
Reuters - Boosting credit to struggling small businesses is vital to keep a tepid U.S. recovery on track but wary banks can’t be forced to lend from their bountiful reserves, Federal Reserve officials said on Monday.

Reuters - Boosting credit to struggling small businesses is vital to keep a tepid U.S. recovery on track but wary banks can’t be forced to lend from their bountiful reserves, Federal Reserve officials said on Monday.

AFP - European aerospace giant Airbus has cut its prices in a bid to win a fight with US rival Boeing for a 40-billion-dollar US Air Force contract, a German business daily reported on Monday.

AFP - General James Mattis was named as the new head of US Central Command, or CENTCOM, which has overall control of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

AFP - US aerospace giant Boeing on Friday submitted its bid for a 40-billion-dollar US Air Force contract, joining battle with its bitter rival Airbus.