From ASIA-PACIFIC 7:31pm

Pyongyang raises stakes with third test

North Korea’s latest defiance puts new pressure on China and west

US POLITICS & POLICY 6:36pm

Lew faces grilling on Cayman fund

Treasury nominee’s Citigroup tenure to feature in Senate hearing

From ASIA-PACIFIC 6:22pm

Pyongyang presents test as self-defence

North Korea puts alliance with China under strain

Marine Weapons Company lieutenant issues orders as marines advance against Taliban ©AFP US POLITICS & POLICY 5:28pm

Obama to pull 34,000 troops from Afghanistan

Details of 2014 exit to be outlined in State of the Union address

From COMPANIES 2:10pm

Mr Clean’s arrest knocks Finmeccanica

‘Decapitation’ limits defence group’s room for manoeuvre

From ASIA-PACIFIC 11:22am

Q&A: North Korea’s nuclear progress

Janet Yellen, vice chairwoman of the Federal Reserve Bank ©AP From GLOBAL ECONOMY 9:09pm

Vice-chair of Fed urges focus on jobs

FOMC split on how long to continue buying bonds

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 US POLITICS & POLICY Feb 11, 2013

Immigration cap drags on US manufacturing

Industry joins call to relax quotas on skilled immigrants

US SOCIETY Feb 10, 2013

Blizzard leaves US northeast reeling

Obama declares state of emergency in Connecticut

From COMPANIES Feb 10, 2013

FBI probes EADS unit claims

US authorities yet to decide on any investigation of GPT

Edward Luce Edward Luce from COMMENT Feb 10, 2013

Fellow Americans, let’s govern seriously

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

US POLITICS & POLICY Feb 10, 2013

Lobbyists fight over ethanol subsidies

Controversy over biofuels mandate

US POLITICS & POLICY Feb 10, 2013

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

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

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