United States

Thursday, November 7th 2013 - 08:11 UTC
US Tuesday governors' election brings forward a generation of pragmatic leaders

United States Tuesday's election results point the way to next year's mid-term elections and showed the emergence of several candidates with the charisma, age and capacity to attract outside voters that could help them have a go at the White House in three years time.
Wednesday, November 6th 2013 - 03:26 UTC
Brazil marks distance from US spying: 'we did not violate anyone's privacy rights'

Brazil's Minster of Justice Jose Eduardo Cardozo said on Tuesday that the spying performed by his country's intelligence agency did not violate anyone's privacy rights - unlike the spying committed by the United States.
Wednesday, November 6th 2013 - 02:05 UTC
US Treasury and IRS announce further steps to curtail offshore tax evasion

The United States Department of Treasury says it is taking steps to curtail offshore tax evasion in the Caribbean and other places. The US Treasury Department along with the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have issued a notice for foreign financial institutions (FFIs) to comply with information reporting and withholding tax provisions of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA).
Thursday, October 31st 2013 - 20:29 UTC
Washington pledges not to spy on UN communications system

The United Nations said that the United States has pledged not to spy on the world body's communications after a report that the National Security Agency had gained access to the UN video conferencing system.
Thursday, October 31st 2013 - 03:46 UTC
US with the lowest federal budget deficit since 2008: surplus in September

Tax increases, spending cuts and a stronger economy nearly sliced the United States budget deficit in half in fiscal 2013, reducing it to the lowest level since 2008, Treasury Department data showed. The federal government took in 75.1 billion more than it spent last month, leaving the deficit for the fiscal year, which runs from October to September, at 680 billion, down from 1.09 trillion in 2012.
Wednesday, October 30th 2013 - 21:29 UTC
Fed continues with bond purchases: shutdown of US government affected reliable stats

The Federal Reserve decided on Wednesday to press on with the 85 billion dollars in monthly bond purchases, saying it needs to see more evidence that the economy will continue to improve.
Friday, October 25th 2013 - 05:56 UTC
US company pays heavy fined for bribing in several countries, including Argentina

The United States company Stryker Corp., the second-largest seller of orthopaedic devices, will pay more than 13.2 million dollars to settle U.S. regulatory claims that subsidiaries paid bribes in five countries to gain or retain business.
Friday, October 25th 2013 - 02:30 UTC
US monitored phone conversations of 35 world leaders according to Snowden

The United States monitored the phone conversations of 35 world leaders according to classified documents leaked by fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden, Britain's Guardian newspaper said.
Wednesday, October 23rd 2013 - 20:20 UTC
Four US super rich contributed 133 million dollars to the 2012 elections, says Wealth-X

As the United States Supreme Court considers whether to remove limits on individuals’ contributions to candidates, political parties and political action committees, Wealth-X released a list of the top five public political donors leading up to the 2012 elections and since then.
Wednesday, October 23rd 2013 - 00:01 UTC
JP Morgan faces record 13 billion dollars fine for mortgage-backed securities

US banking giant JP Morgan is set for a record 13 billion dollars fine to settle investigations into its mortgage-backed securities, US media reports have said. A tentative deal is believed to have been reached in talks with senior US Justice Department officials.