AFP - The United States said it would expose "troublesome" foreign trade barriers in a strategy to prise open markets for doubling American exports to ease an unemployment crisis at home.

AP - Job openings rose sharply earlier this year, evidence that employers are slowly ramping up hiring as the economy improves.

AFP - Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said Tuesday he had won a pledge from US President Barack Obama to take on the issue of speculators blamed for deepening Greece's economic crisis.

AP - Job openings rose sharply earlier this year, evidence that employers are slowly ramping up hiring as the economy improves.