The United States said Friday it would host annual talks among trade ministers of 21 economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in the western state of Montana in May next year. "Bringing the APEC Trade Ministers to Montana will broaden our horizons both literally and figuratively, giving our partners a fresh perspective on the diverse places from which America ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - State and school districts can now tap their 2010 allocations of stimulus school construction bonds, which total $11 billion, the Treasury and Education Departments said on Wednesday, as the U.S. Congress moved to create more demand for the debt. States can sell a total $6.6 billion of qualified school construction bonds and the largest 103 school ...