From ASIA-PACIFIC 11:17pm

Nato seeks orderly Afghanistan exit

Chicago summit to set date for formal pull-out

US SOCIETY 10:57pm

Facebook chief updates status to married

Zuckerberg changes profile day after wedding

Global Insight from US POLITICS & POLICY 2:38pm

Refocus on US debt issue promises to rattle

Speaker’s move seen as negotiating gambit

From ASIA-PACIFIC May 20, 2012

Chinese activist ends odyssey in US

Chen Guangcheng thanks supporters after his flight from China

Christopher Caldwell from COMMENT May 18, 2012

One man stands between California and a bleak future

A bias towards stimulus and away from austerity has proved disastrous for California

From GLOBAL ECONOMY May 18, 2012

China linked to ‘economic espionage

Pentagon labels surveillance as national security threat

From GLOBAL ECONOMY May 18, 2012

G8 leaders urged to focus talks on growth

Obama and Hollande back fiscal consolidation efforts

From COMPANIES May 18, 2012

Stagecoach expands US bus operation

Group brings sold businesses back into the fold

US POLITICS & POLICY May 18, 2012

US lawmakers seek Volcker rule clarification

Hedging creates uncertainty in new regulation

US POLITICS & POLICY May 18, 2012

Senate backs Fed nominees

Harvard economist and Carlyle partner complete board

US POLITICS & POLICY May 18, 2012

US ban on investing in Myanmar lifted

Restrictions remain on major investment sectors

From COMMENT May 17, 2012

Disco queen Donna Summer dies, 63

Singer captured spirit of liberated age and scored hit records as recently as in 2010

Editorial from COMMENT May 17, 2012

California screamin’

Sacramento is a scary beacon of US governing failure

US POLITICS & POLICY May 17, 2012

US children born to minorities now majority

Hispanic population in the US grows sharply

US POLITICS & POLICY May 17, 2012

Brown cuts threaten social safety net

Governor fights California’s projected $15.7bn deficit

US POLITICS & POLICY May 17, 2012

Romney gains on Obama in funds race

Further sign Republicans could achieve money edge

US ECONOMY May 17, 2012

Claims data temper US jobs sentiment

Unemployment benefits figures hold steady at 370,000

US POLITICS & POLICY May 17, 2012

Obama faces growing economic pressure

Boehner engineers clash over deficit

From ASIA-PACIFIC May 16, 2012

Hollande urged to ease Afghan pullout pledge

New president being lobbied to allow troops to stay training

From COMMENT May 16, 2012

Afghanistan: Bringing it all back home

Pulling out presents Nato with a thorny logistical challenge

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