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Democrat bill expands tax credit for poor

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Move is part of pitch to retain control of Senate at the midterms

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7:04pm John Gapper from COMMENT

Tragedy demands corporate tact

GM dealt deftly with a fatal fault while Malaysia Airlines’ crisis has become a diplomatic disaster

6:00pm US POLITICS & POLICY

Bin Laden son-in-law found guilty

Most senior al-Qaeda figure to be tried on US soil

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1:46pm GLOBAL ECONOMY

WTO rules against China on ‘rare earths’

Panel says Beijing used trade policy to control markets

Mar 26, 2014 ASIA-PACIFIC

New Zealand sees no risk in Huawei deal

Chinese group faces hurdles in US and Australia expansion

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Mar 25, 2014 US POLITICS & POLICY

Democrats drop demand on Ukraine aid bill

Backdown comes after Republicans warn of weeks-long stand-off

Mar 25, 2014 LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN

Argentina backed in holdout creditor case

Brazil, Mexico and France fear impact on sovereign restructurings

epa04139426 A photo provided by the Russian Defense Ministry shows Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu (3-L) watches the Russian marines as they march with the Russian navy Sevastopol's flags at a military base in Sevastopol, Crimea, 24 March 2014. Shoigu's visit comes as Ukraine's fledgling government on 24 March ordered Ukrainian troops to withdraw from Crimea, ending days of wavering as Russian troops consolidate control over the peninsula. EPA/VADIM SAVITSKY / POOL
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Mar 25, 2014

Europe ‘upstaged’ by US sanctions

US has less to lose than allies from tougher line on Crimea

Telecom network cables are pictured in Paris, on June 30, 2013. The European Union angrily demanded answers from the United States over allegations Washington had bugged its offices, the latest spying claim attributed to fugitive leaker Edward Snowden. German weekly Der Spiegel said its report, which detailed covert surveillance by the US National Security Agency (NSA) on EU diplomatic missions, was based on confidential documents, some of which it had been able to consult via Snowden.
Mar 25, 2014 US POLITICS & POLICY

Obama to curb NSA phone data collection

New rules would end storage but still allow access

South Korean President Park Geun-hye, US President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hold a trilateral meeting at the US ambassador's residence in The Hague on March 25, 2014 after they attended the Nuclear Security Summit (NSS). Obama hosted the much-anticipated first meeting between the Asian leaders with relations between Tokyo and Seoul at their lowest ebb in years, mired in emotive issues linked to Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule and a territorial dispute, as well as Japan's use of South Korean "comfort women" sex slaves in wartime brothels
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Mar 25, 2014 ASIA-PACIFIC

US draws together S Korea and Japan

Unusual diplomatic intervention to unite key allies

Mar 25, 2014 The A-List from COMMENT

Thanks to Putin, Nato will stand test of time

The alliance should consider lifting its restriction on deploying combat forces to the east

Mar 24, 2014 US POLITICS & POLICY

Nuclear summit secures handover deal

Mar 24, 2014 COMPANIES

UN flags up 2013 global weather extremes

Events seen as consistent with human-induced climate change

Mar 23, 2014 Edward Luce Edward Luce from COMMENT

Republican America revives

With Democrats in disarray the GOP’s electoral hopes are high

Mar 23, 2014 MARKETS

Reform effort disappoints ex-CFTC regulator

Chilton says White House failed to prioritise financial overhaul

Mar 23, 2014 Gavyn Davies from COMMENT

Did Yellen intend to tighten policy?

Fed doves have stopped arguing against either tapering or rate rises

Mar 23, 2014 ASIA-PACIFIC

NSA accused of breaching Huawei servers

Mar 22, 2014 GLOBAL ECONOMY

Fed’s Kocherlakota attacks new guidance

Dovish official fears bank is losing will to fight unemployment

Mar 21, 2014 US POLITICS & POLICY

US deploys ‘guerrillas in grey suits’

Washington honed financial targeting used on Russia after 9/11

Mar 21, 2014 EUROPE

Sanctions on inner circle wound Putin

Kremlin-linked banker says US wants ‘regime change’

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