Institution fosters US-European relationships to support ways to solve pressing world issues

If your company's IT guy had requested time off at the beginning of the year or your gadget-inclined friend texted you from a blackjack table last week, it's very likely they both were in Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show (CES).

WASHINGTON: Over the coming weeks and months, the Treasury Department, other federal officials, financial service associations, and consumer advocacy groups are expected to bolster outreach to the public and policymakers as the housing mortgage crisis deepens and increasingly threatens the US economy.

New York: The Associated Press is revising the way it edits and distributes stories in a transition designed to tailor its structure to the faster-paced 21st century media world.

To boost membership, United Steelworkers is reaching out to sectors beyond its natural focus

WASHINGTON: Major outreach by cable industry representatives working with minority and other advocacy groups helped block a recent FCC bid to exert more regulatory control over the industry.

WASHINGTON: With rulings on the legality of the proposed XM-Sirius Satellite Radio merger reportedly imminent, opponents are amplifying efforts to block it.

The Washington Post recently reported that the Federal Trade Commission [FTC] is accelerating its review of outdated "green" marketing guidelines. These guidelines were last updated in 1998, though the FTC regularly reviews all of its guidelines, FTC press officer Jacqueline Dizdul tells PRWeek.

A recent article in The New York Times opined that Writers Guild of America members were winning the messaging battle against the studios in the ongoing strike.

The 88th annual Children's Book Week (CBW), November 12 to 18, is a time when educators, librarians, booksellers, and families celebrate reading with the theme: "Rise Up Reading!"