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| | | ... followed Wall Street's lead. The Dow Jones Average plunged to close at 184.92 after US President Barack Obama challenged Republicans to accept tax increases for the wealthy in a deal to avert the so-called year-end fiscal cliff. The "fiscal cliff" refers ... |
| | | | ... up 6.5 points, or 0.15 per cent, at 4,410.7. NEW YORK - US stocks tumbled as US President Barack Obama challenged Republicans to accept tax increases for the wealthy in a deal to avert the year-end fiscal cliff. After opening higher helped by Cisco Systems's ... |
| | | | ... overseas markets had over-reacted to the US election result, in which President Barack Obama won a second term and the Republicans retained control the House of Representatives. "I think you will probably see a bounce back in overseas markets tonight ... |
| | | | ... with the US Congress to avoid automatic spending cuts and tax increases amounting to $600 billion. However, with the Republicans in control of the House of Representatives, the task is likely to be met with political wrangling as happened with the debt ... |
| | | | ... Wall Street tumbled following US President Barack Obama's re-election, with investors now seeing a tough battle with Republicans over a looming "fiscal cliff". At 0630 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was down 33 points ... |
| | | | ... budget deficit. However, they disagree on the approach. The Democrats are in favour of taxing the rich, while the Republicans are looking to cut taxes for everyone and reducing spending. Zwi commented: "Just about anyone who has looked at the options ... |
| | | | ... expected to announce today that it has super failed to reach a deal in time for Wednesday's deadline. Democrats and Republicans super failed to reach common ground on how to cut at least US$1.2 trillion from the budget deficit over 10-years starting ... |
| | | | ... the plan could pass intact in a deeply divided Congress, with the House of Representatives controlled by opposition Republicans. PRECIOUS METALS Gold slid on Friday, closing its worst week since June, as profit-taking by investors and a spike in the ... |
| | | | ... Congressional approval won't be easy as the jobs program announcement has already ignited criticism from influential Republicans. Congress is held by the GOP with 49 seat majority and getting 25 of them to cross the floor won't be easy when they have ... |
| | | | ... have swirled over whether the package would pass the House of Representatives, where both conservative "Tea Party" Republicans and liberal Democrats expressed opposition to it. Meanwhile, a closely-watched report on US manufacturing added to concerns ... |
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