From US POLITICS & POLICY Feb 19, 2013

Obama takes aim at ‘meat cleaver’ cuts

Capitol Building Washington ©Getty

Dire warning over danger of $1.2tn budget sequester

Editorial from COMMENT Feb 19, 2013

Higher US minimum wage makes sense

Republicans must embrace conservative case for pay floor

From US POLITICS & POLICY Feb 18, 2013

Suffering side-effects of health reform

Critics see threat to Obamacare goals

Feb 17, 2013

US union warns Obama on trade talk tactics

Signal that support from left for any deal not guaranteed

From COMPANIES Feb 14, 2013

US regulator approves first bionic eye

Device to offer limited sight to victims of genetic eye disease

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Feb 13, 2013

Minimum wage proposal divides Illinois

Debate over whether higher salaries could boost growth

Feb 10, 2013

Blizzard leaves US northeast reeling

Obama declares state of emergency in Connecticut

From US POLITICS & POLICY Feb 10, 2013

Storm-hit Staten Island throws in towel

Scores of residents want NY state to buy their homes

People walk in the snow during a lingering blizzard in Boston ©Getty Feb 10, 2013

US northeast digs out after snowstorms

Clean up effort begins after record snow in New England

A woman walks through wind, snow and sleet on Broadway during the beginning of a major winter storm on February 8, 2013 in New York City. New York City and much of the Northeast is expected to get a foot or more of snow through Saturday afternoon with possible record-setting blizzard conditions expected. Heavy snow warnings are in effect from New Jersey through southern Maine ©Getty Feb 9, 2013

Blizzard kills six in the US and Canada

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

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Feb 8, 2013

America’s malls seek a life beyond retail

US landlords need to get creative in their hunt for tenants

From COMMENT Feb 7, 2013

Lilia Shevtsova: A new way to contain Russia

Traditional methods of dealing with Putin’s Kremlin have stopped working, writes Lilia Shevtsova

From MANAGEMENT Feb 7, 2013

A byte to eat in the Valley

Innovators have combined the Californian obsessions of technology and food

Feb 6, 2013

US Postal Service to end Saturday delivery

Move aimed at saving $2bn a year and improving finances

From US POLITICS & POLICY Feb 5, 2013

US cities embrace immigrant population

America’s 11m ‘illegals’ eye Obama’s pathway to citizenship

From COMPANIES Feb 4, 2013

Super Bowl ad buzz turns into a fizzle

Standard fare of sentimental drama, comedy and celebrity cameos

Feb 1, 2013

Former New York mayor Ed Koch dies

Combative politician rescued city from near ruin

Feb 1, 2013

US university endowments underperform

Declining funds add pressure on institutions

From COMPANIES Jan 31, 2013

Gun makers’ margins caught in crosshairs

US gun control would ban most profitable products

From US POLITICS & POLICY Jan 30, 2013

Gun control debate moves to Senate

NRA and proponents of tighter restrictions present their views

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