Talks set to test US-Japan ties: Yukio Hatoyama, Japan's new prime minister, has taken a more independent-minded stance than his predecessors, recently announcing the Japanese navy would end its refuelling mission in the Indian Ocean in support of the US-led war in Afghanistan.
UK: Homebuyers face questions on alcohol and smoking under new mortgage rules:Spending on shoes, clothes and childcare could also be assessed under a new, industry-wide "affordability test".
Countries with the Biggest Gaps Between Rich and Poor: Top 11 Countries With the Biggest Gaps Between Rich and Poor
Ever upward trend for bankers' pay: Some people were outraged last week by a report that a member of the kitchen staff of bailed-out Wall Street firm AIG had received a $7,700 bonus.
Don’t bail on Wall Street outrage: PRESIDENT OBAMA is far too absent of outrage over Wall Street’s continued abuses.. Just a year after the bailout, the Wall Street Journal last week reported that the nation’s top 23 banks and investment firms plan to give out a record $140 billion in bonuses.
US treasury faces bonds lawsuit: The US federal government is facing a lawsuit over $16bn in unclaimed bonds going back as far as World War II, with six states arguing that the US treasury department should pay them out.
Sorry, no jobs. This is California: Employers in California, the most populous U.S. state, are expected to keep cutting staff in 2010 as the wider U.S. jobs market recovers.
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