Friday, 20 Nov 2009 | Source: The New York Times
Designed to help low-income people afford to buy houses, the Federal Housing Administration's is now insuring houses for increasingly well-off buyers, says the New York Times.
Friday, 20 Nov 2009 | Source: Reuters
U.S. pressure on China to raise the value of its currency amounts to Washington abdicating responsibility for ballooning deficits and would impede global economic recovery, an official Chinese newspaper said on Friday.
Friday, 20 Nov 2009 | Source: Reuters
Expressing frustration over the Obama administration's light touch on China's yuan exchange rate, two U.S. senators asked the Commerce Department to investigate alleged Chinese currency "manipulation."
Thursday, 19 Nov 2009 | Source: The Associated Press
Congressional budget crunchers said the Democrats' latest health care plan would hold down federal red ink for at least 20 years, an assessment that gave supporters hope as the Senate moved gingerly toward debate.
Thursday, 19 Nov 2009 | Source: CNBC.com
A flurry of green agreements between the U.S. and China this month has lowered expectations for any global deal at a major climate change conference in Copenhagen next month, but they may also foreshadow a new approach by the Obama administration focusing on job creation and technological innovation.
Thursday, 19 Nov 2009 | Source: Reuters
U.S. President Obama and his South Korean counterpart pressed North Korea to return to dormant nuclear talks and said it was time forPyongyang to break a pattern of provocative behaviour.
Wednesday, 18 Nov 2009 | Source: The New York Times
The economy still needs help. So White House officials are looking at creating a new version of cash for clunkers — this time for home weatherization. The New York Times reports.
Wednesday, 18 Nov 2009 | Source: Reuters
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated the cost of a sweeping U.S. Senate health care overhaul at $849 billion over 10 years, a senior Senate aide said on Wednesday.
Wednesday, 18 Nov 2009 | Source: The New York Times
In a report released Tuesday by the comptroller of New York State, Wall Street profits in 2009 are on track to exceed the record set three years ago, reports the New York Times.
Wednesday, 18 Nov 2009 | Source: Reuters
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told President Barack Obama his nation does not seek a trade surplus with the United States and wants to balance flows, striking a conciliatory note but avoiding public comment on currency rifts.
Wednesday, 18 Nov 2009 | Source: Reuters
Improper payments by the U.S. government to people, firms and contractors rose sharply to $98 billion in fiscal 2009 and President Barack Obama plans new rules to clamp down, the White House said Tuesday.
Wednesday, 18 Nov 2009 | Source: Reuters
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told President Barack Obama his nation does not seek a trade surplus with the United States and wants to balance flows, striking a conciliatory note but avoiding public comment on currency rifts.
Wednesday, 18 Nov 2009 | Source: Reuters
The Obama administration created a new task force to crack down on financial fraud, an increasingly important political issue after a spike in mortgage scams and big Wall Street trading scandals.
Tuesday, 17 Nov 2009 | Source: Reuters
"Unfriend" has been named the word of the year by the New Oxford American Dictionary, chosen from a list of finalists with a tech-savvy bent.
Tuesday, 17 Nov 2009 | Source: Reuters
Chinese and U.S. regulators are negotiating a pact aimed at encouraging Chinese financial institutions to buy into small and medium-sized banks in the United States, bankers briefed on the plan said on Tuesday.
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TOPIC : Barack Obama
23 Nov 2009
The axle that is health care reform, and around which Washington is wrapped, threatens to scuttle the Presidents domestic agenda while he frustratingly tries to reach out to foreign allies (or non allies as the case may be).... Read More
19 Nov 2009
Maybe Bernanke really does have some clout: ever since Monday, when Bernanke engaged in unusual jawboning in support of the dollar, the dollar has stabilized and is even in a mild uptrend... Read More
18 Nov 2009
President Obama took his declining dollar to the Asia-Pacific economic conference, and he added to it a declinist opinion of America’s economy... Read More
17 Nov 2009
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