US POLITICS & POLICY 3:43pm

Immigration cap drags on US manufacturing

An employee welds a specialized metal product in the shop at the Amuneal Manufacturing Corp. plant in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. on Monday, Jan. 9, 2012. Amuneal Manufacturing Corp., founded in 1965, is a metal fabrication company specializing in magnetic shielding and custom fabrication. ©Bloomberg

Industry joins call to relax quotas on highly skilled immigrants

US SOCIETY 11:46pm

Blizzard leaves US northeast reeling

Obama declares state of emergency in Connecticut

From COMPANIES 10:34pm

FBI probes EADS unit claims

US authorities yet to decide on any investigation of GPT

Obama address ©Matt Kenyon Edward Luce Edward Luce from COMMENT 9:18pm

Fellow Americans, let’s govern seriously

What Obama might want to say in his State of the Union address

US POLITICS & POLICY 9:09pm

Lobbyists fight over ethanol subsidies

Controversy over biofuels mandate

US POLITICS & POLICY 7:28pm

Defence hawk threatens to stall Obama team

Republican wants more info on Benghazi attacks

Larry Summers Lawrence Summers from COMMENT Feb 10, 2013

US must do more than focus on deficit

A broader, growth-centred agenda is needed to propel the economy, says Lawrence Summers

US POLITICS & POLICY Feb 10, 2013

Obama targets jobs and growth

State of the union address to focus on middle class

US POLITICS & POLICY Feb 10, 2013

Storm-hit Staten Island throws in towel

Scores of residents want NY state to buy their homes

Leon Panetta, US defence secretary, talks to the media after a meeting of Nato defence ministers at the Nato headquartes in Brussels ©AFP Global Insight Feb 10, 2013

Panetta exposes Obama’s Syria dilemma

The US must turn its back on the nation’s conflict or arm some rebels

US SOCIETY Feb 10, 2013

US northeast digs out after snowstorms

Clean up effort begins after record snow in New England

US SOCIETY Feb 9, 2013

Blizzard kills six in the US and Canada

Three feet of snow reported as power cut to 700,000 customers

US POLITICS & POLICY Feb 9, 2013

White details potential conflicts of interest

SEC nominee cites former clients and her husband’s income

From LIFE & ARTS Feb 8, 2013

Indispensable nation

How America built a global economic order around itself at Bretton Woods. Tony Barber reviews ‘The Battle of Bretton Woods’, by Benn Steil; ‘The Leaderless Economy’, by Peter Temin and David Vines

US POLITICS & POLICY Feb 8, 2013

Brennan hearing exposes divisions on drones

Accused of being ‘shockingly naive’ about civilian strikes

On Wall Street from MARKETS Feb 8, 2013

US crude exports argument needs refining

Rises in domestic supplies shut out millions of export barrels

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Feb 8, 2013

US trade deficit narrows thanks to oil

Petroleum exports rise and crude imports fall

The World from US POLITICS & POLICY Feb 8, 2013

The World: In the picture - Obama, Brennan and drones

US POLITICS & POLICY Feb 8, 2013

Panetta reveals US divisions over Syria

Pentagon chief says Obama rejected plan to arm rebels

US POLITICS & POLICY Feb 8, 2013

Carbon limit to raise US permit prices

Cap-and-trade scheme to elevate costs

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