Posts Tagged ‘U.S.’

United States, Brazil Agree On Open Skies

Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – The visiting U.S. negotiators reached a deal with their counterparts in Brazil opening up new skies with a new air transport agreement, the U.S. State department said in a communique on Monday. The new air transport agreement was initialed “in Rio de Janeiro [...]

Wikileaks Discloses Spanish Copyright Legislation Influenced By U.S.

Tom Ramstack – AHN News Correspondent Madrid, Spain (AHN) – Spain’s Parliament is close to a vote on a proposed law to protect copyrights that was heavily influenced by the U.S. government, according to the latest Wikileaks disclosures. The legislation resulted from pressure by the U.S. Embassy in Madrid to fight Internet piracy. The proposal [...]

U.S. Experimental Space Warplane Ends Orbital Test

Windsor Genova – AHN News News Writer Los Angeles, CA, United States (AHN) – The U.S. Air Force has completed a 7-month flight test for what is believed to be a futuristic space fighter plane after the unmanned spacecraft left its orbit and landed at a California airbase on Friday. The spacecraft dubbed X-37B or [...]

Gold jumps to $1,414 per oz on doubts on U.S. economy

Gold rose almost 2 percent on Friday, ending the week on $1,414 an ounce just a few dollars below the all-time record, as the dollar tumbled after disappointing jobs data cast doubt on the strength of the U.S. economic recovery. View full post on All Stories

String of good news ends: U.S. jobless rate up

In a jolting surprise to the economic recovery, the U.S. economy added just 39,000 jobs in November, and the unemployment rate rose to 9.8 percent, according to the Department of Labor. View full post on All Stories

Bond funds see outflows as global concerns mount

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Bond funds saw fresh outflows for the week ended Wednesday as global concerns over a European debt crisis, uncertainty in U.S. fiscal policy and China’s efforts to keep property prices in check all weighed on investor demand, EPFR Global analysts said in a report Friday. Global bond funds posted outflows for [...]

Fed’s Bullard: U.S. economy turning around

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — James Bullard, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, said Thursday he is mildly optimistic that the U.S. economy is turning around. In a speech to the National Economists Club, Bullard defended the Fed’s decision to purchase $600 billion in bonds to stimulate the economy, though he had not favored [...]

Obama Drilling Reversal Jeopardizes Trillions in Economic Opportunity

LSU professor estimates opening rather than restricting offshore drilling would create 1.2 million U.S. jobs annually BATON ROUGE, La., Dec. 2, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — In the wake of an announcement by the administration to reverse its plans to expand offshore oil and gas exploration in the View full post on All Stories

Federal Reserve Reveals Names Of Firms That Availed Of Emergency Loan During Crisis

AHN News Staff D.C., Washington, United States (AHN) – Over 21,000 transactions were made by the U.S. Federal Reserve when it stabilized the financial markets. Details of the transactions made in 2008 and 2009 were posted on the agency’s website upon order by Congress. The details include names of companies that borrowed money and the [...]

Fed aid in financial crisis went beyond U.S. banks to industry, foreign firms

The financial crisis stretched even farther across the economy than many had realized, as new disclosures show the Federal Reserve rushed trillions of dollars in emergency aid not just to Wall Street but to motorcycle makers, telecom firms and foreign-owned banks in 2008 and 2009. View full post on All Stories

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