14 December 2011 Last updated at 16:04 GMT Time cited the influence of the Arab Spring in their decision Time Magazine’s choice for the person who made the single greatest impact in 2011 is The Protester. The pick reflects the importance of demonstrations during 2011 – from the Arab Spring to Occupy Wall Street and [...]
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December 15, 2011
October 7, 2011
US jobs: Washington and Wall Street face anxious wait on figures
Washington and Wall Street will be nervously awaiting official jobs figures on Friday as President Obama pushes Congress to vote through his latest jobs plan and investors look for signs that recovery is taking hold. September’s non-farm payroll figures, expected on Friday morning, follow a week when Obama and senior Washington officials have called on [...]
October 4, 2011
Bernanke says US economy is ‘close to faltering’
Federal reserve chairman Ben Bernanke has warned that US economic recovery is “close to faltering”, and that a “disorderly” default in the Greek debt would have a serious impact. In testimony to Congress, Bernanke was repeatedly quizzed about the impact of the European crisis on America. He said the US was an “innocent bystander” in [...]