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US school reform report awaits grades
Mr Obama’s reforms, which have been taking place at the state level and often in the teeth of union opposition, have brought about what even critics concede is the most rapid school reforms America has seen in a generation
Opinion: Oil giants era over
A new model is emerging in which smaller national and larger international oil companies must work in new partnerships, writes Nick Butler
Dudley reiterates BP safety mantra
With its dividend payments suspended for the rest of 2010, and possibly not resumed at former levels for several years to come, BP is being forced to rethink what it offers shareholders
Hayward to be offered BP Russia job
Precursor to Bob Dudley, American and Asian head, taking over the helm of the oil group
Efforts to kill well put back to August
A storm alert in the Gulf of Mexico forces an evacuation of vessels from the Macondo site, with the resulting disruption set to cost the operation to halt the BP oil spill between seven and nine days
Clive Crook: Action on carbon is down the drain
Republican intransigence and Democratic evasion on this subject are paralysing not just climate policy but action on the equally pressing issue of fiscal sustainability, writes Clive Crook
Christopher Caldwell: Lord Black profits from a grey law
‘Honest-services fraud’ could apply even to an employee who calls in sick to go to a baseball game, writes Christopher Caldwell
Judge blocks peer’s move to Canada
A US judge rejected a bid by Lord Black, the Canadian-born former publishing magnate, to be allowed to return to Canada to live during his release on bail.
Hertog shared ideological bond
The man who came to the rescue of Lord Black with a $2m commitment to secure his release from prison this week was described in a Chicago court simply as “a friend”,
Jurek Martin: DC’s mayoral battle is refreshingly local
The race between Adrian Fenty, the Washington mayor seeking a second term, and Vincent Gray, his challenger, revolves around Mayor Fenty’s record and how it relates to the complex attitudes and power structures of the US capital’s black community. In a pleasant change from the national type, this is happening in a city where Barack Obama remains popular, local Republicans can be counted on the fingers of one hand and the Tea Party could not borrow a spoonful of sugar, writes Jurek Martin
