In President Barack Obama's twin narratives, the United States is both leaving Afghanistan and staying there.
As China's economy cools, some big US and European companies are losing what had been one of their surest growth bets.
China's leaders are finding it's a lot tougher to create a world-beating electric car industry than they hoped.
Wall Street may have written off corporate America too quickly.
Shifting the yuan trading rules is about the strongest signal Beijing could give that growth downside has diminished and potential pitfalls are manageable.
Rapid recent solar and wind price falls are likely to bring new markets and mass adoption a step closer over the next decade and raise the prospects of mergers.
The election campaign will cause candidates for many offices from both parties to say simple-minded things about China.
China's economics and policy direction now suggest workers are a more powerful force though.
Europe has opened a can of worms by trying to reconcile free trade with fair trade.
One of the biggest challenges facing US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is to understand whether people will eventually find work once the economy gathers enough speed.
Each candidate cast the other as too extreme for the center of the country — speaking directly to the independents who play a critical role in general elections.
When he chose former aide Grant Tennille to head up Arkansas' economic development efforts, Gov. Mike Beebe didn't go with someone with a long resume of international business.