Neal Kwatra to head New York governor's re-election campaign

On November 2, 2010, in his acceptance speech on being elected Governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo declared, ‘We got such fantastic help from our brothers and sisters in the labour......

Exclusive! 'What did you achieve by making an example out of Devyani?'

'Let's talk a bit about minimum and overtime wages, since that is a topic so dear to everyone's heart. After all, critics say that heartless Devyani paid poor Sangeeta neither the minimum wages nor......

TEXT: US President Obama's State of the Union address

United States President Barack Obama on Wednesday delivered his State of the Union address in which he spelt out the agenda for the second term of his Presidency.Here's the verbatim text of his......

New SAYA! chief aims to target poor youth

As a Cornell University undergraduate majoring in chemistry and Asian studies, Udai Tambar spent many weeks studying ethnic identity issues among Indians in New York City. "I also studied how......

US Q2 GDP growth revised sharply higher to 3.7%

The U.S. economy grew faster than initially thought in the second quarter on solid domestic demand, showing fairly strong momentum that could still allow the Federal Reserve to hike interest rates......

Sturdy US jobs report boosts chances of Fed rate hike

The Fed has kept overnight rates near zero since December 2008. Officials from the US central bank will meet on June 16-17. US job growth accelerated sharply in May and wages picked up, signs of......

US economy nearly stalls in Q1 as energy prices bite

U.S. economic growth braked more sharply than expected in the first quarter as harsh weather dampened consumer spending and energy companies struggling with low prices slashed spending, but there......

US trade deficit widens in December

The US trade deficit in December widened sharply to its highest level since 2012 as a stronger dollar appeared to suck in imports and weigh on exports, which could see the fourth-quarter economic......