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International reaction to the United States presidential election, 2008...on his election. - Prime Minister Yves Leterme congratulated Barack Obama and described the relations between Belgium and the United States as "a true friendship based on common values and a lasting sense of solidarity." He said he looks... In this article: Barack Obama, United States, Democracy, God, Africa, Manouchehr Mottaki, Kenya, Lee Myung-bak, and Silvio Berlusconi |
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | September 30, 2008
Europe scrambles to save banks from meltdown
...was reached. Despite their intervention, the failure of US lawmakers to agree on a cash bail-out plan for failing banks panicked Europe's markets, in the wake of a rout across Asian markets and on Wall Street overnight. Leading markets...
In this article: Europe, Paris, Dexia, Nicolas Sarkozy, Brussels, Belgium, Wall Street, France, Luxembourg, and Recession
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Miami Herald - World | September 04, 2009
Belgium to resettle lone Guantánamo detainee
...the remote U.S. Navy base in Cuba last month. The statement said Belgium's Foreign Minister Yves Leterme was carrying out an earlier commitment to the United States made by his predecessor. Former Foreign Minister Karel de Gucht left the...
In this article: Detainee, Belgium, The Miami Herald, Guantanamo, Karel De Gucht, U.S. Navy, European Union, Barack Obama, and Yves Leterme
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AFP Finance News | October 03, 2008
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...the Netherlands and Luxembourg on Sunday announced an 11.2 billion euro plan to partly nationalise Fortis in a bid to prevent the US-driven financial crisis from claiming another victim in Europe. Under that agreement, the three Benelux...
In this article: Fortis, ABN AMRO, Netherlands, Brussels, Wouter Bos, The Hague, Yahoo, and Luxembourg
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Reuters | October 02, 2008
Update 1-Belgian PM says banks not out of danger zone
...to monitor this minute by minute." The collapse in Fortis and Dexia's share prices and subsequent rescue efforts demonstrated the spill-over effect of the U.S. subprime crisis into the euro zone. Belgian Finance Minister Didier Reynders...
In this article: Fortis, Dexia, Yves Leterme, Belgian Senate, Didier Reynders, and Luxembourg
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The Seattle Times | October 09, 2008
Business & Technology Belgium, France, Luxembourg guarantee Dexia bank Seattle Times Newspaper
...new interbank deposits and new institutional loans of up to three years. He said this includes Dexia's U.S. bond insurance unit FSA, which has run up huge losses. "This guarantee gives assurance to depositors that Dexia will have enough...
In this article: Dexia bank, FSA, Christine Lagarde, France, U.S., Luxembourg, Belgium, Seattle Times, and Fortis
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Yahoo! News | October 05, 2008
BNP clinches Fortis' Belgian bank arm - Yahoo! News
...French bank's biggest shareholder. The deal was the most spectacular cross-border rescue since the U.S.-born credit crisis swept into Europe last month, upending banks and rattling savers' confidence. Under a share swap announced by...
In this article: Fortis, BNP Paribas, Yves Leterme, Dexia, Luxembourg, and Belgium
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S&P cuts Dexia ratings, cites U.S. housing sector woes
...to 'AA-', the fourth-highest investment grade in its scale. The move "reflects our view that the continued deterioration of the U.S. housing market and related loss in value of a variety of structured credit securities will further...
In this article: Standard & Poor's, U.S., FSA, Dexia, Le Figaro, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc, and Yves Leterme
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The United States of America (commonly referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Caribbean and Pacific.
At 3.79 million square miles (9.83 million km) and with about 308 million people, the United States is the third or fourth largest country by total area, and the third largest by land area and population. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries. The U.S. economy is the largest national economy in the world, with an estimated 2008 gross domestic product (GDP) of US $14.4 trillion (a quarter of nominal global GDP and a fifth of global GDP at purchasing power parity).
- Name:
- the United States
- Conventional Long Name:
- United States of America
- Capital:
- Washington, D.C.
- Language:
- None at federal level
- English (de facto)
- Motto:
- E Pluribus Unum
- Largest City:
- New York City
- Government type:
- Federal constitutional republic
- Founding Date:
- September 03, 1783
- Formations:
- Recognized
- Area:
- 3794101
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $14.441 trillion
- GDP (per capita PPP) Rank:
- 6th
- GDP (nominal):
- $14.441 trillion
- GDP (nominal per capita) Rank:
- 17th
- GPD (nominal) Rank:
- 1st
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $47,440
- Currency:
- United States dollar ($)
- Demonym:
- American
- Drives On:
- right
- Currency (code):
- USD
- Country Calling Code:
- +1
- ccTLD:
- .us .gov .mil .edu
- Anthem:
- "The Star-Spangled Banner"
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