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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
... falling eurozone industrial output while waiting for 2012 earnings reports from US companies and comments by President Barack Obama on the US debt ceiling. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies slid 0.22 per cent to close at 6,107.86 points ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
... spending cuts that take effect on January 1 unless Congress and the White House reach a deal to avert them. President Barack Obama said a deal was "still a work in progress." Asked about Boehner's assertion that he was waiting to hear more from the president ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
... a series of sharp tax increases and spending cuts that will hit the economy in January if Congress and President Barack Obama are unable to thrash out an agreement to reduce the US budget deficit. LONDON - European stocks rose on anticipation the Federal ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
... citing people close to the process. Stock markets stayed higher even after Boehner said at midday that President Barack Obama is slow-walking talks to avoid the fiscal cliff, and hasn't outlined spending cuts he's willing to support as part of a compromise. ...

Good US housing news gathers pace

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
... news on the hoped for resolution to the Fiscal Cliff negotiations isn't so upbeat. Indeed the main news about President Obama over the weekend was his upcoming beachfront holiday to Hawaii and the $4 million it will cost US taxpayers notwithstanding ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... remains the collection of automatic tax increases and federal spending cuts scheduled to start January 1. President Barack Obama said the White House and Republicans could reach an agreement "in about a week" if the Republicans drop their opposition ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... on Wall Street Stocks as traders became more hopeful that a budget deal will be reached in Washington. President Barack Obama said in a speech Wednesday that he thought the budget talks could be resolved in about a week. There was also gains for financial ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... in positive territory after Wall Street posted solid gains overnight spurred by encouraging remarks by President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner on averting looming tax hikes and spending cuts that could push the economy into recession, the ...

Obama re-election to boost healthcare and banking stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
US President Barack Obama's re-election has removed uncertainty about the direction of banking and healthcare policies posing a raft of opportunities for investors, according to Origin Asset Management's John Birkhold. Four more years of Obama has removed ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
... (0.48 per cent) at 1,359.88, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite shed 16.19 (0.57 per cent) at 2,853.13. President Barack Obama met with congressional leaders from the Democratic and Republican parties to open crunch talks on pulling back from the fiscal ...