential free trade agreement with China might have on the domestic economy.
Republic of Korea (ROK)'s top steelmaker POSCO will raise prices of its steel products by 160,000 won ($146) per ton this week, local media reported Tuesday.
The New Zealand wine industry sees China as the key to diversifying its export markets.
The ruling Communist Party of Cuba Monday lifted a decades-old ban on private property transactions such as buying and selling of houses and cars at its ongoing Sixth Congress.
Apple Inc has sued Samsung Electronics Co over patent infringement in a latest suit, US media reported Monday.
Negotiations between New Zealand and China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on an investment protocol will start next month, New Zealand Trade Minister Tim Groser said Tuesday.
S&P threatened on Monday to downgrade the prized AAA credit rating of the US unless the Obama administration and Congress find a way to slash the yawning federal budget deficit within two years.