Tag: United States

• Saturday, September 3rd 2011 - 08:01 UTC

  “Argentina’s turnaround tango” as an inspiration for Obama and US Congress

  

  An opinion editorial of the US newspaper The New York Times titled “Argentina’s turnaround tango” stated that President Barack Obama and the US Congress should look to Argentina “for inspiration” in economic policies issues. Nevertheless, the article also warned about the corruption and “government opacity“of the Latin American country.

• Friday, September 2nd 2011 - 08:39 UTC

  Thatcher and Falklands’ military campaign invoked by US presidential hopeful

  

  A United States congresswoman running a surprising strong campaign for the Republican presidential nomination has compared herself to ex-British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in a foreign policy speech aimed in part at convincing US veterans that she would make a strong commander in chief.

• Friday, September 2nd 2011 - 08:31 UTC

  Obama hints mix of tax cuts and infrastructure spending in next week jobs speech

  

  US President Barack Obama sharply cut estimates for US economic growth, underscoring the difficult challenge he faces in spurring a stronger recovery and creating more jobs.

• Thursday, September 1st 2011 - 02:48 UTC

  US effort to track gun-smuggling to Mexico ends in failure and major scandal

  

  The acting director of the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) and the US attorney in Arizona are resigning over a botched operation to track the flow of guns to Mexico.The ATF' Kenneth Melson had recently faced pressure by Congress to resign.

• Thursday, September 1st 2011 - 02:40 UTC

  Obama jobs’ speech before Congress request triggers political controversy

  

  US President Barack Obama says he will announce plans to promote jobs and economic growth in a speech to Congress next week, although there is a now a dispute involving the Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives over the timing of the event.

• Wednesday, August 31st 2011 - 21:29 UTC

  Controversy over US highest paid CEOs and taxes paid by their companies

  

  The 25 highest paid US chief executives earned more last year than their companies paid in federal income tax, a study has said. The average annual remuneration of the 25 bosses was 16.7 million dollars, the left leaning think tank Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) found.

• Wednesday, August 31st 2011 - 09:00 UTC

  Dissenting Fed member pledges unity but makes different reading of data available

  

  Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Narayana Kocherlakota signalled he would not attempt to annul the Fed’s commitment to keep interest rates near zero through mid-2013.

• Saturday, August 27th 2011 - 07:35 UTC

  New York evacuates 250.000 people in anticipation of hurricane Irene

  

  Authorities in New York City ordered mandatory evacuation of all low-lying areas before Hurricane Irene hits, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Friday. Bloomberg told a press conference that the evacuation - estimated at more than 250,000 people - could begin when shelters open at 4 pm.

• Saturday, August 27th 2011 - 07:21 UTC

  Mexico demands crackdown on drugs in the US following casino carnage

  

  Mexican President Felipe Calderon declared three days of mourning Friday and demanded a crackdown on drugs in the United States after armed men torched a casino in northern Mexico, killing at least 65 people.

• Wednesday, August 24th 2011 - 04:24 UTC

  Strong earthquake rattles Washington, New York, Virginia and Toronto area

  

  A strong earthquake rattled the United States East Coast, sending tremors as far as Canada, shaking Washington and scaring thousands of office workers who fled onto the streets.