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The White House is threatening to hold up final passage of three coveted free trade agreements with South Korea, Panama and Colombia unless lawmakers expand retraining assistance for American workers who lose their jobs because of foreign competition.

Carlos Slim, ranked by Forbes as the world's richest man, said he is open to the possibility of investing in new energy projects outside Mexico. Slim, 70, said that he would consider opportunities in the power sector, Reuters reported. Sponsored Links "Maybe," Slim said when asked if he was...

A U.S. man jailed in Panama has admitted to killing five Americans so he could take over their businesses and properties in a Panamanian resort area, according to prosecutors in the Central American country. Bodybuilder William Dathan Holbert, 30, and his wife, Laura Michelle Reese, were arrested...