United States

• Friday, May 6th 2016 - 07:00 UTC

  Republican party orthodoxy waiting for a unifying message from the Trump challenge

  

  United States Speaker of the Lower House and one of the most powerful members of the Republican party, Paul D. Ryan thrust open Thursday the discomfort that many party members are feeling about Donald Trump as their presumed presidential nominee, withholding his support and deepening the fracture between the outsider candidate and the party he hopes to lead.

• Wednesday, May 4th 2016 - 07:49 UTC

  “We're going after Hillary Clinton”, says Trump as Cruz leaves the primary

  

  Texas Sen. Ted Cruz cleared the path on Tuesday night for Donald Trump to claim the Republican presidential nomination, suspending his underdog campaign following a crushing defeat in the Indiana primary, allowing the billionaire businessman to effectively leave the raucous primary behind and turn his attention squarely to the general election.“We’re gonna win in November,” Trump said.

• Tuesday, May 3rd 2016 - 07:12 UTC

  Miami sea-food sentenced for falsely labeling Chilean salmon as Scottish

  

  A Miami-located seafood company was sentenced in a Federal Court for falsely labeling salmon in December 2012 in violation of the Lacey Act, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) informed.

• Monday, May 2nd 2016 - 08:39 UTC

  “Adonia”, the first US cruise vessel in fifty years to dock in Havana on Monday

  

  The first US cruise ship bound for Cuba in half a century set sail from Florida on Sunday, marking a new milestone in the rapprochement between Washington and Havana. The Adonia, a vessel from the Carnival cruise's Fathom line, raised its anchors and departed from Miami, the heart of the Cuban diaspora in the United States, around 4:00 pm.

• Thursday, April 28th 2016 - 07:22 UTC

  Fed leaves rates unchanged; expectations over an increase move to June

  

  The U.S. Federal Reserve did what many expected on Wednesday as it left its key interest rate range unchanged. The central bank maintained its overnight lending rate for banks at a target range of between 0.25 and 0.50% where it has been since it was boosted from near zero back in December. Expectations now have moved to the two-day meeting on 14/15 June.

• Wednesday, April 27th 2016 - 10:44 UTC

  Paul Singer praises Macri but warns about negative impact from Collective Action Clauses

  

  Financier Paul Singer again took to the US media to celebrate Argentine President Mauricio Macri’s decision to settle with the so-called “speculative” creditors, including Singer’s own Elliott Management, with an article in the Wall Street Journal heaping praise on his business-friendly approach and willingness to negotiate with the holdouts.

• Sunday, April 24th 2016 - 09:03 UTC

  Anti/slavery crusader Harriet Tubman will command the $20 dollar bill

  

  Anti-slavery crusader Harriet Tubman will become the first African-American to be featured on the face of US paper currency when she replaces President Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill. She will also be the first woman on US paper currency in more than a century.

• Sunday, April 24th 2016 - 08:26 UTC

  International major effort to cooperate on tax issues and halt evasion and elusion

  

  The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank are joining forces with other international organizations to cooperate on tax issues and develop new tools and standards to halt tax base erosion and evasion.

• Saturday, April 23rd 2016 - 10:46 UTC

  Treasury Secretary Lew praises Argentina for its reintegration to the global economy

  

  United States Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew celebrated Argentina's return to international markets and reintegration to the global economy, following the final settlement with holdout creditors, which it described as a major milestone not only for Argentina but for the global financial system.

• Friday, April 22nd 2016 - 15:51 UTC

  Carnival cruise to Havana triggers controversy with Cuban/Americans who allege discrimination

  

  A federal lawsuit is claiming that Carnival Corporation is discriminating against Cuban-Americans who weren’t allowed to book tickets on a cruise to the Castro brothers dominated country. CNN reports that when Carnival announced plans for a cruise ship from its Fathom line to sail from Miami to Havana in May, Francisco Marty jumped at the opportunity to surprise his children with a trip back to their native land.