Obama and Romney set for final debate as race tightens
BOCA RATON, Florida - President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney face off in front of the cameras for a final time as polls have tightened to show a dead heat. Full Article | Video
Yahoo quarterly profit beats, Street awaits Mayer plan
SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo Inc's quarterly earnings beat expectations, but Wall Street remains keen to hear new CEO Marissa Mayer outline her plan for reviving the struggling Web company's revenue growth.
Some in Congress eye fiscal cliff 'fallback'
WASHINGTON - An idea percolating in the Congress, aimed at helping avoid the "fiscal cliff," would scrap the steep spending cuts of $109 billion and replace them with more targeted savings of about $55 billion, according to aides familiar with the discussions. Full Article
FDA probes Monster after death lawsuit
The Food and Drug Administration said that it was investigating reports of five deaths that may be associated with Monster Beverage's energy drink, and the company's shares fell more than 14 percent. Full Article
Italian scientists convicted over quake warning
L'AQUILA, Italy - A court sentenced six scientists and a government official to six years in prison for manslaughter for failing to give adequate warning of an earthquake that killed more than 300 people in the central Italian city of L'Aquila in 2009. Full Article
Is Ohio's "secret" energy boom going bust?
NEW YORK - Over a year after Chesapeake CEO Aubrey McClendon declared the Utica shale formation to be "the biggest thing to hit Ohio since the plow," investors and landowners are still in the dark over the country's most eagerly anticipated drilling campaign. Full Article
Goldman book is not an expose: author
JOHANNESBURG - Greg Smith, the former Goldman Sachs vice president who publicly accused the bank of taking advantage of unsuspecting clients, said he never intended his book to be an expose of practices at the Wall Street firm. Full Article
In vulnerable Greece, mosquitoes bite back
ATHENS - Just when it seems things couldn't get any worse for Greece, the indebted country has a new threat to deal with: mosquito-borne diseases. And with a collapsing Greek health system, the mosquitoes are biting back. Full Article
Stage set for final presidential debate
Oct. 22 - U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney prepare to debate foreign policy issues. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
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Voters give low rank to foreign policy
Polls show that foreign policy, the focus of the last presidential debate, is not a high priority for voters. Full Article
Obama, Romney missing the point on Libya
Both nominees fail to see that the U.S. and its allies went beyond their declared objective in Libya of protecting civilian areas under threat of attack to promoting rapid and violent regime change. This left the country in the hands of a fledgling rebel political leadership. Commentary
Use plutocracy to broaden our economic debate
The rise of the plutocrats is a challenge with no evidently effective response. But rather than depressing, that fact could be liberating. Leave the plutocrats to the playgrounds and the rest of society can attend to the construction of a viable future. Commentary
Owning a magazine versus a digital startup
Simon Dumenco has a question: would you rather own a magazine, or a digital startup? As a long-term investment, I’d be worried about owning a magazine, no matter how profitable it is today. But with short-term cashflow, it’s no contest. Commentary
The rich, the poor, and the presidency
Can a state's political allegiance be predicted by whether the rich and poor live near one another? Yes, and as income inequality increases, that's bad news for Republicans, not Democrats. Commentary
Europe doesn't need a "Disziplin union"
European leaders have nudged forward plans for a fiscal union with discipline as its leitmotif. But such a union is neither desirable nor necessary. It may not be politically feasible either. Commentary
Are we having the wrong marriage debate?
Same-sex marriage isn't the only marriage issue we face. The share of poor and middle-income American adults actually living in stable marriages has been hitting new lows. Commentary
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Who will carry the swing states?
Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, authors of “Game Change,” offer their best predictions on who will carry the nine swing states. Video
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