Belarus denies selling weapons to Syria
September 21st, 2012 - 1:12 am ICT by IANS
Minsk, Sep 20 (IANS) Belarus Thursday denied Washington's accusations of trying to sell weapons to Syria and violating a UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution after the US imposed sanctions on ... Read more...
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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 federal government has $69.6 bn deficit
August 11th, 2012 - 12:59 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 11 (IANS) The US federal government registered a budget deficit of about $69.6 billion in July, bringing the total budget gap for the first 10 months of this ... 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 federal deficit narrows
July 13th, 2012 - 1:47 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 13 (IANS) The US federal government registered a budget deficit of about $59.7 billion in June, sharply lower than the previous month, the US treasury department reported.
The ... Read more...
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Foreign holdings of US debt hit record high
June 15th, 2012 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 15 (IANS) Total foreign holdings of US Treasury securities rose to a new high in April, indicating strong international demand for US government debt, the US Treasury Department ... Read more...
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Geithner to visit India June 27-28 for economic talks
June 12th, 2012 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 12 (IANS) Focusing on growing India-US economic ties, US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner will travel to India June 27-28 for the third annual meeting of the US-India ... Read more...
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US slaps sanctions on Syrian bank
May 31st, 2012 - 12:48 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 30 (IANS) The US Wednesday imposed sanctions on the Syria International Islamic Bank (SIIB) for its role in helping other Syrian banks evade sanctions.The US Treasury Department accused ... Read more...
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US slaps sanctions against Chhota Shakeel, Tiger Memon (Lead)
May 16th, 2012 - 10:55 pm ICT by IANS
Washington/New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) The US has slapped sanctions on Chhota Shakeel and Ibrahim Tiger Memon, two top aides of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, the alleged mastermind of ... Read more...
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US lifts ban on Myanmar charity work
April 19th, 2012 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS
Yangon, April 19 (IANS) The US has lifted a ban on charity works by non-profit groups in Myanmar after the country successfully held its parliamentary elections earlier this month.The US ... Read more...
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US slaps sanctions on Syrian defence minister
March 31st, 2012 - 12:08 am ICT by IANS
Washington, March 30 (IANS) The US Treasury Department announced Friday that it had slapped sanctions on the Syrian defence minister and two senior military officials.In a statement, the ... Read more...
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AIG pays back $1.5 bn to US Treasury
March 23rd, 2012 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 23 (IANS) The US Treasury Department said Thursday that American International Group (AIG) repaid an additional $1.5 billion, a further step to exit from the government's financial rescue ... Read more...
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US reports $232 bn budget deficit
March 13th, 2012 - 4:49 am ICT by IANS
Washington, March 13 (IANS) The US Treasury Department announced Monday that the federal government registered a $231.7-billion budget deficit in February.This marked the biggest monthly budget imbalance in history, and ... Read more...
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GM posts $7.6 bn net profit for 2011
February 17th, 2012 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
Chicago, Feb 17 (IANS) General Motors Co. has posted a net profit of $7.6 billion for the whole of 2011, but troubles in Europe weakened its earnings and underscored challenges ... Read more...
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US federal budget deficit drops to $27.4 bn
February 11th, 2012 - 8:19 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 11 (IANS) The US federal government reported a budget deficit of $27.4 billion in January, the US Treasury Department said Friday.The figure is sharply lower than the reading ... Read more...
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US government to borrow $644 bn
January 31st, 2012 - 1:27 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 31 (IANS) The US Treasury Department announced Monday that the federal government is expected to borrow $644 billion from the market to fund its operation in the first ... Read more...
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US federal budget deficit reaches $137 bn in November
December 13th, 2011 - 1:58 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 13 (IANS) The US federal government reported a budget deficit of $137.3 billion in November, the US Treasury Department announced Monday.
That brought the total budget deficit of the ... Read more...
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Clinton to hold Iran accountable for Saudi envoy plot
October 13th, 2011 - 3:31 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 13 (IANS) US State Secretary Hillary Clinton Wednesday vowed to hold Iran accountable for its alleged involvement in a "terror plot" to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington, ... Read more...
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US sanctions five men linked to kill Saudi envoy (Lead)
October 12th, 2011 - 6:26 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 12 (IANS) The US Treasury Department announced Tuesday that it has slapped sanctions on five individuals linked to the assassination attempt on the Saudi ambassador to Washington, Xinhua ... Read more...
