Obama hails France amid Hollande’s state visit
US President Barack Obama praises France as a model ally in a world that must do more to meet common threatsYellen says Federal Reserve on track to keep trimming stimulus
New Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen says the US central bank is on track to keep reducing its policy stimulus
Opinion
NEW YORK TIMES: Pussy Riot keep up pressure
The world must speak out now, while Russian President Vladimir Putin is at the centre of attention thanks to Russian punk band Pussy Riot
Opinion
Between an American rock and a Chinese hard place
Mike Dolan
The odd thing about the stampede out of emerging markets this year is that it’s happened just as US Treasury yields went into reverse
Pay gap for GM’s female CEO closed
Mary Barra, the first female CEO of a global car maker, may receive $10m in long-term compensation as part of her package
Facebook’s Zuckerberg is most generous US philanthropist in 2013
Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, donated 18-million shares of Facebook stock, valued at more than $970m, to Silicon Valley nonprofit, report shows
Actress Shirley Temple dead at 85
Hollywood child star who melted hearts in Depression-era America with her trademark blond ringlets and dimpled smile dies at the age of 85
Obama, Hollande push for climate pact
Presidents urge more clean energy partnerships to create jobs, as well as support for developing countries as they shift to low-carbon energy
Another Rockefeller could be on the way
Mark Zuckerberg has established an empire with a dizzying speed that would make great men such as John D Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie envious
Bets cost shopkeeper R77m
Bets with customers on the outcome of Super Bowl game costs Houston furniture shop owner an estimated R77m
Twitter tumbles as growth eludes network
Microblogging service that amassed more than 200-million users in seven years now struggling to widen its audience as quickly
US jobless claims fall as firms hold on to staff
Decline in dismissals shows bosses are confident that demand for goods and services will hold up at the same time that fiscal restraints ease
Gates quits as chairman, to become key adviser
Founder Bill Gates sheds his title of chairman for a more hands-on role
Nadella marks ‘end of rock-star tech CEO’
Microsoft’s new leader is very different to his predecessor, write Peter Burrows and Dina Bass
Google’s mystery barge may be homeless
Mystery barge being built by Google on pier at former US Navy base in San Francisco Bay may be told to cast off
US banks settle claims over faulty home loans
Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase agree to pay $1.86bn to end US government accusations of misconduct in their handling of home loans
Twitter faces critical earnings test
Twitter to release its first earnings report since a wildly successful stock offering
Latest in string of legal claims costs JPMorgan Chase $614m
JPMorgan Chase & Co agrees to pay $614m to US government and admits it defrauded federal agencies by underwriting sub-standard mortgage loans
Gates steps down as Microsoft chairman as new CEO is named
Microsoft founder Bill Gates to become adviser to the technology firm, while Indian-born Satya Nadella replaces Steve Ballmer as CEO
Facebook fights to stay relevant in social media
Rival networks such as Twitter, Pinterest, SnapChat, Instagram and Tumblr are thriving competitors
Yahoo! off to Ireland as Swiss plan tax change
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Snow and ice storms in the northeast triggered states of emergency in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania
Microsoft hopes new, old leaders can rekindle magic
New CEO Satya Nadella may find it tough to push change with co-founder Bill Gates and former CEO Steve Ballmer breathing down his neck
Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman found dead in New York
Hoffman won an Oscar for best actor in 2006 for Capote and was seen as one of the pre-eminent actors of his generation
Households, trade keep US economy humming in fourth quarter
Gross domestic product grows at a 3.2% annual rate in fourth quarter, in line with economists’ expectations
EU to start talks with Cuba on a co-operation accord
EU to agree next month to deepen relations with Cuba in most significant overture to communist island since bloc lifted diplomatic sanctions in 2008
Opinion
DAWN: US, Iran must keep talking
The relationship between Iran and the US has been characterised by deep mistrust since 1979 and normalisation will be a long, difficult process
Opinion
Migrants should be welcome — especially ‘technogeeks’
John Gapper
Educated migrants work very hard, start businesses and help cities to flourish, and deserve to be defended
Opinion
Land of Messi and Peronism discovers limits of populism
Tony Leon
Argentina’s defiance of the economic laws of gravity invited its isolation from world financial markets, hastened disinvestment and provoked civil unrest
Multimedia
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- Volkswagen unit may be first foreign-owned plant in US to get union
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- Morgan Stanley to pay $1.25bn to settle mortgage claims
- Citigroup to grow European gas and power trading
- JPMorgan showers CEO with rewards
- Apple shares show need for new products
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- Security battle on between banks, retailers
- GIDEON RACHMAN: US grows more isolationist, but the world still needs it
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- Google buys UK artificial intelligence start-up
- Federal Reserve cuts stimulus as expected
- ‘Fifa go home’: World Cup protests spark violence in Brazil
- Argentina concedes that capital controls fail
- Obama lays out go-it-alone approach in state of union speech
- NEW YORK POST: Little Sisters pack big punch
- Apple’s Macintosh turns 30
- Apple said to plan release of iPhones with bigger screens
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- Beijing condemns ‘unfair’ US trade law
- Apple to refund purchases made by children
- Warrants for US phone records ‘are not a burden’
- $1,000 genome sequence achieved
- Obama to invite leaders to US-Africa summit
- Lenovo to acquire IBM server division
- TransCanada upbeat on favourable US report on pipeline
- Cuba challenges neighbours on poverty, then faces own critics
- Obama leads way in tapping popular discontent
- Quebec police halt search after fire kills 32 in old-age home
- Hague verdict sets new maritime border between Chile, Peru
- Volkswagen’s US operations a ‘disaster’, says labour chief
- Google develops contact lens glucose monitor
- EDITORIAL: US Fed’s tapering is the good news
- Hyundai expects increase in US market share
- Google steps deeper into consumers’ homes
- Clinton hails GM for first female CEO
- NSA’s eavesdropping ‘has minimal effect in countering terrorism’
- Obama set to use key speech to promote Democrats
- Drinks all round in the brewing industry as beer tastes change
- Sony cuts jobs at Hollywood studio
- Anadarko argues damages liability estimate
- Venezuela names new finance chief
- GALLERY: North American International Auto Show
- Labour trend among US elderly still puzzles
- Activist investor proposes splitting eBay into two
- Amazon plans to launch web pay-TV
- NEWS ANALYSIS: Outlook brighter but US Fed is still taking a leap in the dark
- SEC reviews holdings of staff in New York
- US journalist says he has been expelled from Russia
- US appeals court rejects open-internet rules
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