United States

The US Department of Justice filed a civil antitrust lawsuit to block the proposed merger of AT&T and T-Mobile USA on the grounds that the deal would "substantially lessen competition"... 2011-09-02

The turbulence which has characterised the US economy over the past few weeks has not come as bad news for everyone. In fact for US blue-chips, with the sell-off in equities well underway... 2011-08-24

UK newspaper the Daily Mail has reported a rumour suggesting the private equity firms Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Bain Capital are preparing to bid for upmarket US food retailer Whole... 2011-08-24

The jury is still out on the underlying strength of the US economy. As such this week, leading US financial services firm JPMorgan joined the growing ranks of domestic financial heavyweights... 2011-08-24

The Marcellus shale play's proximity to major consuming regions in the US north east, where natural gas prices are about 30% higher than anywhere else in the nation, will prove increasingly... 2011-08-19

P> Bank of America (BofA), the largest US bank by assets, has for the last 18 months been on a mission to sell its non-core assets in order to raise capital ratios.

With the outlook for the global economy becoming increasingly uncertain over weeks, risk aversion will no doubt be on the rise once more.

The US's debt problems appear to have claimed another victim. With interest rates in the North America nation near historic lows, we predicted back in March that the dollar covered... 2011-08-16

US food company Sara Lee has reached a deal to sell its North American refrigerated dough business to US private label specialist Ralcorp Holdings for US$545mn. The move comes after... 2011-08-10

US local/long-distance telephone company Windstream Corporation has agreed to buy competitive local/metropolitan networks operator PAETEC for approximately US$2.3bn. The move enables... 2011-08-02