The House and Senate have passed legislation that will revamp the Bush administration's $5.6 billion effort to counter bioterrorism threats, reorganizing management of the program and providing struggling companies with periodic cash infusions to help fund their research and testing.	WASHINGTON -- America's trade deficit posted a dramatic decline in October, falling to the lowest level in 14 months as the price of crude oil plunged by a record amount.	WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve, under first-year Chairman Ben Bernanke, appears close to achieving the tricky maneuver of steering the U.S. economy to a soft landing.
As Iraq descends further into violence and disarray, the Pentagon is turning to a weapon some believe should have been used years ago: jobs.	Federal prosecutors have enlisted at least one cooperating witness to testify about the role of former Reagan-era budget chief David A. Stockman in a criminal investigation into the finances of a Michigan auto parts company he led until his ouster last year, according to sources briefed on the...	The government plans to limit grain exports, selling no more than 1.1 million tons of grain in the marketing year that starts July 1. The total represents about 10 percent of what Ukraine exported a year ago. The government plans to limit exports to 3,000 metric tons of wheat, 600,000 tons of barley...