Tag: United States

Tuesday, October 11th 2011 - 07:44 UTC
”We are the 99%” protestors in downtown Chicago disrupt bankers’ events

Thousands of protesters, including teachers and religious leaders, converged on downtown Chicago Monday to rally against economic inequality, with two financial industry events in their crosshairs.
Tuesday, October 11th 2011 - 07:38 UTC
Business leaders tell Obama how millions of jobs could be created

President Barack Obama could create millions of jobs by attracting more foreign capital to the United States, helping entrepreneurs and being more aggressive in energy, business leaders said.
Monday, October 10th 2011 - 05:24 UTC
“Occupy Wall Street” demonstrators try to move from spontaneous to organized

United States ‘Occupy-Wall Street” demonstrators said they are growing out of their lower Manhattan encampment and are exploring options to expand to other public spaces in New York City.
Thursday, October 6th 2011 - 05:01 UTC
“Occupy Wall Street” movement spreads from New York across the US

Demonstrators from New York City to San Francisco took to the streets Wednesday to protest what they call a growing wealth disparity between large US corporations and average citizens in the wake of the financial crisis.
Wednesday, October 5th 2011 - 07:46 UTC
US congress bipartisan support for trade agreements with Colombia, Korea and Panama

United States industry leaders have welcomed words of encouragement from Republican congressional leaders that have given new hope for implementation of proposed US free trade agreements (FTA) with Korea, Colombia and Panama.
Tuesday, October 4th 2011 - 19:52 UTC
Federal Reserve tries to calm markets; promises further action to prop the economy

The Federal Reserve is prepared to take further steps to help a fragile economic recovery held back by a weak job market and financial stresses in Europe, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Tuesday.
Monday, October 3rd 2011 - 08:01 UTC
US with highest poverty levels in 52 years: 46.2m including 14.7m children

Poverty in the United States has grown steadily in the past few years. According to the US Census bureau, 46.2 million people lived in poverty in 2010, the highest in the 52 years poverty estimates have been published.
Monday, October 3rd 2011 - 06:56 UTC
US regulator says it has discovered ‘apparent failures’ at 10 credit rating agencies

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has discovered “apparent failures” at 10 credit rating agencies. SEC said it was concerned that the agencies - including Standard & Poor's (S&P) and Moody's - were not making timely and accurate disclosures or managing conflicts of interest.
Saturday, October 1st 2011 - 05:34 UTC
NYC mayor blasts US visa policy: turning away skilled workers ‘national suicide’

The United States needs to allow more visas to help the economy and should let highly skilled engineers who study in US universities stay in the country, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said in Washington.
Friday, September 30th 2011 - 01:32 UTC
Dissident Fed member forecasts a ‘painfully protracted recovery’

Federal Reserve's move last week to further lower borrowing costs was risky and won't significantly speed up a “painfully protracted” recovery, one of the officials who dissented against the decision said on Thursday.