‘Fiscal cliff’ deal in U.S. proving elusive
A Capitol Hill deal to avert the ‘fiscal cliff’ is proving elusive as a deadline to avert tax hikes on virtually every American worker and block sweeping spending cuts set…
Senate negotiators yet to reach ‘fiscal cliff’ deal as clock winds down – Washington Post
Washington Post Senate negotiators yet to reach 'fiscal cliff' deal as clock winds downWashington PostVice President Joseph Biden and Sen. Mitch McConnell were locked in urgent talks late Sunday over…
Senate negotiators yet to reach ‘fiscal cliff’ deal as clock winds down – Washington Post
Washington Post Senate negotiators yet to reach 'fiscal cliff' deal as clock winds downWashington PostVice President Joseph Biden and Sen. Mitch McConnell were locked in urgent talks late Sunday over…
McConnell Says He Called Biden to Try to ‘Jump Start’ Talks – Bloomberg
Bloomberg McConnell Says He Called Biden to Try to 'Jump Start' TalksBloombergWith little more than a day remaining to avert tax increases for almost every U.S. worker and to halt…
Exemption allows for sale of troubled XL Foods meat plant
The sale of the Alberta meat plant at the centre of Canada’s largest beef recall is now one step closer to becoming reality. CBC | Business News…
Obama Makes Last-Minute Fiscal Appeal as Time Grows Short – Bloomberg
NPR Obama Makes Last-Minute Fiscal Appeal as Time Grows ShortBloombergPresident Barack Obama made a last- minute appeal for congressional compromise as three senators said the chances were greater than 50-50…
Stock markets edgy before ‘fiscal cliff’
The Toronto stock market was lower Friday amid growing skepticism about whether U.S. lawmakers can keep the economy from going over the so-called fiscal cliff. CBC | Business News…
Lawmakers to Hold Weekend Talks on Averting Budget Change – Bloomberg
New Yorker Lawmakers to Hold Weekend Talks on Averting Budget ChangeBloombergPlay. Senate's Reid, McConnell Square Off on Fiscal Cliff. U.S. lawmakers entered a weekend of budget negotiations in a final…
Port strike averted for now – Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia Inquirer Port strike averted for nowPhiladelphia InquirerPort strike averted for now. Containers being loaded onto a cargo ship at the Packer Avenue terminal in 2010. Philadelphia. ED HILLE /…
U.S. Senate leaders rush to assemble deal to avoid fiscal cliff
Senate leaders rush to assemble a last-ditch agreement to avoid middle-class tax increases and possibly delay steep spending cuts in an urgent attempt to find common ground after weeks of…