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US puts 5 Haqqani Network associates on terrorist list
September 30th, 2011 - 10:25 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 30 (IANS) Squeezing recalcitrant ally Pakistan, the United States has put on its terrorist list five associates of the Haqqani Network branded as a "veritable arm" of ... Read more...
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Two LeT kingpins put on US terror list
September 29th, 2011 - 2:30 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 29 (IANS) The United States Wednesday imposed financial sanctions on two founding members of the Pakistan based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) held responsible for the 2008 Mumbai terror ... Read more...
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US rejects Indian-Americans’ plea on disclosing offshore accounts
August 17th, 2011 - 12:03 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 17 (IANS) The US Treasury Department has turned down the Indian-American community's plea to extend the deadline for disclosing offshore accounts from Aug 31 to Dec 31 ... Read more...
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Apple has more cash than US government today
July 29th, 2011 - 2:46 pm ICT by IANS
New York, July 29 (IANS) As of today, Apple boss Steve Jobs is richer than Uncle Sam.While the world's most powerful government has just $73.76 billion in its reserves, the ... Read more...
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Russia supports use of Gaddafi’s assets as humanitarian aid
May 14th, 2011 - 6:53 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 13 (IANS) Russia favours an idea which calls for defreezing assets of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and using them as a humanitarian aid for the Libyan people, Russian ... Read more...
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US issues new rules for travel to Cuba
April 22nd, 2011 - 11:35 am ICT by IANS
Washington, April 22 (IANS/EFE) The US Treasury Department Thursday published new rules governing travel to Cuba which include the relaxation of some of longstanding regulations that were announced in ... Read more...
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Libya ranks among world’s largest sovereign wealth funds
March 3rd, 2011 - 1:32 pm ICT by IANS
New York, March 3 (IANS) Libya ranks among the world's largest sovereign wealth funds as it always had large amounts of cash to throw around because of its huge ... Read more...
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China’s US debt holdings at $1.16 trillion
March 1st, 2011 - 4:51 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 1 (IANS) China's holdings of long-term US Treasury securities totalled $1.16 trillion at the end of December 2010, a media report said Tuesday.The US Treasury Department has revealed the ... Read more...
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Citi’s Pandit gets a big raise: from $1 to $1.75 million (Lead)
January 22nd, 2011 - 4:00 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Jan 22 (IANS) Vikram Pandit, the Indian American CEO of Citigroup Inc, is getting a big boost in his base salary from just $1 to $1.75 million after the ... Read more...
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US freezes assets of three Pakistani terrorists
December 3rd, 2010 - 10:33 am ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Dec 3 (IANS) The United States has slapped sanctions against three of Pakistan's most wanted terrorists associated with Lashkar-e Jhangvi (LJ) and Jaish-e Mohammed (JEM) held responsible for deadly ... Read more...
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China’s Canton trade fair opens
October 16th, 2010 - 12:14 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Oct 15 (IANS) China's largest trade expo, the Canton Fair, opened Friday in the southern Guangdong province amid growing concerns that a stronger yuan would weigh on the country's exports.Over 23,500 ... Read more...
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Karzai assures “Kabul Bank is safe,” urges Afghans not to panic
September 3rd, 2010 - 6:58 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 3 (ANI): Afghan President Hamid Karzai has assured the his country's citizens that their deposits are safe and urged them not to panic shortly after his brother, a major shareholder ... Read more...
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US freezes assets of Al Qaeda finance chief
August 25th, 2010 - 6:34 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 25 (IANS) The US treasury department has frozen the assets of the finance chief of Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden's son-in-law.
The department Tuesday froze all assets Muhammad Abdallah Hasan ... Read more...
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Pakistan’s Harkat-ul-Jihad Islami declared terror group (Lead)
August 7th, 2010 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Aug 7 (IANS) The United States and the United Nations have designated Pakistan's Harakat-ul Jihad Islami a "Foreign Terrorist Organization" and targeted its commander Mohammad Ilyas Kashmiri, said ... Read more...
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US, UN declare Ilyas Kashmiri’s HuJI ‘terrorist group’
August 7th, 2010 - 12:15 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug.7 (ANI): The United States and the United Nations (UN) have declared dreaded terrorist Ilyas Kashmiri a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist", while declaring his militant group- Harakatul Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) as ... Read more...
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US sanctions Iranian firms in Europe
August 4th, 2010 - 4:36 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 4 (DPA) The US announced sanctions Tuesday against companies in Europe suspected of being fronts for the Iranian government used to evade sanctions and support its nuclear activities.
The US Treasury ... Read more...
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