New York prosecutors are widening their investigation into the manner in which Goldman Sachs marketed certain mortgage-linked securities before the financial crisis... more
Barack Obama has announced that the US Congress has reached an agreement to raise the limit on U.S. borrowing and forestall an unprecedented American default... more
Britain welcomes the decision to suspend Libya from the United Nations Human Rights Council as the international community ups the pressure on Colonel Gaddafi's regime... more
President Obama will tonight focus on creating jobs, reducing the federal debt and narrowing the political divide to make progress on the economy... more
US Senate report into the bond affair involving Goldman Sachs trader Fabrice Tourre will highlight alleged conflicts of interest in the bank’s dealing with clients, according to reports... more
Sarah Palin and other senior Republicans were face a battle over who should lead the fight against President Obama at the US presidential election in 2012... more
President Obama makes a last-ditch appeal to voters to stand by him and the Democratic party as they face their worst mid-term election results in more than 50 years
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US senators' interest in the Lockerbie bomber's release has 'waxed and waned', a spokesman for First Minister Alex Salmond said ahead of a meeting on the issue... more
Stocks in Australia’s mining giants rise as government plans for a tax on their profits are thrown into doubt after the country’s election brings a hung parliament... more
Barack Obama wins his battle to overhaul Wall Street as the Senate approves the most sweeping reform of bank and capital market regulation in decades... more
Billionaire former eBay boss Meg Whitman could be California’s first woman governor after winning the Republican nomination for November’s mid-term elections in America... more
Barack Obama celebrates victory after sweeping banking reforms designed to ensure the American people never again pay “for Wall Street's mistakes” are passed by the US Senate... more
The row over Goldman Sachs is set to become even more intensely political as US senators brief reporters ahead of their grilling of chief executive Lloyd Blankfein and alleged fraudulent trader Fabio Tourre... more
Engineering Japanese carmaker Honda today said it was cutting output at its factory in Swindon as part of a global move to grapple with collapsing markets... more
It may not be as memorable as her trademark Spice Girl Union Jack outfit, but Geri Halliwell took a more classic approach to her role as a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador... more
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