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Monday, February 23rd 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Message to Beijing: keep investing in US Treasury bonds

United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton offered a quiet nod to human rights but there was no mistaking her key message to Beijing at the end of her week-long in Asia: both countries will “rise and fall” together in this financial crisis.
Monday, February 23rd 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Scathing attack on banking practice from Soros and Volcker

Investor George Soros and President Barack Obama advisor, Paul Volcker described the current global meltdown as more severe than when the great Depression with the financial system effectively disintegrated and with the experts “not quite knowing what's going on”.
Monday, February 23rd 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Hollywood: Slumdog Millionaire' Wins Eight Oscars

British film Slumdog Millionaire, the widely acclaimed film set in the slums of Mumbai, has received eight awards at this year's Oscars - including best picture and best director.
Friday, February 20th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
FBI tracks Sir Allen Stanford and finds him in Virginia

Virginia have served Texan billionaire Sir Allen Stanford with civil legal papers from the US financial watchdog, the SEC.
Thursday, February 19th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Obama unveils plan to rescue responsible homeowners

President Barack Obama has revealed a long-awaited plan to tackle the US housing crisis, aiming to help up to nine million families. The plan will provide refinancing to four to five million “responsible homeowners” on the verge of defaulting.
Monday, February 16th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Suggestions of more ECB/Fed exchange rate cooperation

Robert Mundell, the Nobel Laureate whose research helped set the foundation for the creation of the Euro, said the US and Europe should cooperate to prevent exchange-rate swings from worsening the global recession.
Thursday, February 12th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
US trade deficit in December falls to a record low 39 billion

The US trade deficit fell to the lowest level in nearly six years in December as the recession depressed demand for imports. US Commerce Department said Wednesday that the deficit in December fell 4% to 39.9 billion US dollars from 41.6 billion in November.
Thursday, February 12th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
US federal budget 2009 shortfall could reach one trillion

The US budget deficit widened more than economists forecast in January as spending soared and corporate tax receipts shrank, putting the Treasury on course for a record annual shortfall of more than one trillion USD.
Wednesday, February 11th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Geithner unveils 1.5 trillion bail-out plan and toxic fund

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has unveiled a comprehensive bank bail-out plan worth at least 1.5 trillion US dollars. Under the plan, the size of a key Federal Reserve lending program will be expanded to 1 trillion from 200 billion.
Tuesday, February 10th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
China's January car sales overtake US, leading world market

China car sales topped the US for the first time last January totalling 735,500, a 14% drop, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said on Tuesday in an e-mailed statement today. That compares with a 37% plunge to 656,693 in the US, the world's largest auto market last year.