Americans unable to find a silver lining
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BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. - The United States Ryder Cup team is &quot;bleeding but not dead,&quot; according to its captain. &quot;We&#39;ll get back up, we&#39;ll fight again,&quot; Hal Sutton said late Sunday.
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Income differences in the United States are too stark, and the government should provide jobs and training for those having a tough time, according to majorities in a national poll released yesterday .
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WASHINGTON A second term for George W. Bush is hardly the outcome Europe desired. But neither Europe nor America can afford four more years of strain.
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With flu season right around the corner, a new study finds that Americans are still struggling as much as ever with the condition.
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The Americans have run out of explanations, but not excuses.
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LONDON  - A global survey of consumer confidence released Wednesday suggests European consumers are generally pessimistic about the economic outlook for the next 12 months, people in the Asia-Pacific are optimistic and Americans lie somewhere in between.
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NEW YORK - For younger workers not near or at retirement, the woes of the US Social Security system tend to have a distant, if not surreal quality.
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The world still moves in file with the US, but how badly it suffers in a coming slowdown may depend on how long it lasts
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The Iraqis who signed up to help the Americans are losing faithâand often their lives. One family's story.
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Few Americans run their retirement numbers, and the rest are in for a rude awakening. Are you?
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Most Americans do not feel that  children or the elderly are getting adequate health care and a  clear majority feel it is the government's job to pay for it,  according to a survey released on Tuesday.
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The typical double-income family in   the United States is worse off financially than ever, a study   released on Thursday said, warning that few Americans have   saved enough to brace for financial setbacks.
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Americans see sport as entertainment. But the British do not necessarily want to be entertained at a sporting event. We require long-term emotional involvement.
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Tens of thousands of Americans are discovering, as they approach retirement, that money they were promised is not forthcoming.
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A majority of Americans say they feel hopeful about President Bush's second term, but those hopes are clouded by doubts about when the bloodshed in Iraq will end.
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This year should mark another year of growth in the United States. That is hardly remarkable. What is remarkable, and perhaps unappreciated, is that growth has become the norm for the American economy.
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Consumers worried about job prospects. Raises questions about whether Americans will be in spending mood during holidays. Worries about job prospects sent consumer confidence in the United States to a seven