Summary: The European Union is keeping up its guard to stop substandard Chinese goods from entering the bloc even as China makes huge strides to nip the problem in the bud a senior official said on Tuesday
Summary: Economists have trimmed forecasts for US growth in the second half of this year and in 2009 but more have come to the view that the United States will dodge a recession a survey released on Tuesday showed
Summary: AP - Frank Gallagher spent 37 years as a mailroom supervisor at a natural science museum — so long that he used to wisecrack that he should be part of the collection. Now he is.
Summary: Sentiment in the housing market improved marginally in May a survey showed on Tuesday but prices continued to fall at close to their fastest rate in at least 30 years
Summary: Retail sales grew at their fastest pace in four months in May as warm sunny weather encouraged consumers to splash out on new clothes and summer food and drink a survey showed on Tuesday
Summary: Reuters - Iranian Defence Minister Mostafa
Mohammad Najjar was quoted on Tuesday as warning Israel of a
"very painful" response if it launched a military strike over
the Islamic Republic's disputed nuclear program.
Summary: Reuters - Michelle Obama and Cindy McCain
share a dislike of rough-edged U.S. politics. Each tried to
talk her spouse out of running for the White House.
Summary: AP - A quake-formed lake continued to swell Monday even though soldiers used dynamite and anti-tank weapons to blow up boulders in a diversion channel to try to speed its drainage.
Summary: Reuters - Economists have trimmed forecasts
for U.S. growth in the second half of this year and in 2009,
but more have come to the view that the United States will
dodge a recession, a survey released on Tuesday showed.
