Obama, Boehner talk, Geithner prepared to go off 'cliff'

Agencies : Washington, Thu Dec 06 2012, 15:08 hrs

Ads by Google

Top Stories

"The more the Republicans talk about raising or not raising the debt limit, that really makes the market nervous, and makes the White House more nervous than Congress," said John Brady, managing director at R.J. O'Brien & Associates in Chicago. "The cliff can be punted into the future, but the debt ceiling can't be."

Page : 1 2 3 4 Single Page Format

Ads by Google

ALSO READ

China's industrial profits grew 12.1 per cent in the first quarter this year from a year ago. (Reuters)

China Q1 factory profits up 12.1%

Apple Inc's shares fell below $400 on Wednesday for the first time since December 2011. (Reuters)

Supplier woes stir Apple demand fears, stock drops below $400

Japan's exports to China fell 9.1% in fiscal 2012, while its exports to rest of Asia fell almost 42%. (Reuters)

Japan logs record $83.4 billion trade deficit in FY2012

Thousands of passengers were stranded at airports and on airplanes. (Reuters)

American Airlines halts flights, passengers stuck

Please read our terms of use before posting comments

TERMS OF USE: The views, opinions and comments posted are your, and are not endorsed by this website. You shall be solely responsible for the comment posted here. The website reserves the right to delete, reject, or otherwise remove any views, opinions and comments posted or part thereof. You shall ensure that the comment is not inflammatory, abusive, derogatory, defamatory &/or obscene, or contain pornographic matter and/or does not constitute hate mail, or violate privacy of any person (s) or breach confidentiality or otherwise is illegal, immoral or contrary to public policy. Nor should it contain anything infringing copyright &/or intellectual property rights of any person(s).