The United States and South Korea reached a compromise agreement for the terms of a free-trade agreement originally negotiated back in 2007. President Barack Obama had hoped to reach a compromise agreement in time for the G-20 summit meetings in South Korea last month but the two sides were unable to strike a deal until… Read more »

At an investor conference earlier this week, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz stated that Starbucks will triple the number of locations it has in China. Starbucks currently has 406 stores in China and plans to have more than 1,500 by 2015. This expansion would make China the firm’s largest market outside of the United States. In… Read more »