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The Oscars 2013

Producer Grant Heslov accepts the best picture award for 'Argo' ©Getty

Ben Affleck’s ‘Argo’ leads the winners of the 85th Academy Awards

From left: Best Actor Daniel Day-Lewis, Best Actress Jennifer Lawrence, Best Supporting Actress Anne Hathaway, and Best Supporting Actor Christoph Waltz during the 85th Academy Awards ©AFP US SOCIETY 6:18am

CIA Iran drama wins on Oscar night

Ben Affleck’s ‘Argo’ takes best picture award

Barack Obama delivers remarks to the National Governor's Association in the State Dining Room of the White House on February 24 2013. The nation's governors are congregating in Washington for their annual National Governor's Association annual meeting ©Getty US POLITICS & POLICY 3:09am

Obama presses for late rethink on cuts

Pressure on Republicans over sequestration

US POLITICS & POLICY 9:05pm

US cuts poised to hit long-term unemployed

Benefit payments cut nearly 10% if spending curbs are applied

US POLITICS & POLICY 6:47pm

Middle East set to dominate Kerry tour

US secretary of state to visit nine countries

From ASIA-PACIFIC 6:38pm

Abe seeks to win US confidence

New prime minister vows to revive Japan’s economy

US POLITICS & POLICY 5:57pm

Silicon Valley in immigration reform call

Entrepreneurs and venture capitalists fear lack of development talent

The Short View from GLOBAL ECONOMY Feb 23, 2013

Is downgrade bad news for Osborne?

After the US was downgraded in 2011, US bond yields tumbled

Feb 22, 2013

US joins suit against Armstrong

Ex-cyclist accused of defrauding Postal Service by doping

From ASIA-PACIFIC Feb 22, 2013

Abe lays out vision of Japan power in Asia

‘Japan is back’ declaration could raise hackles in China

From COMPANIES Feb 22, 2013

Negligence at heart of BP gulf spill trial

Billions of dollars in penalties hinge on unclear legal distinction

US POLITICS & POLICY Feb 22, 2013

CIA shifts Hollywood gaze to its best side

Recent movies and TV shows recast once sinister secret agents as heroes

From ASIA-PACIFIC Feb 22, 2013

Abe seeks to boost security links with US

New Japanese prime minister meets Obama in Washington

US POLITICS & POLICY Feb 21, 2013

US businesses sanguine about sequestration

Industry lobbying less aggressively to avert budget cuts

US POLITICS & POLICY Feb 21, 2013

US eyes student loan refinancings

Growing debt load saps consumption

The A-List from COMMENT Feb 21, 2013

The deal to avoid a US fiscal crunch

The looming sequestration must be avoided at all costs, says Roger Altman

Gary Silverman Gary Silverman from COMMENT Feb 21, 2013

A false economy that is hard to stomach

Extra germs are on the menu at restaurants too tight to provide health cover

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Feb 21, 2013

US home sales rise as inventories shrink

Seller’s market emerging as houses for sale hit 13-year low

From MARKETS Feb 21, 2013

US paints bearish outlook for grain prices

USDA says corn and soya production could rise to record levels

US POLITICS & POLICY Feb 20, 2013

China honey smugglers caught in US sting

Illegal imports evaded $180m of anti-dumping duties

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