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  • Saturday, January 7th 2017 - 08:42 UTC

    Obama's legacy, a robust jobs market with wage growth accelerating

    Over the last year of Barack Obama's presidency, job growth reached 2.2 million, down from 2.7 million in 2015.

    US businesses added 156,000 jobs in December in the last release of key economic data before Donald Trump is sworn in as US president. The number of jobs created fell from an upwardly revised 204,000 in November and came in below market expectations of 175,000 new roles. The jobless rate edged up last month to 4.7% from 4.6%.

  • Thursday, January 5th 2017 - 09:47 UTC

    Trump nominates Wall Street lawyer to head Securities and Exchange Commission

    Clayton, in a statement, thanked Trump for the nomination and said he will work with financial stakeholders to restore confidence in American investments.

    President-elect Donald Trump said on Wednesday he plans to nominate Wall Street lawyer Jay Clayton to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, which regulates financial markets in the U.S. Clayton currently works as a partner with the law firm Sullivan & Cromwell where he specializes in public and private mergers and has worked on several high-profile initial public offerings.

  • Thursday, January 5th 2017 - 08:42 UTC

    Assange rescues Trump: “A 14-year old kid could have hacked”, into the Clinton campaign emails

    “We published [...] several emails which show Podesta responding to a phishing email,” Assange said in an interview with Fox News presenter Sean Hannity

    The founder of whistle blowing website WikiLeaks has said that even a teenager would have had the technical skills needed to break into the personal email inbox of John Podesta, a close aide to Hillary Clinton who was recently targeted by hackers with suspected links to Russia.

  • Wednesday, January 4th 2017 - 10:08 UTC

    Trump reminds Republicans in Congress who's the boss and the agenda priority

    When Trump takes office on January 20, Republicans will run both chambers of Congress and the White House for the first time since 2007

    United Stated House Republicans were forced to back down on Tuesday on plans to throw out a congressional ethics office as Donald Trump rebuked them over the move, in an embarrassing clash with the president-elect on the day the new Congress was sworn in.

  • Monday, January 2nd 2017 - 08:58 UTC

    Don't trust computers, important stuff write it and have it delivered by courier, recommends Trump

    “I know a lot about hacking. And hacking is a very hard thing to prove. So it could be somebody else. And I also know things that other people don’t know”

    President-elect Donald J. Trump, expressing skepticism about intelligence assessments of Russian interference in the US election, said that he knew “things that other people don’t know” about the hacking, and that the information would be revealed “Tuesday or Wednesday.” He also underlined that no computer is safe and recommended sending important information the old fashion way, write it out and have it delivered by courier.

  • Thursday, December 29th 2016 - 22:51 UTC

    Obama's gov't expels 35 Russian diplomats - Moscow to take reciprocal steps

    Russian lawmaker Vladimir Dzhabarov warned there will be “reciprocal steps.”

    The government of the United States Thursday expelled 35 Russian diplomats from Washington and San Francisco, US Department of State said in an official statement. Meanwhile, lawmaker Vladimir Dzhabarov, who is Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council's (Parliamantary Upper House) warned that “reciprocal steps will be made with regards to the U.S. embassy in Moscow and, quite possibly, the consulates will be cut down in size as well.” In any case, it is believed that this decision “will destroy diplomatic relations” between the two countries, as one Kremlin source put it.

  • Tuesday, December 27th 2016 - 09:03 UTC

    Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse reach payment deals with US authorities on sub-prime scams

    Deutsche and Suisse Credit agreed to pay US$ 72.bn and US$ 5.28bn respectively to US authorities to settle the dispute. Barclays could be next.

    Germany's Deutsche Bank announced it has agreed a US$7.2bn payment to US authorities over an investigation into mortgage-backed securities. The sum, which needs final approval, is far lower than the US$14bn the US had asked the bank to pay in September. The looming fine had caused concerns that a failure of the bank could pose a risk to the global financial system.

  • Saturday, December 24th 2016 - 03:44 UTC

    US economy expands 3.5% annualized in the third quarter

    The Department of Commerce said consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of the US economy, increased at a rate of 3%

    The US economy grew even faster than thought in the July-to-September period, latest official figures indicate. The world's largest economy grew at an annualized rate of 3.5% in the quarter, up from an earlier estimate of 3.2%, the Department of Commerce said.

  • Friday, December 23rd 2016 - 02:06 UTC

    Argentine lemons re-entry spark protests from California citrus growers

    Most Argentina lemons are expected to be shipped to the U.S. between April 1 and August 31, according to the USDA.

    Sparking protest from California citrus leaders, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has ruled that fresh lemons from Argentina will be allowed to be imported into the U.S. The rule is the result of ten years of study on pest risks associated with Argentina lemons, according to the USDA. A proposal to allow Argentina lemon imports was published in May this year and received more than 400 comments.

  • Friday, December 23rd 2016 - 01:46 UTC

    Brazil's Odebrecht breaks another penalty record, this time in US court: US$ 3.5bn

    Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who Brazilian prosecutors say oversaw a scheme in which Odebrecht paid 75 million reais (US$22.18 million) in bribes to win eight Petrobras contra

    Brazil's construction colossus Odebrecht and affiliated petrochemical company Braskem SA agreed on Wednesday in New York to pay at least US$3.5 billion, the largest penalty ever in a foreign bribery case, to resolve international charges involving payoffs to Brazil's state oil company and others.