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Mexico arrests suspect in US agent’s death
Mexico’s army said it had arrested a man suspected of killing a US special agent and wounding another earlier this month
Prison costs spur unlikely alliance in US
State budget deficits are encouraging a rare coalition of reformers on both the left and the right of US politics to look for ways to slim down the largest prison system in the world
Emanuel confronts deficit in Chicago
Rahm Emanuel faces the daunting task of tackling the city of Chicago’s perilous financial situation after winning a landslide victory in Tuesday’s mayoral election
Goldman sees danger in US budget cuts
The Republican plan to slash government spending by $61bn in 2011 could reduce US economic growth by 1.5 to 2 percentage points in the second and third quarters of the year, a Goldman Sachs economist has warned
Data watch
The latest key economic indicators from around the world
Province woos investors after Potash saga
Saskatchewan officials head to the UK, US, China and India to reassure investors as the commodities boom reshapes the province’s economy
US home resales jump unexpectedly in January
Sales of existing homes in the US rose unexpectedly in January, as buyers bought foreclosed homes at bargain prices
Lex: US economic distortions
Crisis-induced state intervention has seeped into every corner of economics and finance and the natural balance of things may not be known again for decades
Emanuel wins Chicago mayor race
Rahm Emanuel won a landslide victory in Chicago’s mayoral election on Tuesday, securing comfortably more votes than the 50 per cent he needed to avoid a second-round run-off
Somali pirates kill four US hostages
The attack, which came in the midst of negotiations for the hostages’ release from their hijacked yacht, comes amid rising insecurity and ransoms in the region
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