Fiscal Cliff

• Wall Street week ahead: investors face another Washington deadline

  US investors face another Washington-imposed deadline on government spending cuts next week, but it's not generating the same level of fear as two months ago when the "fiscal cliff" loomed large.

• US data, earnings suggest 'fiscal cliff' fears overhyped

  Economic data and earnings reports suggest CEOs were either overstating the concerns to pressure Washington or using the so-called cliff as an excuse for any signs of underperformance as results reporting season came round.

• 2013 will be less turbulent than 2012: Anshu Jain

  Deutsche Bank co-chief executive Anshu Jain said he sees less turbulent times ahead for the banking industry, thanks to a more stable euro zone.

• US could default by Feb if borrowing authority not extended: Timothy Geithner

  The US had hit the $16.4 billion debt ceiling on December 31. Since then it has employed "extraordinary measures" to avoid any default, but it might end up mid-February if the debt limit is not increased, he said.

• Big flows into US stocks may be sign of things to come

  The biggest weekly inflow into U.S.-based equities mutual funds in more than 11 years could be a sign that stocks are coming back into favour for a broad swath of investors after lawmakers avoided the fiscal cliff, some top money managers said.

• Oil prices down in Asian trade on lingering concerns over US economy

  Oil prices fell in Asian trade today on lingering concerns over the US economy despite better-than-expected earnings by aluminum giant Alcoa.

• US Congress less popular than cockroaches: poll

  The little loved US Congress, fresh off its fiscal cliff budget crisis, is now less popular than cockroaches and lice, a survey released on Tuesday found.

• Wall Street slips as earnings season gets under way

  US stocks fell on Tuesday, retreating from last week's rally on the "fiscal cliff" deal in Washington, as companies started to report results for the fourth quarter.

• 'Davos man' fears more storms, both real and economic

  Despite Europe's avoidance of a euro break-up in 2012 and the United States stepping back from its fiscal cliff, business leaders and academics fear politicians are failing to address fundamental problems, says the Global Risks 2013 report by the World Economic Forum.

• In 'fiscal cliff' bill, White House was key to corporate tax breaks

  As the U.S. Congress rushed last week to approve a "fiscal cliff" tax bill that raised income taxes on the wealthy, Washington lobbyists were fretting over a drama that was playing out within the negotiations: whether the bill would include about $64 billion in tax breaks for businesses.

• Americans think government could harm economy: poll

  Last week's "fiscal cliff" deal did little to ease fears among Americans that Washington could harm the U.S. economy or their personal finances in the months to come, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Monday.

• In 'fiscal cliff' bill, White House was key to corporate tax breaks

  As the US Congress rushed last week to approve a "fiscal cliff" tax bill that raised income taxes on the wealthy, Washington lobbyists were fretting over a drama that was playing out within the negotiations: whether the bill would include about $64 billion in tax breaks for businesses.

• Obama wants action on government's borrowing limit

  President Barack Obama is hailing a last-minute deal that pulled the country back from the "fiscal cliff," but warned that he "will not compromise" over his insistence that Congress lift the federal debt ceiling.

• FIIs pump Rs 4,500 crore in Indian stock market in first week of 2013

  Overseas investors have pumped in a hefty sum of Rs 4,500 crore in the first week of the new year as stock market participants cheered the US Senate approving a bill to avoid the so-called 'fiscal cliff'.

• US can't afford more showdowns over debt, deficits: Obama

  Fresh from the long legislative fight to prevent a fiscal cliff of tax hikes and spending cuts, President Barack Obama warned on Saturday that the United States could not afford further budget showdowns this year or in the future.