6:36pm

Lew faces grilling on Cayman fund

Treasury nominee’s Citigroup tenure to feature in Senate hearing

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

Obama to pull 34,000 troops from Afghanistan

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

From ASIA-PACIFIC 7:31pm

Pyongyang raises stakes with third test

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

From ASIA-PACIFIC 6:22pm

Pyongyang presents test as self-defence

North Korea puts alliance with China under strain

A worker on a Cnooc oil drilling platform in the South China Sea ©Reuters From COMPANIES 5:06pm

US approves $18bn Cnooc bid for Nexen

Deal paves way for largest Chinese foreign acquisition

From COMPANIES 2:10pm

Mr Clean’s arrest knocks Finmeccanica

‘Decapitation’ limits defence group’s room for manoeuvre

From MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA 1:00pm

Iran claims conversion of uranium to fuel

Process could buy time for negotiations with west

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

Feb 11, 2013

Obama to focus attention on economy

Campaign machine redeployed to boost state of the union message

Feb 11, 2013

Immigration cap drags on US manufacturing

Industry joins call to relax quotas on skilled immigrants

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

Feb 10, 2013

Lobbyists fight over ethanol subsidies

Controversy over biofuels mandate

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

Feb 10, 2013

Obama targets jobs and growth

State of the union address to focus on middle class

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

From US SOCIETY Feb 10, 2013

US northeast digs out after snowstorms

Clean up effort begins after record snow in New England

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