The U.S. is concerned about terror links between Somalia and Yemen, and its assistance could be key to the effort by Somalia’s government to bring order after decades of anarchy.
Even as the U.S. economy shows tentative signs of a rebound, the human toll of the recession continues to mount, with millions nearing the end of their unemployment benefits.
NYT: Toyota’s recalls and disclosures in recent months are part of a lengthy pattern in which the automaker has often reacted slowly to safety concerns.
The Taliban have embarked on a sophisticated information war, using modern media tools as well as some old-fashioned ones, to soften their image and win favor with local Afghans.
The bank bonus season begins in earnest this week, and it looks as if it will be one of the largest and most controversial blowouts the industry has ever seen.
Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula has rapidly evolved into an ambitious regional terrorist network thanks in part to a weakened and distracted Yemeni government.
The new estimates, for a loss of $42 billion out of $370 billion lent to banks, could lower the administration’s deficit forecast for this fiscal year.
Congress and the White House will take up the issue of how to deal with companies that are so big that the government has no choice but to rescue them when they get in trouble.
The Obama administration will order the companies that received most aid to deeply slash compensation to their highest paid executives, an official involved in the decision said.
NYT: The Obama administration is not certain that Iran will make good on its promise to move enriched uranium outside the country.
The Obama administration seized upon Iran’s disclosure of a nuclear site to marshal its own evidence and try to persuade wavering nations to take a hard line with the country.
The Federal Reserve is preparing what would be the most sweeping rules yet to regulate the pay at banks across the country.
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