Tag: United States

• Monday, November 5th 2012 - 13:45 UTC

  G20 puts the US ‘fiscal cliff’ as the biggest short term threat to global growth

  

  The leading world economies pressed the United States on Sunday to act decisively to avert a rush of spending cuts and tax hikes, warning that the so-called ‘fiscal cliff’ is the biggest short-term threat to global growth.

• Friday, November 2nd 2012 - 08:22 UTC

  The United States elections, as seen from India

  

  By Rengaraj Viswanathan - In India, people are amused and puzzled, depressed and disinterested and occasionally inspired by the long and loud, colourful and typical American show that goes by the name of the presidential election.

• Thursday, November 1st 2012 - 06:40 UTC

  Wall Street returned to life with average trading volume; most buildings in the area with no power

  

  The US stock market slowly returned to life on Wednesday after two days in the dark, in the wake of the massive storm Sandy that caused the market's first weather-related two-day closure since the late 19th century.

• Thursday, October 25th 2012 - 00:10 UTC

  Fed pledges all efforts and policy tools to combat “elevated” unemployment

  

  In its last meeting before the November 6 presidential election, the Federal Reserve confirmed its current fresh-money support program for the recovery of the US economy arguing that growth continues slowly and unemployment rate “remains elevated”.

• Wednesday, October 24th 2012 - 21:04 UTC

  First time in US presidential race history that no candidates are WASP

  

  Argentine political analyst and historian Rosendo Fraga writes about the US presidential elections and their global impact, plus underlining some interesting facts about the country’s population and religion trends and their impacts.

• Monday, October 22nd 2012 - 18:46 UTC

  WTO upholds ruling favouring the US in steel products dispute with China

  

  The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has upheld its decision that China's tariffs on imports of certain US steel products were illegal. Beijing had imposed duties on a particular kind of US steel, alleging that its makers were being given subsidies by the US government.

• Friday, October 19th 2012 - 00:02 UTC

  Obama administration admits trade, security and migration as pending issues with Latam

  

  President Barak Obama ends his four years in January with free trade and security, particularly in Central America, as pending issues to develop in Latin America, said Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta Jackson in a press round with foreign correspondents.

• Thursday, October 18th 2012 - 23:13 UTC

  Hilary Clinton announces “energy diplomacy”, an issue of “wealth and power”

  

  Energy is key to economic development and political stability, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday, citing example of developing countries like India and China where energy needs are growing rapidly along with their economies.

• Thursday, October 11th 2012 - 05:58 UTC

  The Americas Defence ministers’ conference divided on Falklands/Malvinas issue

  

  Argentina’s sovereignty claim over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands continues to generate discrepancies among countries of the Americas, as was exposed in the Declaration of Punta del Este, at the end of the X Conference of Defence Ministers of the Americas which took place in Uruguay.

• Wednesday, October 10th 2012 - 08:40 UTC

  US outbreak of fungal meningitis triggers debate on pharmaceutical compounding

  

  A rare US outbreak of fungal meningitis linked to steroid injections has claimed four more lives with Florida the latest state to report at least one death linked to the illness in a widening health scare, authorities said on Tuesday.