Washington: With nearly 100 new members, the US Congress convened fresh from the year-end “fiscal cliff” fiasco, as lawmakers cast a wary eye towards the...
Washington: President Barack Obama has signed into law the contentious compromise bill hammered out in Congress, narrowly averting the US ‘fiscal cliff’ of tax hikes...
Washington: The US Congress pulled back from the brink of “fiscal cliff” disaster and sparked a New Year stock rally with a last-minute deal averting...
Washington: Lawmakers in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives are considering legislation to stave off America’s fiscal crisis after a last-gasp deal on taxes passed the...
Washington: The White House and top Republicans struck a dramatic deal to avert huge New Year tax hikes and postpone automatic spending cuts that had...
LONDON, United Kingdom: Crude oil prices fell on Monday as traders’ hopes of a last-minute compromise deal between US politicians to avert the “fiscal cliff”...