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Geithner: US economy growing despite headwinds

By ELAINE KURTENBACHAP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Thursday that financial reforms and other actions in response to the global crisis are yielding results, helping the U.S. economy to grow at a pace better than there was reason to expect. Speaking

Analysis: VP debate feisty, unlike Obama-Romney

By BEN FELLERAP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - Fierce and focused, Vice President Joe Biden and Republican Paul Ryan gave voters the kind of substantive showdown that was everything the presidential debate was not. Abandoning his boss' caution, Biden uncorked a combative repair

VP Debate: Biden, Ryan at each other on everything

By DAVID ESPO and MATTHEW DALYAssociated Press DANVILLE, Ky. (AP) - At odds early and often, Joe Biden and Republican Paul Ryan squabbled over the economy, taxes, Medicare and more Thursday night in a contentious, interruption-filled debate. "That is a bunch of malarkey," the vice president

China rejects US solar tariffs as protectionism

By JOE McDONALDAP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) - China demanded Thursday that Washington repeal steep tariffs on solar panels that Chinese producers fear will shut their equipment out of the American market. The tariffs upheld Wednesday by the U.S. Commerce Department add to financial pressure