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America stands on brink of 'historic' healthcare reform

09.11.09
Barack Obama urged the Senate to ensure the biggest shake-up in America's healthcare system is completed... more

Guantanamo trials to be moved to US

21.10.09
BARACK OBAMA is a step closer in his efforts to close Guantanamo Bay as the senate voted to allow prisoners to be tried in the US... more

US rethinks its aid to Libya in backlash over Lockerbie

25.09.09
US is rethinking a decision to give $2.5million in aid to Libya because of the 'hero's welcome' the country gave to the Lockerbie bomber freed from a Scottish prison... more

All the president's men ... and women

25.03.09
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Why Finsbury was a shoo-in for the RBS job

25.03.09
Congratulations to Finsbury on winning the Royal Bank of Scotland PR account. A clue as to where the plum contract might be heading came when Finsbury didn't repitch for the Lloyds Banking Group business.... more

Google critic’s links to PR giant and Microsoft

24.03.09
Google launches Street View, and Simon Davies of Privacy International, the group that campaigns against intrusion by businesses and governments, gets on his high horse and is quoted everywhere opposing the new service. But who is Davies? ... more

Obama wins his battle for $789bn economy package

12.02.09
Barack Obama secured his first major victory as politicians from the House of Representatives and the Senate reached an agreement on a $789billion economic stimulus package... more

Senate softens ‘Buy American’ bill

05.02.09
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A muted response to the IMF's gloom

29.01.09
The Prime Minister did not mention yesterday's dire IMF prediction for the UK economy when he announced new economic rescue measures today, but its forecast of a 2.8 per cent shrinkage in the economy this year - the deepest recession for any major economy - was the inescapable backdrop... more

Obama wins backing for $819 billion bail-out

29.01.09
Barack Obama scored the first major victory of his presidency as the US House of Representatives approved his $819billion (£578billion) stimulus package... more

Obama wins $825bn bail-out

28.01.09
Barack Obama's $825 billion economic stimulus package is expected to pass through a sharply divided House of Representatives... more

Obama’s $825bn spending plan hits first hurdle

26.01.09
Barack Obama's $825 billion economic stimulus package has run into opposition as leading Republicans threatened to vote against it... more

They had waited for a speech which would change America

20.01.09
Perhaps the largest crowd in American history witnessed the moment one man changed a superpower for ever... more

US carmakers steer closer to bailout deal

16.12.08
Engineering: Hopes are growing that the Bush administration could act early to approve a Detroit bailout from its bank rescue fund... more

US car industry collapse rocks the City

12.12.08
Turmoil returned to the City after the collapse of a bail-out plan for America's near-bankrupt car industry... more

US carmakers facing vital vote on bailout

11.12.08
Engineering: The US House of Representatives has approved bailout plans for General Motors and Chrysler that include tough conditions on restructuring in return for taxpayer help... more

Democrats could miss their 'super-majority'

05.11.08
The Democrats made a series of gains in the Senate elections but seemed certain to fall short of the "super-majority" they were hoping for... more

A new dawn for America

05.11.08
Barack Obama's unmissable campaign slogan, "Yes, we can", has been triumphantly vindicated... more

Democrats looking forward to biggest majority in decades

04.11.08
Democrats were heading for one of their biggest majorities in the US Congress in decades, polls show... more

Race for the White House ain’t over

29.10.08
With less than a week until Americans go to the polls, only a last-minute comeback can save John McCain... more

Tax breaks bring hope of success for bail-out

03.10.08
The addition of tax breaks for niche industries to the $700 billion US bank bail-out has raised hopes the rescue deal could be passed by Congress... more

Don’t blame bankers, it’s down to a man called Bill

03.10.08
It wasn’t just greed that fuelled the sub prime crash, but a critical decision by Bill Clinton to force banks to lower their lending standards... more

US celebrates but Soros slams rescue deal as ill-conceived

02.10.08
George Soros has denounced America's $700 billion bank bail out as "ill-conceived" despite relief across the world after US senators voted in favour of the deal... more

Hopes grow as US senators vote on new bail-out plan with tax breaks

01.10.08
US senators will vote on a revised bank bail-out scheme in the first stage of a new drive by the country's leaders to tackle the financial crisis which has rocked the American and world economies... more

Dow rallies after Bush races to rescue bail-out

30.09.08
US shares rallied as George Bush and the country's rival presidential candidates joined forces in an attempt to win the backing of Congress for the $700billion bank bail-out... more

Bush: $700bn bail-out will stop crisis spreading

29.09.08
George Bush claimed that the $700billion US bank bail-out would help to halt the world financial crisis as he appealed to Congress to back the rescue package... more

City braced for meltdown

29.09.08
The City is bracing itself for further pain after watching Asian markets plunge to record lows overnight... more

Cigarettes face new US curbs

01.08.08
The House of Representatives has backed legislation giving the Food and Drug Administration power to regulate tobacco products... more

Patty Hearst's daughter becomes lingerie model

30.07.08
The supermodel daughter of kidnapped newspaper heiress Patty Hearst has become the new face of lingerie brand Myla... more

A zesty, fragrant Indian

15.11.06
Gordon Brown would probably feel quite comfortable at Emni, the Granita of curry houses on Islington's Upper Street, but John Prescott should steer well clear.... more

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