Texas Governor Rick Perry’s outspoken views on Social Security have come under fire as Republican White House contenders hold their latest TV debate. Read More
Republican contenders clash at Florida TV debate
Jobs Act: Obama plan eyes taxes on rich
US President Barack Obama is proposing to pay for his $447bn (£282bn) jobs plan with taxes on the wealthy. Republicans objected to the proposal, saying the president wanted to bill “job creators”. Read More
Kim Jong-il in talks with Russia’s Dmitry Medvedev
The BBC's Leonid Ragozin says the visit to Russia is very rare
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-il has held rare talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Pyongyang’s nuclear programme and economic co-operation. Mr Kim said his country was ready to discuss ending nuclear tests if six-party talks on denuclearisation resumed, Russian media reported. Read More
Voters go to polls in Wisconsin’s two final recalls
Voters take to the polls as Wisconsin holds the nation's largest ever recall elections in River Hills August 9, 2011.
EAGLE RIVER, Wis — Voters in two Wisconsin state Senate districts headed to the polls on Tuesday in the last of nine recall elections triggered by the fight earlier this year over Republican-backed curbs on union rights of public workers. Read More
Barack Obama launches campaign-style Midwest tour
Mr Obama asked voters to tell Washington "it's time for the games to stop"
US President Barack Obama has begun a campaign-style speaking tour to make a case to voters for action to boost the US economy and create jobs. Mr Obama’s three-day Midwest swing comes as his poll ratings continue to slip amid poor economic news. Read More
Obama vows new ideas to boost jobs, slams Congress
President Barack Obama
President Barack Obama sought to reassert economic leadership on Thursday by pledging to deliver new ideas every week to create jobs, and he slammed Congress for “bickering” that hurts economic recovery. Read More
Wall Street roars back but selling may return
Traders look up at the days gain as they work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange August 9, 2011
Stocks shot up 4 percent on Thursday as bargain-hungry investors overcame the recent wave of fear that drove selling over the last two weeks. Thursday’s rally marked the second bounce in a yo-yo week. After a sell-off that pushed the S&P 500 down as much as 17 percent since July 22, the market is showing some signs of regaining its footing. Read More
Chinese authorities find 22 more fake Apple stores
Fake iPhones are displayed at a mobile phone stall in Shanghai August 11, 2011.
Authorities in China’s southwestern city of Kunming have identified another 22 unauthorized Apple retailers weeks after a fake of the company’s store in the city sparked an international storm. Read More
Verizon unions strike after contract talks fail
Verizon
Almost half the workers in Verizon Communications wireline telecommunications business went on strike on Sunday as negotiations for a new labor contract failed. Read More
NATO investigates deadly Afghan helicopter crash
Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai speaks during a gathering with military personnel at the presidential palace in Kabul July 26, 2011.
NATO tried to determine on Sunday if Taliban insurgents had shot down a troop-carrying helicopter in Afghanistan, killing 38 in the largest loss of life suffered by foreign forces in a single incident in 10 years of war. Read More