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US prepares 1st execution of female inmate in 67 years

Lisa Montgomery faces execution at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana, just eight days before Joe Biden, an opponent of the federal death penalty, takes office

4 min read12 Jan 2021
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US to pay $1 bn for 100 mn doses of J&J's potential coronavirus vaccine

The latest contract is priced at roughly $10 per vaccine dose produced by J&J, or around $14.50 per dose, including a previous $456 million the US government promised to J&J for vaccine development in March

1 min read5 Aug 2020
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To deliver coronavirus vaccine, US bets on untested company

US bets on untested company to deliver COVID-19 vaccine

4 min read11 Jul 2020
Opinion

Opinion | Confusion over a yield curve inversion

The yield on 10-year US government bonds fell below the yield on 2-year paper. Since most economic recessions are preceded by such an odd-shaped graph, fears of a slump in America have spiked

1 min read15 Aug 2019
Companies

Huawei sues US over equipment ban in escalating legal clash

The lawsuit is aimed at a US statute that blocks government agencies from using equipment from HuaweiThe action signals a more aggressive response from the company toward its US accusers

2 min read7 Mar 2019
Companies

US negotiating multibillion-dollar fine with Facebook

Facebook said in a statement it is cooperating with US Federal Trade CommissionThe FTC investigation, opened nearly a year ago, focuses on whether Facebook failed to honor previous privacy commitments

1 min read15 Feb 2019
News

Government shutdown becomes longest in US history

The Democrats' refusal to approve $5.7 billion demanded by Donald Trump for the wall project has paralysed Washington

3 min read12 Jan 2019
Opinion

Opinion | Donald Trump’s long shutdown could destabilize the world

The longest shutdown on record is 21 days, from late December 1995 to early January 1996

4 min read6 Jan 2019
Market

Wall Street erases losses, helped by bank and energy stocks

All 11 major S&P sectors were lower in early trading, with declines in the technology and healthcare indexes weighing the most on the market

2 min read2 Jan 2019
News

How partial shutdown of US government could play out

Trump said on Wednesday, on a surprise visit to Iraq, that he could wait to get his wall funded. Asked how long that wait might last, he said, Whatever it takes.

2 min read27 Dec 2018
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