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MID-DAY UPDATE: Gary Locke expected to be new U.S. Ambassador to China, Oil prices fall on OPEC discussions
Katharine Crnko Mar 8, 2011
Today President Obama is expected to nominate Commerce Secretary Gary Locke to be the new U.S. Ambassador to China. He'd be the first Chinese-Ame...
'Reset button' with Russia benefits U.S. business
Mar 8, 2011
It's been two years since President Obama enacted a symbolic "reset" in relations with Russia. The gesture may have helped political relations, but business relations with Russia have surged, too.
The killer cure for alcoholism in Russia
Gregory Warner Mar 10, 2011
Alcoholism is costing Russian society and the Russian economy billions in lost income and lost lives every year. From Moscow comes the tale of a tiny pill that's scaring Russians into giving up the alcohol that's killing them.
MID-DAY UPDATE: Academy Awards, Groupon, Walmart, and gas prices
Jaclyn Giovis Feb 28, 2011
The Brits were the big winners at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards held last night at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. British film "The King's Speech...
The making of a Russian blockbuster drug
Gregory Warner Sep 22, 2011
Not long ago, Arbidol was considered a nearly useless drug. Now, it's a best seller, and a symbol of Russia's efforts to build its pharmaceutical industry, at any cost.
Russia's prescription for prosperity
Gregory Warner Mar 8, 2011
American pharmaceutical companies want to build their sales in Russia. Russia is eager to let them so long as they build something else, too. Factories.
Tax cuts and the World Cup in Russia
Kai Ryssdal Sep 21, 2011
Two final notes on the way out today: First, the House passed an extension of the Bush era tax cuts today for couples making less than $250,000....
Russia's attempt to inflate its military
Steve Rosenberg Sep 22, 2011
The Russian military has come up with an inventive way to deceive the enemy and save money at the same time: inflatable weapons. They look just like real ones, they're easy to transport and quick to deploy.
Russia seeks U.S. help in modernizing
Sep 22, 2011
The Russian economy has boomed over the past decade, but U.S. firms have been slow to take advantage. The White House says our trade with Russia is about the same as with Thailand, a country with an economy a fifth of the size of Russia's. But things may finally be on the move. Peter van Dyk reports.
Who owns the rights to Arctic seabed?
Stephen Beard Sep 22, 2011
An international summit in Moscow is focusing on who owns the rights to riches thought to be under the Arctic seabed. Europe correspondent Stephen Beard talks with Steve Chiotakis about who will be at the summit and what they are trying to achieve there.
