Tag: Nation

In this Friday, Dec. 27, 2013, photo, a home is for sale in Glenview, Ill. Freddie Mac reports on changes in average fixed mortgage rates for the last week of 2013 on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Average US rate on 30-year loan at 4.53 pct.

Washington Examiner · January 2, 2014 3:21 pm

US manufacturing activity expands at brisk pace in December as new orders, hiring pick up

US manufacturing activity expands at brisk pace in December as new orders, hiring pick up

Washington Examiner · January 2, 2014 3:03 pm

US construction spending climbs 1 percent in November to strongest level in more than 4 years

US construction spending climbs 1 percent in November to strongest level in more than 4 years

Washington Examiner · January 2, 2014 3:01 pm

Richard Mattos, 59, looks for jobs at a state-run employment center in Salem, Ore., on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013. Mattos is one of more than 1 million Americans who will lose federal unemployment benefits at year's end. (AP Photo/Jonathan J. Cooper)

Weekly US unemployment benefit claims fall to 339K

Christopher Rugaber · January 2, 2014 2:20 pm

Weekly US unemployment benefit applications slip to 339,000, a positive sign for hiring

Weekly US unemployment benefit applications slip to 339,000, a positive sign for hiring

Washington Examiner · January 2, 2014 1:31 pm

FILE - This Aug. 6, 2007 file photo shows the U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Healy leaving Seattle for a scientific mission in the Arctic that will include breaking ice well north of Barrow, Alaska. The U.S. is racing to keep pace with stepped-up activity in the once sleepy Arctic frontier, but it is far from being in the lead. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Nations jockey for Arctic position, US not in lead

Deb Riechmann · January 1, 2014 6:45 pm

Justice delays health law’s birth control mandate

Jesse Holland · January 1, 2014 4:54 pm

Top 10 gifts of 2013 show rebound in philanthropy

Brett Zongker · January 1, 2014 10:35 am

A look at the top 10 charitable gifts of 2013

A look at the top 10 charitable gifts of 2013

Washington Examiner · January 1, 2014 10:33 am

FILE - This Oct. 11, 2012 file photo shows Pilar Quinn, a volunteer, teaching a GED preparation class at Marist School in Atlanta, Ga. The GED test, the high school equivalency exam, is about to undergo some changes. On Thursday, Jan 2, 2014, an upgraded GED exam and two new competing equivalency tests offered in several states will usher in a new era in adult education testing. (AP Photo/Rebecca Breyer, File)

GED test overhauled; some states opt for new exam

Kimberly Hefling · January 1, 2014 9:38 am

Dormant issues thaw along with a melting Arctic

Dormant issues thaw along with a melting Arctic

Deb Riechmann · January 1, 2014 9:23 am

Speaker Boehner ends rough year on a high note

Alan Fram · January 1, 2014 8:24 am