United States

Thursday, October 18th 2012 - 01:32 UTC
US consumers increasingly demanding antibiotic-free meat and poultry

Pushing its ‘Meat Without Drugs’ campaign, the US Consumers Union recently delivered more than 500,000 signatures to Trader Joe’s in Manhattan, New York.
Thursday, October 18th 2012 - 00:32 UTC
Polls show Obama performed better than Romney, but on the economy it was not that clear

US voters say that President Barack Obama performed better than Republican rival Mitt Romney by a substantial margin in their second debate, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday.
Tuesday, October 16th 2012 - 07:23 UTC
Fungal meningitis from contaminated steroid injections keeps expanding in the US

Fungal meningitis outbreak linked to contaminated steroid injections expanded in the United States to 15 states as Pennsylvania reported its first case of the disease that has killed 15 people nationwide.
Monday, October 15th 2012 - 18:39 UTC
US dominates Nobel in Economics, this time for “market design” with ethical and legal complications

Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley have won the 2012 Nobel Prize in economics. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences cited the US academics for their work on the “theory of stable allocations and practice of market design”.
Thursday, October 11th 2012 - 23:44 UTC
US Noble Energy adds Nevada to its list of prospects which includes the Falklands

Noble Energy which expects go be extracting oil from the Falkland Islands before 2020, said on Thursday it plans to explore for crude oil in areas of Nevada that have seen little drilling, as the US exploration and production company starts to assess its longer-term prospects.
Wednesday, October 10th 2012 - 08:40 UTC
US outbreak of fungal meningitis triggers debate on pharmaceutical compounding

A rare US outbreak of fungal meningitis linked to steroid injections has claimed four more lives with Florida the latest state to report at least one death linked to the illness in a widening health scare, authorities said on Tuesday.
Monday, October 8th 2012 - 20:37 UTC
Steroid injection spreading rare form of fungal meningitis infection in the US

The United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration are quickly moving to determine the source of the fungal infection causing a rare form of meningitis that has killed seven people in nine states in the last few weeks, as the producer of the steroid injection apparently carrying the infection recalled all of its products.
Saturday, October 6th 2012 - 15:16 UTC
IMF cuts global growth estimates; calls for clear political leadership to restore confidence

The IMF has cut its global growth forecasts for this year and 2013 and called on politicians in the Euro-zone and the US to take “decisive” steps to restore confidence, a German newspaper said Friday.
Friday, October 5th 2012 - 22:51 UTC
Significant drop in US unemployment triggers controversy with former GE CEO

The US unemployment rate fell last month to its lowest rate since January 2009, figures from the Department of Labour have shown, surprising analysts who had been expecting a small rise.
Friday, October 5th 2012 - 22:47 UTC
Decline in Canada’s canola crop impacts on oilseed markets

Chicago soybean futures edged higher on Friday, building on the last two sessions of gains with support from a revival in US exports and a surprise decline in estimates for Canada's canola crop.