United States

• Sunday, August 2nd 2009 - 11:34 UTC

  South America’s nutria, one of the worst invasive species in US wetlands

  

  Billions of dollars are spent every year in the United States in an attempt to control invasive species. Plants and animals brought legally and illegally into the US have created extensive damage to the ecosystem and the economy.

• Wednesday, July 29th 2009 - 12:24 UTC

  US/China agree to fight protectionism, but doubts linger on US dollar

  

  United States and China are committed to fighting protectionism, said US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner following two days of high-level talks. The two countries share an interest in ensuring that trade remained “open and rules-based”.

• Tuesday, July 28th 2009 - 14:39 UTC

  US/China ever more competitors but also inter-dependent

  

  The relationship between United States and China will shape the 21st Century, said President Barack Obama as top officials met Monday in Washington for talks. “Co-operation, not confrontation” was the way forward, he said, with climate change, security and the economy all areas where common ground existed.

• Saturday, July 25th 2009 - 07:23 UTC

  Ford reports quarterly profit in “extremely challenging world”

  

  Ford, the only one of the “Big Three” United States carmakers not to have gone bankrupt, has reported a quarterly profit of 2.3billion US dollars. However, the profit was largely due to one-off gains related to debt restructuring, with demand for new cars remaining weak.

• Thursday, July 23rd 2009 - 14:30 UTC

  World’s largest meat processor applies for listing in New York market

  

  The United States unit of the world's largest meat processor, Brazilian JBS SA, filed for an initial public offering of up to 2 billion US dollars on Wednesday, making it the largest planned offering in the US IPO pipeline.

• Wednesday, July 22nd 2009 - 09:17 UTC

  The Fed’s Exit Strategy

  

  In anticipation of his Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the United States Congress on July 21st, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke wrote a column which basically is a synthesis of his presentation before the Committee on Financial Services from the US House of Representatives.

• Wednesday, July 22nd 2009 - 08:28 UTC

  Brazil tells Hillary of dissatisfaction with Arias mediation in Honduras crisis

  

  Brazilian Foreign Affairs Minister Celso Amorim phoned last weekend US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who was in New Delhi, India, to “express concern” about the slow pace and handling of the negotiations for the reinstatement of the democratic order in Honduras, reports Folha do Sao Paulo.

• Wednesday, July 22nd 2009 - 07:03 UTC

  US government exposure to financial crisis could reach 23.7 trillion USD

  

  The total exposure of the US government to the financial crisis could reach 23.7 trillion US dollars, according to a watchdog report. Neil Barofsky, overseeing the Troubled Asset Relief Programme (Tarp), made the estimate in prepared remarks to a House of Representatives committee. The US GDP for 2008 was estimated in 14.3 trillion US dollars.

• Saturday, July 18th 2009 - 14:47 UTC

  White House defends stimulus plan in spite of soaring unemployment

  

  United States President Barack Obama's 787 billion US dollars stimulus package is working, top White House economic adviser Lawrence Summers insisted on Friday. And although unemployment is a “major area of concern”, Mr Summers said rising joblessness does not prove that the stimulus “is falling short”.

• Friday, July 17th 2009 - 11:08 UTC

  Roubini proposes another stimulus plan to contain US unemployment

  

  New York University professor Nouriel Roubini, one of the few economists who accurately predicted the magnitude of the financial crisis, reiterated on Thursday that the worst of the turmoil has passed. But also emphasized the US will need a second fiscal stimulus, possibly by the end of this year to face two digits unemployment.