Chavez, speaking in his weekly address on national television, said the U.S. has bought goods from around the world, paying with paper that is ``a bubble.''

Xerox is set to start producing a more environmentally-friendly toner, in a new Rochester, NY plant that is set to open on Monday. The new toner is called emulsion-aggregation toner.

A Chinese woman is suing her former employer after falling victim to the company policy of firing staff who contradict their boss three times, local media reported on Thursday.

INGEUS Ltd, the job placement firm owned by Kevin Rudd's wife Therese Rein, has sold Clements, one of its Australian companies. On May 26, Ms Rein announced she would sell Australian companies owned by Ingeus, a contractor to the Australian Government's

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The next time you board an airliner and buckle your seat belt, you are about to fly through a bitter labor dispute between some of the people most responsible for your safety in the skies.

"If these places didn't exist, we would never have the kind of connection between past and present that we do now." Civil War historian James McPherson

USA TODAY's 25th anniversary is September 15, 2007. To mark this occasion, USA TODAY is thanking America for all of its support over the past 25 years by saluting the nation's generosity.

Help Stop the Secret Deals for Increased Integration with the U.S. George Bush, Stephen Harper and Mexican President Felipe Calderon will be meeting behind closed doors in Montebello, Quebec, on August 20-21, 2007. Their agenda? To change......

When Mattel Inc., the world's largest toymaker, announced on Aug. 14 that it was forced to call back 9 million products because of lead paint and dangerous magnets, angry parents and consumer advocates asked why no U.S. federal agency was inspecting...

A newly proposed law in California would establish a five-year pilot program for farmers to grow industrial hemp in four counties. The law would also define "industrial hemp" as separate from marijuana under the state's health and safety code.