WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Rising U.S. jobless rate could bring substantial uncertainty to next year's midterm elections, according to experts, media and politicians. The jobless rate jumped to 4 ...

TOKYO, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks ended mixed on Wednesday as investors traded cautiously amid growing uncertainty about the U.S. economic outlook and the timing of future interest rate cuts by ...