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• Investigators Still Unable to Find Cause of 787 Fire

  

  Further testing still has not found the cause of a battery fire aboard a Boeing Co 787 Dreamliner in Boston earlier this month.

• Investigators still unable to find cause of 787 fire

  WASHINGTON, Jan 27- Further testing still has not found the cause of a battery fire aboard a Boeing Co 787 Dreamliner in Boston earlier this month, the National Transportation Safety Board said on Sunday.

• Obama's New Team Looks Like the Old One

  

  As he heads into a second term with sweeping ambition in an era of gridlock, President Obama is assembling a new White House team that looks much like the old one, choosing familiarity over freshness even at the risk of insularity.

• UPDATE 3-US court rules Obama's appointments unconstitutional

  The court found that the Senate was not truly in recess, for the purpose of a recess appointment, when Obama in January 2012 installed three nominees to the National Labor Relations Board. Republicans argued that Obama undercut the Senate's power to confirm nominees because although most of its members were out of town, the Senate had not formally adjourned.

• COLUMN-Davos prescriptions for the U.S economy-Chrystia Freeland

  For a long time, the conventional wisdom among this crew has been that the deficit and the debt were the United States' chief economic problems. One of the most convincing signs of that switch came from an interview I did here with Lawrence H. Summers, a Harvard University economist.

• Seen and heard at Sundance

  Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah:. The business part of show business is in full swing at the Sundance Film Festival, where film buyers are cutting deals to distribute movies playing at the independent-cinema showcase.

• REUTERS MAGAZINE-The do-good profit motive-Sir Harold Evans

  Jan 21- What kind of people created the basics of our modern world? Orange juice from China, nuts from India, swordfish from Japan, salmon from Alaska... The few in business were there only to assist men, no different from women fetching the water in the villages and townships of Africa and Asia and Latin America.

• ANALYSIS-US Budget constraints limit Obama's second-term agenda

  WASHINGTON, Jan 19- President Barack Obama starts his second term in office facing unprecedented budget constraints that will challenge his ability to implement his economic vision.

• INTERVIEW-Departing aide expects more assertive Obama in second term

  *Deparle, one of top women in Obama White House, leaving. WASHINGTON, Jan 17- Americans should expect a more assertive President Barack Obama in his second term as he faces tough battles with Republicans, one of his top aides said on Thursday.

• Obama extends presidential power in bypassing Congress on gun control

  *President issues 23 actions sidestepping Congress. WASHINGTON, Jan 17- During the past two years as his frustration with a "dysfunctional" Congress has grown, President Barack Obama has resorted to bypassing the legislative branch as he did on Wednesday to implement tighter gun control laws.

• UPDATE 1-Irish cellphone entrepreneur banks on a smarter Haiti

  Six years later O'Brien's company Digicel is the largest private investor in Haiti and has 4.8 million users, about half the population. O'Brien's ambitious plans for Digicel are part of his bullish vision for Haiti which stands in sharp contrast to the usually gloomy forecasts for a nation crippled by perpetual political turmoil and natural disasters.

• FEATURE-Irish cellphone entrepreneur banks on a smarter Haiti

  Six years later O'Brien's company Digicel is the largest private investor in Haiti and has 4.8 million users, about half the population. O'Brien's ambitious plans for Digicel are part of his bullish vision for Haiti which stands in sharp contrast to the usually gloomy forecasts for a nation crippled by perpetual political turmoil and natural disasters.

• Republicans push alternative to default in debt-ceiling battle

  Treasury to make interest payments on U.S. bonds first and then prioritize other government outlays in case Congress does not raise the debt ceiling.

• ANALYSIS-In spending wars, Obama strikes at Republican leverage

  *Democrats try to blunt Republican advantage on debt limit.

• NEWSMAKER-Senate appropriations boss to help divvy up shrinking pie

  WASHINGTON, Jan 15- Last year when NASA researchers in Baltimore discovered the fleeting glimmer of an exploding star, they named it "Supernova Mikulski," after one of their chief patrons in the U.S. Congress.

• 'Argo' Scores Sweet Golden Globe Victory With Two Top Awards

  

  Iran hostage drama "Argo" scored a sweet double victory at the Golden Globe awards on Sunday, winning best movie drama - the night's top prize - and best director for Ben Affleck on a night that left front-runner "Lincoln" with just one trophy.

• UPDATE 5-'Argo' scores sweet Golden Globe victory with two top awards

  *Jodie Foster comes out publicly as gay. BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Jan 13- Iran hostage drama "Argo" scored a sweet double victory at the Golden Globe awards on Sunday, winning best movie drama- the night's top prize- and best director for Ben Affleck on a night that left front-runner "Lincoln" with just one trophy.

• UPDATE 4-'Argo' bests 'Lincoln' at Golden Globes

  BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Jan 13- Iran hostage drama "Argo" and musical "Les Miserables" were the big winners at the Golden Globes on Sunday, while presumed front-runner "Lincoln" received just one trophy.

• UPDATE 3-'Django Unchained' steals early 'Lincoln' thunder at Golden Globes

  *Anne Hathaway wins for "Les Miserables" performance. BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Jan 13- Jennifer Lawrence and Anne Hathaway took home Golden Globes on Sunday, while Quentin Tarantino's quirky slavery Western picked up two early awards that could undermine the fortunes of front-runner "Lincoln."

• ANALYSIS-Obama's Treasury choice untested outside budget expertise

  Jack Lew, Obama's chief of staff, was chosen to lead the Treasury Department as the White House heads into another round of difficult talks with Congress on how to put the nation on a sound fiscal path.