Fed’s Kocherlakota attacks new guidance

Dovish official fears bank is losing will to fight unemployment

US deploys ‘guerrillas in grey suits’

Washington honed financial targeting used on Russia after 9/11

Sanctions on inner circle wound Putin

Banker with Kremlin ties says US is ‘going for regime change’

Sanctions complicate Morgan Stanley deal

Russian group Rosneft wants to acquire US bank’s oil trading unit

South Korean conservative activists shout slogans during a protest to lodge a complaint against Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visiting the Yasukuni war shrine to mark the first anniversary of his taking office, in Seoul on December 27 2013
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S Korea and Japan to hold summit

US seeks easing of tensions between key Asian allies

Obama trip puts focus on China’s ‘first lady’

China’s first lady welcomes US counterpart and family on visit

Microsoft faces fresh privacy storm

Software company admits searching user’s email

EU and US sanctions list: profiles of the targets

All probably subject to asset freezes and travel bans

Ingram Pinn illustration

Russia’s test for America’s odd couple

Ukraine presents both danger and opportunity to the analyst Obama and the activist Kerry

Washington learns to forget Sandy Hook

The mass shooting has led not to tighter gun controls but to a more assertive gun rights lobby

BP signals US return with gulf bids

Yellen muddies Fed’s message

Slips from Janet Yellen unsettled markets but may not mean much

Ex-banker is Canada’s new finance minister

Joe Oliver faces concerns about housing market

US current account deficit falls again

2.3% of GDP is lowest level since 1997

CommonBond extends MBA loan scheme

Four more MBA programmes will be covered

S Africa inflation edges higher

South African inflation rises to 5.9% while retail sales climb

Chicago confronts oil boom’s dirty bonanza

Anger grows over byproduct of Canadian tar sands piling up in US

US warns Asia it risks Crimea moment

Pacific Fleet commander hits out at maritime disputes

Obama forced to focus on Russian threat

Russia’s intervention in Crimea changes policy landscape

US Fed likely to adapt forward guidance

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