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Republican race for White House takes a right turn
Wednesday March 10 2010
The race for the Republican Party's presidential nomination has started, though the election itself is 32 months away. Even in a place so brash and upfront as the United States there is some subtlety, at least at this stage, about the process.
When the going got tough, these enthusiastic businesses got going
Sunday March 07 2010
Small businesses, according to US President Barack Obama, are the chief creators of new jobs in a struggling economy. Last week, he asked the US Congress to temporarily expand two lending programmes for small business owners to bolster the economy and get people working.
World news in brief: Suspected al-Qaeda militants kill 11 people in southern Philippines village
Sunday February 28 2010
SUSPECTED al-Qaeda-linked militants raided a village in the southern Philippines early yesterday, killing 11 people in the country's worst militant attack on civilians in nine years.
Review: On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System by Hank Paulson
Saturday February 27 2010
'The first sound they'll hear is their heads hitting the floor." The opening lines of former US Treasury Secretary (Finance Minister) Hank Paulson's memoir on the global financial crash of 2008 are also among the most dramatic.
Toyota boss 'deeply sorry' for fatal car safety lapses
Thursday February 25 2010
Toyota chief executive Akio Toyoda yesterday apologised to the US Congress -- and millions of Toyota owners -- for safety lapses that led to deaths and widespread vehicle recalls for accelerator and braking failures.
Keeping interest rates low is key to US recovery, warns Bernanke
Thursday February 25 2010
Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the US Federal Reserve, warned Congress yesterday that interest rates would need to stay low to keep US economic recovery on track as official figures showed that sales of new American homes in January fell to a record low.
