United States

Wednesday, June 3rd 2009 - 08:31 UTC
Ford recovering US market share with sales up 20% from April

Ford, the only one of the “Big Three” US carmakers not to have gone bankrupt, has reported its share of the US market in May was its highest since 2006.
Tuesday, June 2nd 2009 - 10:40 UTC
Cisco and Travelers to replace Citi and GM in Dow Jones average

Shock waves of the financial crisis and its impact on the real economy have reached the United States Dow Jones Industrial Average which announced Monday the replacing of two iconic shares from its thirty blue chips index, announced Dow Jones & Company.
Tuesday, June 2nd 2009 - 04:11 UTC
End of an era for US auto industry: GM files for protection

Car giant General Motors (GM) has filed for bankruptcy protection, marking the biggest failure of an industrial company in US history. The widely expected move comes after GM had seen its losses widen following a steep fall in sales in recent years.
Monday, June 1st 2009 - 07:50 UTC
Cuba/US step closer agree to resume migration talks

Cuba has agreed to resume talks with the United States over migration and mail service between the two countries, two senior US State Department officials said on Sunday.
Saturday, May 30th 2009 - 15:35 UTC
Mixed signals from the US economy: decline softening

The US economy shrank at an annual pace of 5.7% in the first quarter, a less severe drop than initially reported but still the second-biggest quarterly decline in 27 years, according to the US Commerce Department.
Friday, May 29th 2009 - 04:04 UTC
A Tribute to Outgoing United States Assistant Secretary of State Tom Shannon

In the coming weeks, Dr. Thomas A. Shannon, who protected a rational regional policy from the ideological knives of the Bush administration, will step down as Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs. By that time, President Obama’s pick for the job, Georgetown University Professor Arturo Valenzuela, will be confirmed by the Senate.
Thursday, May 28th 2009 - 12:07 UTC
US reintroduction of dairy export subsidies trigger barrage of criticisms

Twenty-nine countries at the World Trade Organization criticized the United States on Wednesday for reintroducing export subsidies on US dairy products, calling the handouts a dangerous retreat into protectionism and warning of “subsidy wars.”
Wednesday, May 27th 2009 - 06:30 UTC
Obama nominates Latino woman to Supreme Court

President Barack Obama has nominated Sonia Sotomayor to serve on the country's Supreme Court. Ms Sotomayor, 54, who has now to be approved by a Senate vote, would be the first Hispanic to take the position.
Saturday, May 23rd 2009 - 15:21 UTC
Obama signs credit card holders “Bill of Rights”

Credit card companies in the US will be bound by new restrictions on their ability to charge fees, or raise interest rates on existing borrowings. On Friday, President Barack Obama is signed a new law which will come into full effect next February.
Saturday, May 23rd 2009 - 15:05 UTC
Obama administration invites Cuba to resume migration talks

The United States Department said on Friday it had offered to resume talks with Cuba about Cuban migration to the United States, a fresh sign of US President Barack Obama’s effort to comply, even partially, with the virtually unanimous request from Latinamerica to improve relations with the Castro regime.