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The article discusses the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS's) efforts to oust Howard Solomon from his role as chief executive at drug maker Forest Laboratories Inc. In 2010 Forest paid $313 million in civil and criminal penalties for alleged marketing improprieties. Since then HSS has informed Forest that the U.S. government will no longer do business with it.

The article reports that large U.S. multinational companies have been hiring more workers abroad than in the U.S. Figures from the U.S, Commerce Department show that between 2000 and 2009 multinationals added 2.4 million jobs overseas but eliminated 2.9 million U.S. jobs. Jeffrey Immelt, chief executive of conglomerate General Electric Co., has said markets rather than labor costs govern his firm's overseas expansion.

The article focuses on the 2011 spending bill passed by the U.S. Congress that eliminated a program intended to educate students about the history of the whaling industry.

This section offers news briefs related to sports, including U.S. President Barack Obama's refusal to tackle the National Football League's labor dispute and the success of Scottish coaches in the Premier League.