Tag: United States

• Tuesday, June 14th 2011 - 22:08 UTC

  Iraq reconstruction 6.6bn USD are missing, says official US investigation

  

  Some 6.6bn US dollars flown into Iraq eight years ago may have been stolen, according to a US official investigating fraud in the country. The missing money may represent “the largest theft of funds in national history”, investigator Stuart Bowen told the Los Angeles Times newspaper.

• Monday, June 13th 2011 - 12:10 UTC

  US main interest is a “stable Argentina”, warns Falklands Task Force head

  

  The head of the Royal Navy Task Force that recovered the Falkland Islands during the 1982 South Atlantic conflict has warned about UK defense cuts and underlined that United States has little interest in supporting Britain in any conflict since a stable Argentina is more important to the State Department.

• Friday, June 10th 2011 - 03:56 UTC

  Record exports in April helped to lower US trade deficit by 6.7%

  

  Exports of US goods and services rose to a record 175.6bn in April, helping to shrink its trade deficit. Data from the Commerce Department showed the gap between imports and exports fell by 6.7% to 43.7bn as manufacturers shipped more items such as computers.

• Wednesday, June 8th 2011 - 23:38 UTC

  Bernanke admits US recovery is “frustratingly slow”, but will gain speed in second half

  

  US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the “frustratingly slow” US recovery warrants sustained monetary stimulus while predicting that growth will gain speed in the second half of the year.

• Wednesday, June 8th 2011 - 06:13 UTC

  Humala calls US a ‘strategic partner’ and plans to discuss taxes with corporations

  

  Peru's nationalist president-elect Ollanta Humala said on Tuesday he will chart his own course, described the US as a ‘strategic partner’ and promised to discuss with mining companies his plans to tax windfall earnings to pay for social programs.

• Monday, June 6th 2011 - 17:53 UTC

  Controversy in the US over a 20% down-payment on home loans

  

  The United States mortgage market has gone and is going through rough changes. Many laws have been introduced regarding lending and borrowing and a new initiative is again triggering debate as to its effects on the mortgage market.

• Monday, June 6th 2011 - 06:06 UTC

  US Lower House questions President Obama on Libyan conflict policy

  

  The United States House of Representatives demanded that President Barack Obama clarify the US role in the conflict in Libya, but rejected an attempt to force him to end America's military involvement there.

• Friday, June 3rd 2011 - 23:22 UTC

  White House admits jobless rate is “unacceptably high” following May’s 9.1%

  

  White House said on Friday the US unemployment rate was unacceptably high while trying to put a brave face on a report that showed employers hired far fewer workers than expected in May.

• Friday, June 3rd 2011 - 17:46 UTC

  Hispanic population ‘tsunami’ in the US: in ten years it doubled in nine states

  

  A new report from the United States Census Bureau shows that the biggest jumps in the Hispanic population over the past decade were seen in the Deep South and Midwest in places such as South Carolina, Alabama and South Dakota.

• Monday, May 30th 2011 - 02:52 UTC

  National Ballet of Cuba and the legendary Alicia Alonso on US month long tour

  

  The National Ballet of Cuba plans to deliver a “message of peace” when it starts its first United States tour in eight years, said renowned director, Alicia Alonso. The visit is expected to last one month.