http://www.livemint.com/SectionPages/North-America.aspx?NavId=8&NavsId=38 North America- Livemint.com | © CopyRight HT Media Ltd. 2009 en-Us Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:27:05 GMT 60 http://www.livemint.com/ http://www.livemint.com/Images/livemintbeta_rss.gif 144 33 http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/19121534/Nasa-signs-agreement-with-Isro.html The agreement with the Indian Space Research Organisation will lead to the use of data from Oceansat-2 for various US agencies for research, education and other activities of public good including weather forecasting PTI Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:45:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/19121534/Nasa-signs-agreement-with-Isro.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/15112747/US-banks-failure-toll-reaches.html Banks are failing at the fastest pace in 17 years even as the economy grew for the first time in one year at 3.5% in the September quarter PTI Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:57:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/15112747/US-banks-failure-toll-reaches.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/14160337/Google-Authors-try-to-answer.html Google’s plan to put millions of books online has been praised for expanding access to books but has also been criticized on antitrust, copyright and privacy grounds Reuters Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:33:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/14160337/Google-Authors-try-to-answer.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/13125633/US-unemployment-claims-down-j.html The White House forum, to be held in December, will bring in public and private sector experts to talk about how to get job creation humming again, Obama said AP Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:26:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/13125633/US-unemployment-claims-down-j.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/13122638/The-financial-panic-is-over-W.html Buffett gave Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke and US treasury secretary Timothy Geithner ‘high marks’ for how they managed the financial crisis Jonathan Stempel and Clare Baldwin / Reuters Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:56:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/13122638/The-financial-panic-is-over-W.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/12162841/What-does-Obama8217s-new-he.html What exactly does Obama’s bill do? Once it passes through Congress, what sort of new healthcare regime will it create, and how will that compare to the systems in Europe and what we know in India? Samanth Subramanian Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:02:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/12162841/What-does-Obama8217s-new-he.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/11111012/Fed-officials-see-choppy-recov.html That means interest rates, currently at historic lows close to zero, should remain near that floor for the foreseeable future, the policymakers said Reuters Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:40:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/11111012/Fed-officials-see-choppy-recov.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/10143412/Afghan-and-western-Pak-pose-da.html Holbrooke said the recently concluded Pakistan trip of the secretary of state Hillary Clinton was very important as they committed to much greater support of Pakistan’s democratic institutions PTI Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:04:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/10143412/Afghan-and-western-Pak-pose-da.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/10120820/Obama-to-visit-Asia-as-domesti.html The critical leg of Obama’s trip will come in China, where he will have to navigate an increasingly complex relationship with the country that is the largest holder of US foreign debt and its second-largest trading partner Reuters Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:50:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/10120820/Obama-to-visit-Asia-as-domesti.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/08152545/Obama-wins-big-as-House-approv.html The bill amounts to a 10-year, trillion-dollar plan to extend health coverage to some 36 million Americans who lack it now AFP Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:55:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/08152545/Obama-wins-big-as-House-approv.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/07151238/US-grieves-after-doctor-kills.html Alleged shooter Major Nidal Malik Hasan, 39, is a psychiatrist and specialist in combat stress who had been about to deploy to Afghanistan against his wishes AFP Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:51:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/07151238/US-grieves-after-doctor-kills.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/06094817/4-Indians-among-20-charged-in.html The people charged included hedge fund managers and trading firm executives, lawyers and corporate insiders, the prosecutor and FBI officer said Betwa Sharma / PTI Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:33:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/06094817/4-Indians-among-20-charged-in.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/05124803/US-Fed-sees-rates-near-zero-fo.html Household spending appears to be expanding but remains constrained by ongoing job losses, sluggish income growth, lower housing wealth, and tight credit, the Fed said Mark Felsenthal and David Lawder / Reuters Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:18:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/05124803/US-Fed-sees-rates-near-zero-fo.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/04224508/Chicago-men-discussed-terror-a.html Federal prosecutors said that Chicago businessman Tahawwur Rana spoke to another man about designating the National Defence College of India as among possible targets they might pursue Mike Robinson / AP Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:15:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/04224508/Chicago-men-discussed-terror-a.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/04191501/US-private-sector-sheds-20300.html The ADP survey added support to indications that job losses are slowing as the economy pulls out of steep recession that began in December 2007 AFP Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:44:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/04191501/US-private-sector-sheds-20300.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/04103402/US-Federal-Reserve-seen-stayin.html Policy makers will need to take into account the economy’s faster-than-expected 3.5% annualized growth rate in Q3, which effectively signaled the end of the recession Mark Felsenthal / Reuters Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:04:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/04103402/US-Federal-Reserve-seen-stayin.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/04102930/Time-ripe-for-8216new-chapt.html This message has been conveyed to President Hamid Karzai and this is what the US authorities are working towards, the White House said on Tuesday PTI Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:59:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/04102930/Time-ripe-for-8216new-chapt.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/04101133/US-EU-agree-to-reduce-global.html The US and EU in a joint declaration agreed to promote an ambitious and comprehensive international climate change agreement at the upcoming Copenhagen Summit Lalit K. Jha / PTI Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:41:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/04101133/US-EU-agree-to-reduce-global.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/03162223/Job-losses-to-continue-for-som.html “As I said before, there (is) always a lag of several months between businesses starting to make profits again and investing again, and then actually rehiring again,” Obama said PTI Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:52:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/03162223/Job-losses-to-continue-for-som.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/10/29233052/US-economy-back-on-track-IMF.html The news came on a day when the International Monetary Fund, or IMF, provided further cause for cheer Catherine Rampell / NYT Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:00:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/10/29233052/US-economy-back-on-track-IMF.html