Germany fights eurozone firewall moves

Germany fights eurozone firewall moves
Obama proposes corporate tax cut
Syrian assault spurs call for intervention
Obama sings the blues but it is Republicans who feel down
West dismayed at failure of IAEA talks in Iran
US farm subsidies attacked amid boom
Strauss-Kahn freed after night in French jail
Anti-piracy pact falters after protests
Hungary hits at Brussels funds threat
Dublin to sell up to €3bn in state assets

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 12:03 PM PST

Steffen Seibert, spokesman for Angela Merkel, insisted that Berlin saw no need to increase the size of the €500bn European Stability Mechanism

Obama proposes corporate tax cut

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 12:12 PM PST

The president has proposed slashing the US corporate tax rate from 35 to 28 per cent in a move that could determine where global companies choose to invest

Syrian assault spurs call for intervention

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 12:26 PM PST

The intensifying assault on the city of Homs killed dozens, including two western journalists, sparking fresh pleas for international action

Obama sings the blues but it is Republicans who feel down

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 10:37 AM PST

As confidence in the White House about the election grows, the president may be enjoying his best moment in office since his January 2009 inauguration

West dismayed at failure of IAEA talks in Iran

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 10:15 AM PST

The failure of talks between Iran and the IAEA over Tehran's nuclear programme has triggered dismay among western powers

US farm subsidies attacked amid boom

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 09:47 AM PST

With commodity prices soaring and land values at record highs, agriculture is enjoying a windfall but the good times have not escaped notice in Washington

Strauss-Kahn freed after night in French jail

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 11:44 AM PST

Former head of the International Monetary Fund is released after police questioning over his links to an alleged French prostitution ring

Anti-piracy pact falters after protests

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 11:43 AM PST

A controversial anti-piracy agreement faces delays after the EU opted to ask its own courts whether the treaty was in line with European law

Hungary hits at Brussels funds threat

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 12:36 PM PST

Budapest condemns 'unfounded and unfair' European Commission plans to suspend nearly €500m of funding because of an excessive budget deficit

Dublin to sell up to €3bn in state assets

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 07:31 AM PST

Plans for the sale of a minority stake in state electricity company ESB have been abandoned amid trade union concerns over privatisation