US sanctions eight key figures of LeT
August 31st, 2012 - 12:39 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 30 (IANS) The US Thursday imposed sanctions on eight key figures of Lashkar-e Taiba (LeT), a Pakistan-based terrorist group with alleged links to the Taliban, the Haqqani ... Read more...
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US imposes sanctions over 50 Iranian entities
July 13th, 2012 - 3:08 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 13 (IANS) The US has put over 50 Iranian entities under sanctions in its latest step to stifle the Islamic republic's nuclear and ballistic missile programmes.According to the ... Read more...
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US wants more steps to solve Eurozone crisis
June 5th, 2012 - 12:06 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 4 (IANS) The White House has called on the European nations to take more steps to solve the worsening Eurozone crisis, saying the markets view the measures ... Read more...
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US targets Iran’s third largest bank
January 24th, 2012 - 2:40 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 24 (IANS) The US Monday added Bank Tejarat, Iran's third largest bank, on its blacklist for sanctions, citing its links to the Islamic republic's nuclear bomb efforts.The Department ... Read more...
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US, India natural allies against terror financing: US official
July 28th, 2011 - 12:25 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 27 (IANS) The US and India are natural allies in the fight against illicit finance used to fund terror activities, said a US official here Wednesday."Put at ... Read more...
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Pranab to address US-India economic summit Monday
June 26th, 2011 - 1:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will Monday address senior officials of the US government and top Indian and American businesses at an economic summit in ... Read more...
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US Treasury Under Secretary highlights growing US-India economic partnership
March 4th, 2011 - 7:40 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 4(ANI): U.S. Under Secretary of Treasury for International Affairs Lael Brainard on Friday delivered a keynote address here at the Institute of International Finance's (IIF) spring membership meeting, ... Read more...
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Obama says China’s growth is good for US
September 21st, 2010 - 4:02 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 21 (IANS) US President Barack Obama said Monday that China's rapid economic development is in the interest of US economy.
"It's good for us that China has done well," Obama ... Read more...
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Elizabeth Warren To Set Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Declares President Barack Obama
September 18th, 2010 - 7:19 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Washington, Sep 18, (THAINDIAN NEWS) On Friday, the President of United States Barack Obama named Harvard Law School Professor Elizabeth Warren as the person who would be overseeing the creation ... Read more...
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Secretaries Clinton and Geithner welcomed the EU and Canada’s approval of sanctions against Iran
July 27th, 2010 - 2:36 am ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON D.C. (BNO NEWS) – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner released on Monday a statement welcoming the implementation of United Nations (UN) Security Council Resolution 1929, ... Read more...
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Team of US auditors arrive in Pak to examine claims under CSF
February 26th, 2010 - 1:04 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Feb.26 (ANI): A team of 31 US auditors have arrived in Pakistan to examine claims under the Coalition Support Fund (CSF) amounting to 1.9 billion dollars.Pakistan has so far received 700 ... Read more...
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US arm twists Pak over auditors visa issue
February 13th, 2010 - 2:26 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Feb.13 (ANI): Arm twisting Pakistan over the delay in issuing visas to its auditors, the United States has clarified that the remaining payment under the Coalition Support Fund (CSF) would ... Read more...
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US, China launch ‘Strategic and Economic Dialogue’
July 27th, 2009 - 11:21 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, July 27 (IANS) Top US and Chinese officials Monday launched a "Strategic and Economic Dialogue" here to address key issues ranging from their response to the global financial ... Read more...
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US stocks rise on bail-out passage
October 4th, 2008 - 7:32 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 4 (DPA) US stocks rallied for the first time in three days as the US House of Representatives approved a new version of the finance rescue plan that the White ... Read more...
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US wants India to open financial sector more
June 26th, 2008 - 11:45 am ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, June 26 (IANS) Describing India-US relations as "very important to the growth and success of the global economy," a senior US official has asked New Delhi to go in ... Read more...
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Kamal Nath talks Doha with top US officials
June 12th, 2008 - 11:31 am ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, June 12 (IANS) India's Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath has held high level discussions with US officials on how to take forward the Doha round of world trade ... Read more...
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Kamal Nath to visit US to boost trade, talk Doha
June 10th, 2008 - 1:31 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, June 10 (IANS) India's Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath arrives here Wednesday to further boost commercial ties that have seen a three-fold growth in bilateral trade - to ... Read more...
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