Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – Richard Holbrooke, the U.S. president’s special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, is struggling in a critical condition at George Washington University hospital after admission on Friday morning. “This morning, doctors completed surgery to repair a tear in his aorta. He is in critical [...]
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U.S. Watches As Ambassador Holbrooke Collapses
December 12th, 2010 
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Comments OffLanguage barrier key for Nepali in New York
December 11th, 2010 davidguide Anil Giri – AHN News Correspondent Kathmandu, Nepal (AHN) – Nepali Diasporas living in New York face a language barrier, creating a major challenge that causes immigrants to miss out on jobs and other opportunities in the United States. Most of the Nepalis who reached the U.S. in search of green pastures are at the [...]
Posted in Lending News Tags: America, barrier, economic mobility, federal minimum wage, finding jobs, Kathmandu, Language, Lending, Nepal, Nepali, Nepali-speaking, Nepalis, New York, New York City, new york city demographics, professional sector, report, speaking community, U.S., U.S. However, United States, YORK- Comments OffRegulators close banks in Michigan, Pennsylvania
December 11th, 2010 davidguide Regulators on Friday shut down small banks in Michigan and Pennsylvania, boosting the number of U.S. banks that have failed this year to 151 as bad loans have mounted and the economy has been slow to heal. View full post on All Stories
Posted in Lending News Tags: banks, Close, economy, Friday, Loans, Michigan, number, Pennsylvania, Post, Regulators, U.S., View, year Comments OffInternational Outrage Follows Arrest of Wikileaks Founder
December 11th, 2010 davidguide Tom Ramstack – AHN News Correspondent London, United Kingdom (AHN) – International protest is building about the arrest of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange this week. Assange is being held in a British jail awaiting extradition to Sweden on rape charges. Meanwhile, the U.S. Justice Department is seeking to extradite him to the United States to [...]
Posted in Lending News Tags: arrest, Australia, australian citizen, Brazil, Calif., department, Follows, Founder, government, International, international protest, julian assange, kevin rudd, Lending, London, luiz inacio lula da silva, lula da silva, Mexico, Mexico City, Minister Kevin Rudd, Mr. Assange, News, outrage, president luiz inacio lula, president luiz inacio lula da silva, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, protest, report, Robert Gates, Rudd, Russia, Sen. Joseph Lieberman, Sweden, U.S., U.S. Justice, United Kingdom, United States, WikiLeaks Comments OffDespite Recession, Finance Job Competition Stays Strong
December 10th, 2010 davidguide Finding qualified candidates for financial services and accounting positions should prove easy with the U.S. unemployment rate near 10 percent. However, firms… View full post on All Stories
Posted in Lending News Tags: Accounting, accounting positions, Competition, Despite, Finance, Financial services, Percent, Post, rate, recession, Stays, strong, U.S., Unemployment, unemployment rate, View Comments OffNew U.S. Unemployment Claims Drop To 421,000
December 10th, 2010 davidguide Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – New claims for unemployment compensation dropped to 421,000 for the week ending Dec. 4, a decrease of 17,000 claims from the week before, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Not all jobless workers are insured by the unemployment compensation program. The advance [...]
Posted in Lending News Tags: 421000, advance number, carolina tennessee texas, claiming benefits, claims, Drop, jobless workers, maine massachusetts, U.S., Unemployment, unemployment compensation benefits, unemployment compensation program Comments OffHouse Votes To Cut Funds For Terror Detainee Transfers Out Of Guantanamo Bay
December 10th, 2010 davidguide AHN News Staff Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – In an attempt to prevent President Barack Obama’s plan to bring terror suspects to the United States for trial, the House voted 212-206 on Tuesday to curb the government’s expenses in the fiscal year. The measure targeted funds aimed at transferring inmates from a military holding [...]
Posted in Lending News Tags: America, barack obama, Cuba, D.C., Detainee, Detention, detention camp, facility, Funds, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, guantanamo bay cuba, house, indefinite detention, Lending, Mohammed, Obama, Sheik Mohammed, sheikh mohammed, Terror, terror suspects, Transfers, Trial, U.S., U.S. Congress, U.S. The, United States, votes, Washington, year Comments OffWal-Mart to stop extra $1 Sunday pay for employees
December 9th, 2010 davidguide Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News News Writer Bentonville, Arkansas, United States (AHN) – Wal-Mart Stores announced Wednesday that it will no longer pay its employees who work Sundays an additional $1 an hour. The new policy, however, would only cover workers hired after Jan. 1, 2011. Current U.S. employees numbering 1.4 million will not be [...]
Posted in Lending News Tags: allied workers union, Arkansas, chief executive officer, Chief Executive Officer Mike Duke, consecutive quarters, Employees, extra, Lending, majority share, Mart, Massachusetts, Massmart, mike duke, News, policy, Rhode Island, sales declines, South, Stop, Sunday, U.S., United States, wal mart stores, walmart Comments OffStudent loans drive consumer credit in October
December 8th, 2010 davidguide Consumer credit in the U.S. rose during October, mainly boosted by a rise in student loans, a report by the Federal Reserve said on Tuesday. View full post on All Stories
Posted in Lending News Tags: consumer, consumer credit, Credit, drive, federal reserve, Loans, October, report, rise, Student, Student Loans, U.S. Comments OffWith China Passive Over Pyongyang, U.S. Hosts Korean, Japanese Ministers
December 7th, 2010 davidguide Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – The United States on Monday stressed national “solidarity with our South Korean and Japanese allies and noted that these consultations demonstrate the strength of our shared commitment to advancing regional security and stability.” In a post-meeting statement National Security Council Deputy Spokesman Ben [...]
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