US Society

Young Americans delay purchase of homes

Deferment caused by high levels of student debt

• US inflation flat on lower petrol prices
• US consumers feel better as oil prices ease

Latin vote will count in US election

• Editorial Mitt and Hispanics
• Economy and demography hold key to US election

Obama seeks young female vote

President urges students to get involved

• Martin Wolf Era of a diminished superpower
• Obama ‘vampire’ ads go for jugular

Romney courts Christian voters

Presumptive nominee keys on gay marriage issue

• Republicans weigh pre-poll tax-cut extension
• Notebook Familiarity is breeding contempt of the rock star

Afghans more defiant on night raids

Commanders make use of new-found power to veto operations

• US resolves Taliban night raids dispute
• Taliban sent ‘peace message to trick Rabbani’

US football fights for viewers

Major League Soccer faces competition for attention

• Beckham’s US soccer mission nears end
• US soccer looks to export young talent

Call for fairness finds resonance in Florida

Crucial swing state has some of the US’s highest rates of inequality

• President taps ‘Hollywood ATM’
• Global Insight Republican super-Pacs outgun Obama

Hair stylist Sassoon dies, aged 84

Celebrity hairstylist pioneered ‘wash and wear’ looks

• Obituary Vidal Sassoon

Vodka market nears bubble territory

Youth appeal could mean increased regulation

• Lex Beam
• Diageo cautious despite boost in sales