Republicans win: Obama faces double jeopardy & irreparable gridlock between legislature & executiveThe message from the US mid-term election is not that Americans are moving past Obama but that the people are tired of the proverbial Beltw...
09 Nov, 2014, 03.00 AM IST
Healthcare startups such as hCentive, Ebix and eClinicalWorks win million-dollar deals in USIndian startups are beginning to gain a share of the lucrative IT opportunity in helping the US government embrace its massive overhaul of ...
15 Jul, 2014, 11.28 AM IST
US debt default imminent as frantic political attempts failJohn Boehner, the House speaker, failed to persuade elements within his own Republican caucus to back a bill designed to placate conservati...
16 Oct, 2013, 04.42 PM IST
Barack Obama, Republicans in 'useful' talks but shutdown still onBoth sides described the 90-minute meeting at the White House as useful and agreed to keep talking but no decision was made to resolve the ...
11 Oct, 2013, 06.38 PM IST
Shutdown could harm America's global stature: White HouseWhite House today warned that the looming prospect of an unprecedented debt default by the world's largest economy was a "terrible" scenari...
07 Oct, 2013, 08.52 PM IST
US President Barack Obama says will not 'pay a ransom' to end shutdown crisisAppealing to the opposition to end the deadlock, Obama said, "Take that vote. Stop this farce. End this shutdown now."
06 Oct, 2013, 05.15 AM IST
Obama says will not 'pay a ransom' to end shutdown crisisAppealing to the opposition to end the deadlock, Obama said, "Take that vote. Stop this farce. End this shutdown now."
05 Oct, 2013, 05.44 PM IST
Barack Obama dismisses 'lame duck president' notionDismissing the notion that he is a lame duck president, Barack Obama, invoking Mark Twain, has asserted that he still has the "juice" to ge...
01 May, 2013, 05.44 PM IST
US election results: Second term secure, will Joe Biden set sights on presidency?With Obama's re-election victory, Biden will not only remain in a job often described as being a heartbeat away from the presidency.
07 Nov, 2012, 12.11 PM IST
- Pharma companies earnings preview: Rupee's fall will add to earnings in June quarter
With the rupee's record depreciation during the quarter, realisations are likely to be high for the export-oriented segment.
06 Jul, 2012, 01.34 AM IST
- $1 trillion on the table in U.S. debt talks
U.S. lawmakers are weighing $1 trillion in deficit-cutting measures as part of a possible deal that would allow an increase in the country'...
25 May, 2011, 07.17 AM IST
- US debt tops 13 trillion dollars for first time
US debt has reached 13 trillion dollars for the first time in history, the Treasury Department has said, stoking a political furor over gov...
03 Jun, 2010, 11.50 AM IST
- Obama mayn't keep word
US President Barack Obama may have returned home from Copenhagen with a host of pledges, but he can deliver on his promise only with the ca...
22 Dec, 2009, 05.44 AM IST
- House bill to make healthcare a right
House Democratic leaders, pledging to meet the President’s goal of healthcare legislation before their August break, are offering a $1.5-tr...
16 Jul, 2009, 12.00 AM IST
- US deficit soars to $1.75 trillion
President Barack Obama has unveiled a $3.606 trillion spending plan for next year that will boost taxes on the wealthy and curtail medicare...
27 Feb, 2009, 01.20 AM IST
No tax cuts for firms outsourcing jobs: ObamaIndian cos received a bad news on Wednesday, as Obama said that there will be no tax breaks in outsourcing. Gainers: BSE ( A, B ) | NSE | L...
25 Feb, 2009, 05.33 PM IST
- Bold Obama vows America will recover
President Barack Obama vowed Tuesday that America would emerge from its economic torment stronger than ever, but declared a "day of reckoni...
25 Feb, 2009, 08.09 AM IST