United States

Thursday, October 27th 2011 - 23:22 UTC
Obama upbeat with the EU deal and improved performance of the US economy

President Barack Obama said on Thursday that European Union leaders have laid “a critical foundation” to solve the Euro zone debt crisis with their deal announced Wednesday evening.
Thursday, October 27th 2011 - 20:09 UTC
Wall Street growing insider trading scandal catches another big fish

Ex-Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta has turned himself in to the FBI and pleaded not guilty in court to securities fraud before being freed on a 10 million dollars bail.
Wednesday, October 26th 2011 - 02:56 UTC
CFK will meet Obama (on his request) during the G20 summit in France

US President Barack Obama has requested to meet with recently re-elected President Cristina Fernández during the next G20 summit to be held on the 3rd and 4th of November in Cannes, France.
Wednesday, October 26th 2011 - 02:53 UTC
UN assembly calls on the US (for the 20th time) to lift trade embargo against Cuba

The UN General Assembly called on Tuesday for the 20th straight year on the United States to lift its trade embargo against Cuba, as the communist-run island dismissed as fraudulent US moves to ease some restrictions.
Tuesday, October 25th 2011 - 21:06 UTC
US disassembles last of Cold War’s most potent nuclear bombs

The last of the United States' most powerful nuclear bombs — a weapon hundreds of times more destructive than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima — is being disassembled nearly fifty years after it was put into service, informed Tuesday the newspaper Texas Star-Telegram.
Tuesday, October 25th 2011 - 04:00 UTC
US to rescue borrowers whose loans are worth more than their homes

The US housing market regulator has agreed to extend a refinancing scheme for borrowers whose loans are worth more than their homes.
Monday, October 24th 2011 - 22:55 UTC
US government sends e-mailed congratulations to re-elected Argentine president

The US Government congratulated President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner after being re-elected and assured that it will continue to work with the Argentine government to strengthen bilateral ties, State Department spokesman for Latin America William Ostick said.
Monday, October 24th 2011 - 14:31 UTC
Biting ants invade by the millions Florida, Mississippi, Texas and Louisiana

It sounds like a horror movie: Biting ants invade by the millions. A camper's metal walls bulge from the pressure of ants nesting behind them. A circle of poison stops them for only a day, and then a fresh horde shows up, bringing babies. Stand in the yard, and in seconds ants cover your shoes.
Saturday, October 22nd 2011 - 11:02 UTC
The modern lords of finance are losing their immunity, says Paul Krugman

As the Occupy Wall Street movement continues to grow, the response from the movement’s targets has gradually changed: contemptuous dismissal has been replaced by whining. (A reader of my blog suggests that we start calling our ruling class the “kvetchocracy.”) The modern lords of finance look at the protesters and ask: Don’t they understand what we’ve done for the U.S. economy?
Saturday, October 22nd 2011 - 04:28 UTC
Protestors march in Manhattan and camp before London’s St Paul cathedral

Occupy Wall Street inspired protestors were on the move on Friday in two emblematic places of both New York and in London: in the financial heart of Manhattan and before St Paul’s Cathedral.