Lawyers poised amid fears of poll dispute

Lawyers poised amid fears of poll dispute
Romney makes his last call in Florida
Candidates reach end of campaign trail
$6bn US poll sparks unease among voters
Fiscal cliff looms over campaign climax
Digging out Staten Island after Sandy
IMF warning adds to French economy fears
Consumption boom buoys Indonesian economy
Madrid clings to truce with bond markets
Libya helps bankroll Syrian opposition

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 11:05 AM PST

While the two candidates are winding down campaigns, teams of attorneys on both sides are looking out for any irregularities in swing states

Romney makes his last call in Florida

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 10:07 AM PST

Verdict is close after the Republican presidential candidate's seven years on the campaign trail climax with a three-state dash

Candidates reach end of campaign trail

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 11:25 AM PST

In nostalgic finale a hoarse, tired president returns to his original launch pad in Iowa

$6bn US poll sparks unease among voters

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 10:03 AM PST

What really provokes unease among many US voters is not so much the absolute $6bn price tag, but how that the money is being raised and spent

Fiscal cliff looms over campaign climax

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 10:57 AM PST

Close election and uncertain prospects for negotiations over the impending budget crisis overshadow the performance of markets

Digging out Staten Island after Sandy

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 12:23 PM PST

We filled 80-some industrial-sized trash bags with debris from a driveway, complete with somebody's slipper, a broken window and pieces of the nearby boardwalk

IMF warning adds to French economy fears

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 08:59 AM PST

In its annual report on the country, the fund called for 'a comprehensive programme of structural reforms' to prevent it falling behind Italy and Spain

Consumption boom buoys Indonesian economy

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 04:18 AM PST

Surging consumer demand has helped Indonesia's economy power ahead in face of the slowdown in China and India that has hit commodity exporters hard

Madrid clings to truce with bond markets

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 07:04 AM PST

An ugly stand-off still seems inevitable if the government of Mariano Rajoy does not eventually agree the terms for ECB intervention

Libya helps bankroll Syrian opposition

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 06:54 AM PST

Tripoli has emerged as the biggest single contributing government to the Syrian National Council's $40m budget, followed by Qatar and the UAE