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Sunday, March 17, 2013

Obama talks fail to unlock budget impasse

Obama talks fail to unlock budget impasse


Obama talks fail to unlock budget impasse

Posted: 17 Mar 2013 10:18 AM PDT

John Boehner makes it clear that last week's talks with Barack Obama had changed little in the search for a full-scale budget deal

China’s Li targets smaller role for state

Posted: 17 Mar 2013 06:21 AM PDT

Li Keqiang vows to tackle inequality, corruption and bureaucracy in his first public address as head of the Chinese government

Cypriot authorities in revised deal talks

Posted: 17 Mar 2013 01:40 PM PDT

Cypriot authorities consider additional bank holiday on Tuesday pending emergency ratification of deal that would mitigate danger of a bank run

Pakistan prepares for election

Posted: 16 Mar 2013 11:37 PM PDT

A successful democratic power transfer would be a first for Pakistan, but the political process has already become deadlocked.

EU fails to speak with one voice on Syria

Posted: 17 Mar 2013 09:15 AM PDT

Union torn between interventionist instincts of UK and France, two nations that see themselves as world powers, and passivity of Germany

India rocked by gang rape and kidnapping

Posted: 17 Mar 2013 12:38 AM PDT

A Swiss tourist has been gang-raped and a senior executive of an international company kidnapped in the latest crimes to underline lawlessness India

Airport cements Sri Lanka’s China links

Posted: 17 Mar 2013 09:34 AM PDT

A $209m air terminal built with Chinese labour and loans has raised western fears over Beijing's growing influence in the south Asian nation

Fed expected to stick to policy guns

Posted: 17 Mar 2013 12:16 PM PDT

With US economy progressing slowly, Wednesday's FOMC policy meeting is likely to focus on $85bn-a-month programme of quantitative easing

IMF to continue loan talks with Egypt

Posted: 17 Mar 2013 12:41 PM PDT

Cairo has devised a programme aimed at reducing the deficit from 10.9 per cent in the current fiscal year which will end in June to 9.5 per cent next year

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