Byline: Mark Trumbull Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor America's economic point man is taking the tack of cooperation rather than confrontation on a visit to China this week, despite a widening trade deficit and disputes over everything from ...

US Economy : Trade Deficit Widens to a Record (Update4) Bloomberg - ... US companies imported more computers, consumer goods and oil even as they shipped a record ... showed that consumer spending is holding up even as the economy slows ...

LANSING, Mich. - Economic anxiety hangs heavy over the midterm elections in this cradle of the American auto industry. That has meant trouble for the re-election campaign of Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm.