United States

• 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movement continues to grow, the response from the movement’s targets has gradually changed: contemptuous dismissal has been replaced by whining.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.

• Saturday, October 22nd 2011 - 00:38 UTC

  NATO seven-month ‘United Protector’ campaign in Libya comes to an end this month

  

  NATO plans to end its seven-month air and sea campaign in Libya at the end of October, Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Friday, the day after the death of Muammar Gaddafi.

• Saturday, October 22nd 2011 - 00:37 UTC

  Obama announces end of war in Iraq and will pull out troops by end of the year

  

  President Barack Obama vowed to pull all US troops from Iraq this year, symbolically ending the war but dashing US hopes of leaving a few thousand troops to buttress a still shaky Iraq and offset neighbouring Iran's influence.

• Wednesday, October 19th 2011 - 07:15 UTC

  Another face of American Airlines

  

  ”Welcome to our oneworld Alliance!” In his jovial and gentlemanly manner, Art Torno, American Airline's Vice President - New York, welcomed members of the Foreign Press Association on board the world of alliances and other topics regarding today's aviation industry.

• Saturday, October 15th 2011 - 18:42 UTC

  US Treasury freezes the Chinese Yuan manipulation claim controversy

  

  The US Treasury has delayed a ruling on whether China manipulates its currency to gain an unfair trade advantage until later this year. It said the move “will give us a chance to assess progress following several international meetings”. Critics of China say it keeps the Yuan low to keep its exports cheap.

• Saturday, October 15th 2011 - 04:25 UTC

  Developing economies proposal to double size of IMF shot down by main members

  

  Proposals to double the size of the IMF as part of a broader international response to Europe's debt crisis immediately ran into resistance from the United States and others, burying the idea for now and firmly putting the onus back on Europe.

• Thursday, October 13th 2011 - 23:20 UTC

  Fed’s 10-member split in three on stimulus measures, reveal minutes

  

  Three members of the Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee (FOMC) voted against the Fed's latest stimulus measures at its meeting last month, minutes have revealed.

• Thursday, October 13th 2011 - 07:53 UTC

  Uruguayan First Lady described Vazquez ‘war hypotheses as absurd and a kids’ anecdote

  

  Uruguay’s First Lady Lucia Topolansky described statements from former president Tabare Vazquez referred to a possible ‘war hypotheses’ with Argentina over the paper mill conflict as ‘absurd’ and recommended those words shouldn’t be considered more than a simple kids’ anecdote.

• Thursday, October 13th 2011 - 07:51 UTC

  Argentina denies any ‘war hypothesis’ with Uruguay over controversial pulp mill

  

  Argentine officials reacted strongly to remarks from former Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez who revealed that during the prolonged diplomatic conflict with Argentina over the construction of the Botnia-UPM pulp plant, he feared the situation could have led to an armed confrontation.