ExxonMobile Unseats Walmart as Top Dog on Fortune 500 List
Oil companies have taken three out of the top five spots on the Fortune 500 list this year.
US Foils al-Qaida Airliner Bomb Plot
The United States has broken up an al-Qaida plot to place a bomb aboard a U.S.-bound airliner.
Biden: US Ready to Give Visa to Chinese Activist
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden says Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng’s future is in the United States, and that he expects China to abide by a deal that would allow the dissident to study in the United States, accompanied by his family.
TransCanada Announces Submission of Presidential Permit for Keystone Pipeline
In an announcement today, TransCanada Corporation stated that it has submitted a Presidential Permit application to the U.S. Department of State for the Keystone XL Pipeline from the U.S./Canada border in Montana to Steele City, Nebraska.