WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrived for a court hearing over sexual allegations in London Tuesday as his organization vowed to continue its potentially damaging releases of confidential US cables.

U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday evening that Democrats and Republicans had reached a compromise that will extend the soon-to-expire Bush-era tax cuts at all income levels for another two years.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will not rule out more monetary interventions to prop up the struggling U.S. economy, he said in an interview with broadcaster CBS that aired Sunday.

A group of former elected GOP officials has launched a bid to clean up the party's image back from the illegal immigration debate, Politico is reporting.

Growth in U.S. service industries accelerated slightly in November, the Institute for Supply Management said Friday.

A budget plan designed to get a ballooning U.S. deficit back under control failed today to gain the super-majority needed to force a quick vote by Congress.

Hispanics are now the largest ethnic minority in the United States and during the past decade, U.S. Hispanic purchasing power has rapidly increased. This report takes an in depth look at how today's Hispanic Economy is transitioning into an economic power in the U.S. Click here for the executive summary and table of contents!

The number of Hispanic-owned businesses in the United States is expected to grow 41.8 percent in the next six years to 4.3 million, with total revenues surging 39 percent to more than $539 billion, according to new estimates by HispanTelligence. Spurred by growing entrepreneurial trends and affluence among the nation's largest minority population, the increase is expected to come at a robust rate of 8.5 and 8.7 percent, respectfully, over the next couple years.

The diversity that we have represents the growth of our business ... we're very proud of that," says Pat Harris, vice president and global chief diversity officer at McDonald's.

Diversity and inclusion programs are proving to have a much broader effect than once thought. "There's no doubt in my mind (spending with minority-owned businesses) has a positive net effect on local economies," says Joyce Ibardolasa, director of diversity and inclusion, PG&E.