United States

Wednesday, October 24th 2012 - 21:04 UTC
First time in US presidential race history that no candidates are WASP

Argentine political analyst and historian Rosendo Fraga writes about the US presidential elections and their global impact, plus underlining some interesting facts about the country’s population and religion trends and their impacts.
Tuesday, October 23rd 2012 - 03:15 UTC
“How to Look Expensive”, the international beauty bible that suits body and budget

By Teresita D'Alessandro* - Reading “How to Look Expensive,” the new book written by Glamour Magazine’s Contributing Beauty Editor, Andrea Pomerantz Lustig, makes you feel like you found the pot of gold at the end of a fashionable rainbow!
Tuesday, October 23rd 2012 - 01:37 UTC
US oil company team visit Falklands to assess industry’s infrastructure support

US based Noble Energy and farm-in partners with Falkland Islands Oil and Gas (FOGL) visited the Falklands to meet with their partners and the Falklands government and to assess in-situ the oil related infrastructure.
Friday, October 19th 2012 - 00:02 UTC
Obama administration admits trade, security and migration as pending issues with Latam

President Barak Obama ends his four years in January with free trade and security, particularly in Central America, as pending issues to develop in Latin America, said Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta Jackson in a press round with foreign correspondents.
Thursday, October 18th 2012 - 23:13 UTC
Hilary Clinton announces “energy diplomacy”, an issue of “wealth and power”

Energy is key to economic development and political stability, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday, citing example of developing countries like India and China where energy needs are growing rapidly along with their economies.
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.