DRESDEN, Germany – Conservative challenger Angela Merkel’s party gained a seat Sunday in the last remaining district in parliamentary balloting, boosting her chances of becoming Germany’s first female chancellor and giving the party extra momentum in coalition talks to form a new government. With all 260 electoral districts reporting, Andreas …

SAN FRANCISCO – Demand from China and India for energy, industrial metals and other raw materials is a well-known investment story. But is it still a viable story? That’s what MacKenzie Davis wanted to know. So the co-manager of the RS Global Natural Resources Fund (RSNRX) visited China and India …

PITTSBURGH – United States Steel Corp. (X) said Tuesday that third-quarter profit fell 70 percent as two major blast furnaces were rebuilt and costs increased. Net income grew to $107 million, or 82 cents per share, for the July-September period from $354 million, or $2.72 per share, a year ago. …

PHILADELPHIA – Attorneys for nine women who have agreed to testify against entertainer Bill Cosby (search) in a sexual assault (search) lawsuit asked a judge Wednesday to let them take the stand anonymously. “I urge the court not to say to these women that the price of coming forward is …

JENIN, West Bank – Gunbattles erupted Friday as Palestinian security forces swept through the West Bank (search) town of Jenin (search), hunting for militants who killed an officer in an attack on a police station the day before. Dozens of police in jeeps cordoned off a northern part of the …

This is a partial transcript from “Your World with Neil Cavuto,” June 14, 2005, that was edited for clarity. NEIL CAVUTO, HOST: From the war on terror, what could potentially be a major war of a very different kind, this one far more economic, and a real trade war (search) …

YUMA, Ariz. – A Marine Harrier jet carrying four 500-pound bombs crashed Wednesday in a residential neighborhood, forcing the evacuation of 1,300 residences. There were no reports of injuries and the pilot ejected safely, authorities said. The jet was coming in for a landing at Marine Corps Air Station-Yuma (search) …

WASHINGTON – Key Senate Republicans privately reviewed suggestions Thursday for raising the Social Security retirement age while limiting future benefits for upper-wage earners, officials said, as they sought momentum for legislation atop President Bush’s second-term domestic agenda. At the same time, the prospects for swift Senate action on the controversial …

KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan army truck collided with a bus Saturday in southern Afghanistan (search), killing three villagers and wounding seven, the interior minister said. The crash occurred on the highway from the southern city of Kandahar to the Pakistani border, Interior Minister Ali Ahmad Jalali (search) told reporters …

Blacks and other minorities in the U.S. face greater colorectal cancer risks than whites, according to a new study. The results show that minorities are up to 60 percent more likely to have colorectal cancer diagnosed at an advanced stage — and up to 30 percent more likely to die …