Chamber of Commerce

Argentine cash controls bring bargains, headaches

By ALMUDENA CALATRAVAAssociated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - The Brazilian visitors gawk in wonder as they stroll past shop windows along touristy Florida street in the Argentine capital. The jackets, the shoes - they're all so cheap when your purse is stuffed with black-market money.

Explosions remind La. that plants not always safe

By JEFF AMYAssociated Press By some measures, chemical plants like the sites of separate fatal explosions this week in Louisiana are among the safest manufacturing workplaces in America. That doesn't stop residents and emergency responders from keeping wary eyes on the hundreds of facilities

Launch of US-EU trade talks may be hitting snag

By MARJORIE OLSTERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - One of the big goals of President Barack Obama's upcoming trip to Europe may be in jeopardy, with French objections threatening to hold up the launch of negotiations on a sweeping U.S.-European Union free trade pact. The proposed

Ayotte to back immigration overhaul

By PHILIP ELLIOTTAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte on Sunday said she would support the bipartisan immigration overhaul under debate in the Senate and criticized "the broken immigration system we have now" as "unworthy of a great nation." In a television interview and