8:29pm

NY teachers fund pulls gun maker investments

Pension fund’s move follows Sandy Hook school shooting

US POLITICS & POLICY 8:14pm

Wealthy donors debate Republican ‘rebrand’

Adelson and Wynn in talks to combine forces ahead of 2014 races

From GLOBAL ECONOMY 4:02pm

US manufacturing data paint mixed picture

Production shrinks after strongest 2-month gain in 30 years

Texas governor Rick Perry ©AP US POLITICS & POLICY 1:55pm

Texas wrangles with California for business

Rick Perry pitches his state’s low taxes and regulation

From GLOBAL ECONOMY 11:27pm

Swiss agree to reveal Americans’ assets

Accord is fresh blow for country’s prized tradition of bank secrecy

Chuck Hagel sits down before giving testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee ©Reuters US POLITICS & POLICY 10:25pm

Hagel nomination on temporary hold

Republican move delays him taking office as secretary of defence

Ronald Dworkin ©wikicommons From COMMENT Feb 14, 2013

Ronald Dworkin, liberal philosopher

Thinker and trenchant critic of the US Supreme Court, 1931-2013

Notebook from COMMENT Feb 14, 2013

All fired up over exposure of flesh

Gore galore for viewers but barely a glimpse of skin, writes Matthew Garrahan

Brussels Blog Feb 14, 2013

US and EU free-trade talks tainted by horsemeat

From EUROPE Feb 14, 2013

Berlusconi defends need for bribery

Election campaign dominated by corruption scandals

From EUROPE Feb 14, 2013

Bersani hints at Italian privatisations

Election frontrunner will consider reorganisation of state entities

Feb 14, 2013

New York turns into hub for shale boom

US energy revolution has made state a critical logistics hub

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Feb 14, 2013

US jobless claims drop to 341,000

Data point to firming labour market

Feb 14, 2013

Brussels proposes €30bn ‘Tobin tax’

Washington and London strongly opposed to initiative

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Feb 13, 2013

Minimum wage proposal divides Illinois

Debate over whether higher salaries could boost growth

US POLITICS & POLICY Feb 13, 2013

US gears up for fight over cybersecurity

Republican warns hackers could bankrupt US companies

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Feb 13, 2013

EU sets ambitious US trade pact deadline

European officials want agreement within two years

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Feb 13, 2013

Republicans reject minimum wage increase

Obama proposal has little chance of becoming law

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Feb 13, 2013

Rocky road lies ahead in trade pact talks

Moving to next stage of detailed EU-US discussions will be tricky

From MARKETS Feb 13, 2013

US inflation-linked bonds lose lustre

Appetite wanes as index records return of minus 1 per cent

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