United States

Executive Order: 2008 Amendments to the Manual for Courts Martial, United States (White House News)

24 Jul 2008

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code (Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. 801-946), and in order to prescribe amendments to the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States, prescribed by Executive Order 12473 of April 13, 1984, as amended, it is hereby ordered as ...

New York Joins List of States Suing UBS (New York Times)

24 Jul 2008

UBS ’s legal woes in the United States just got deeper. New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on Thursday sued the Swiss bank for securities fraud, marking its latest legal challenge from an American state related to the sale of so-called auction-rate securities.

Existing home sales in the United States fall 2.6 per cent in June (MSN Money Canada)

24 Jul 2008

WASHINGTON - Sales of existing homes in the United States fell more sharply than expected in June as the housing industry continued to be bruised by the worst slump in more than two decades.