President Barack Obama yesterday asked Congress for $60.4 billion in federal aid for the states hit by Superstorm Sandy in late October, which include New York and New Jersey

Australia needs to do more to harvest nano-technology benefits: Scientists

08 Dec 2012

Industry optimists unfazed over possible triple-dip recession

08 Dec 2012

China shows off its air power amidst territorial disputes

07 Dec 2012

Powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake shakes northeast Japan

07 Dec 2012

There were no reports of any major damage or injuries from the earthquake, which was centered off the Miyagi prefecture in northeast Japan at a depth of 10 km

US conducts sub-critical nuke experiment

07 Dec 2012

Painful tax cuts, austerity to plug £27-bn black hole in the UK

07 Dec 2012

Millions of Britsh citizens would face economic hardship with more tax rises and benefit cuts in the next three years to plug a £27-billion black hole in UK government coffers

Japanese government bonds up to record high on election prospects

07 Dec 2012

Military deployed at presidential palace in Egypt

06 Dec 2012

$1-bn fraudulent purchase of Apple share leads to broker's arrest

06 Dec 2012

UK growth forecast revised down; economy to shrink in 2012

06 Dec 2012

The UK’s Office of Budget Responsibility has slashed the country’s 2012 growth forecast from 0.8 per cent predicted in March to a 0.1-per cent contraction

Supporting climate-friendly food production

05 Dec 2012

Australian governmentplans anti-dumping commission

05 Dec 2012

US home prices surge 6.3 per cent October

05 Dec 2012

Egypt and the strategic balance

04 Dec 2012

Immediately following the declaration of a cease-fire in Gaza, Egypt was plunged into a massive domestic crisis, as Mohammed Morsi, elected in the first presidential election after the fall of Hosni Mubarak, passed a decree that would essentially place his executive powers above the courts By George Friedman founder and chief executive officer, Stratfor