"As President Obama has said on numerous occasions, we do not collect intelligence to provide a competitive advantage to US companies, or US commercial sectors," Mr Holder said.
"Confidence will continue to be a major barrier, not helped by the recent contraction of the UK and US manufacturing sectors and less than flattering economic predictions of stagnation for Scotland".
OO EPA Cap On Coal Emissions Not Enough : "Carbon Crumbs" says ex US chief climate scientist James Hansen; US power sector is already halfway to the 2030 goal.
That followed Wednesday's disappointing US services sector data, which made investors conclude that US interest rates are unlikely to be hiked anytime soon.
Just a handful of US states actually offer paid maternity leave and "only 12% of US private sector workers have access to paid family leave through their employer", according to the US Department of Labor.
Today, US private sector workers have been reduced to Japanese-like long hours.
However, he would not rule out, in principle, US private sector involvement in the NHS in future.
In the 1950s, over a third of all US private-sector workers were unionized; today, fewer than 7% are.
