December 29, 2011
A resurgent demand for gift cards may extend retailers’ holiday cheer well into January.
Gift card spending rose to nearly 18 percent of total holiday spending […]
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December 25, 2011
%3Cp%3EThe+House+intends+to+vote+down+a+bipartisan+two-month+extension+of+the+payroll+tax+cut+that+has+cleared+the+Senate+and+is+backed+by+President+Barack+Obama%2C+and+request+immediate+negotiations+on+a+full-year+renewal%2C+Speaker+John+Boehner+said+Monday.%3C%2Fp%3E+%09%3Cp%3E%22It%27s+time+to+stop+the+nonsense.+We+can+resolve+these+differences+and+we+can+do+it+in+a+way+that+provides+certainty+for+job+creators+and+others%2C%22+Boehner+said+at+a+news+conference%2C+although+he+provided+no+estimate+on+how+long+it+might+take+to+produce+a+compromise.%3C%2Fp%3E+%09%3Cp%3EWithout+action+by+Congress%2C+both+the+payroll+tax+cut+and+a+program+for+long-term+unemployment+benefits+will+expire+on+Jan.+1.%3C%2Fp%3E+%09%3Cp%3EHouse+Majority+Leader+Eric+Cantor%2C+R-Va.%2C+said+lawmakers+would+not+let+the+tax+increase+kick+in+but+he+did+not+say+how+they+would+resolve+the+dispute.%3C%2Fp%3E+%09%3Cp%3E%22In+this+tough+economy%2C+middle+class+Americans+need+to+know+that+their+taxes+won%27t+be+going+up+at+any+point+next+year.%2C%22+Cantor+said+in+a+statement.+%22We+are+going+to+stay+here+and+do+our+work+until+we+guarantee+that+no+one+faces+a+tax+increase+in+the+year+ahead.%22%3C%2Fp%3E+%09%3Cp%3EThe+leaders%27+comments+came+after+a+chaotic+weekend+in+which+Senate+leaders+first+failed+to+agree+on+a+full-year+bill%2C+then+coalesced+around+the+two-month-extension+that+passed+overwhelmingly%2C+only+to+spark+a+revolt+among+GOP+conservatives+in+the+House.%3C%2Fp%3E+%09%3Cp%3EThere+was+no+immediate+reaction+from+either+the+White+House+or+leaders+in+the+Senate%2C+which+adjourned+for+the+year+on+Saturday+shortly+after+approving+its+version+of+the+bill.%3C%2Fp%3E+%09%3Cp%3EThe+revolt+of+the+rank+and+file+placed+Boehner+and+Republicans+in+a+difficult+position%2C+just+as+it+appeared+they+had+outmaneuvered+Obama+by+assuring+that+the+legislation+would+require+him+to+make+a+swift+decision+on+construction+of+a+proposed+oil+pipeline.%3C%2Fp%3E+%09%3Cp%3EObama+had+announced+he+would+put+off+the+issue+until+after+the+presidential+election+in+2012+rather+than+decide+the+fate+of+a+project+that+divided+usual+Democratic+allies+_+environmentalists+opposed+and+several+labor+unions+in+favor.%3C%2Fp%3E+%09%3Cp%3EIn+a+television+interview+shortly+before+Boehner%27s+news+conference%2C+White+House+communications+director+Dan+Pfeiffer+accused+Boehner+of+reversing+his+position+on+the+two-month+measure+because+of+a+%22tea+party+revolt.%22%3C%2Fp%3E+%09%3Cp%3EBoehner%2C+R-Ohio%2C+said+he+had+not+changed+his+view+on+the+bill.%3C%2Fp%3E+%09%3Cp%3E%22I+raised+concerns+about+the+two-month+process+from+the+moment+I+heard+about+it%2C%22+he+said.%3C%2Fp%3E+%09%3Cp%3EHe+called+on+members+of+the+Senate+to+%22put+their+vacations+on+hold%22+and+return+to+forge+a+compromise.%3C%2Fp%3E+%09%3Cp%3EObama+has+said+repeatedly+that+Congress+should+not+quit+for+the+year+until+the+tax+cut+has+been+extended%2C+and+has+said+he+would+postpone+a+planned+Hawaiian+vacation+until+the+bill+is+finished.%3C%2Fp%3E+%09%3Cp%3EGOP+leaders+planned+House+votes+on+the+payroll+measure+for+Monday+evening.%3C%2Fp%3E+%09%3Cp%3EWithout+congressional+action%2C+the+payroll+tax+paid+by+160+million+workers+would+rise+2+percentage+points+on+Jan.+1+_+a+boost+that+Democrats+eagerly+said+would+be+the+GOP%27s+fault.+The+brinksmanship+is+a+familiar+pattern+this+year+between+the+two+parties%2C+who+have+narrowly+averted+a+federal+default+and+several+government+shutdowns+in+past+fights.%3C%2Fp%3E+%09%3Cp%3EExtending+the+payroll+tax+cut+and+jobless+benefits+have+been+a+keystone+of+Obama%27s+and+congressional+Democrats%27+effort+to+spur+a+revival+of+the+flaccid+economy.+Congressional+Republican+leaders+also+say+they+support+the+idea%2C+but+some+of+their+rank-and-file+remain+unconvinced%2C+saying+the+unemployment+coverage+is+too+generous+and+that+cutting+the+payroll+tax+does+not+create+jobs.%3C%2Fp%3E+%09%3Cp%3EThe+Senate+bill+would+cut+the+payroll+tax%2C+extend+jobless+benefits+and+avoid+cuts+in+Medicare+payments+to+doctors+through+February.+Both+sides+say+they+want+to+renew+all+three+for+a+full+year%2C+but+bargainers+have+so+far+failed+to+agree+on+how+to+pay+for+a+package+that+size%2C+which+could+cost+roughly+%24200+billion.%3C%2Fp%3E+%09%3Cp%3EThe+White+House%27s+Pfeiffer+said+there+was+still+an+opportunity+for+House+Republicans+to+avoid+triggering+a+tax+increase+and+for+the+chamber+to+pass+the+Senate-approved+two-month+extension.%3C%2Fp%3E+%09%3Cp%3E%22You+only+need+a+couple+dozen+Republicans+to+do+it%2C%22+Pfeiffer+said.+%22I+find+it+inconceivable+that+you+can%27t+get+a+couple+dozen+Republicans+to+vote+for+a+tax+cut+for+the+middle+class.%22%3C%2Fp%3E+%09%3Cp%3EAfter+Senate+Majority+Leader+Harry+Reid%2C+D-Nev.%2C+and+Minority+Leader+Mitch+McConnell%2C+R-Ky.%2C+struck+a+deal+on+their+two-month+bill+Friday+night%2C+McConnell+expressed+optimism+that+Congress+would+approve+it+and+lawmakers+would+revisit+the+battle+in+February.%3C%2Fp%3E+%09%3Cp%3EThey+expressed+their+views+a+day+after+House+GOP+lawmakers+on+a+confer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December 10, 2011
World stocks were subdued Friday after most European Union leaders signed on to a treaty aimed at shoring up the euro as they worked to […]
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December 9, 2011
The number of people applying for unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest level in nine months, evidence that the job market is improving.
The […]
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December 4, 2011
President Barack Obama wants voters to get involved in the debate over extending the reduced payroll tax and he’s asking them to tell members of […]
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November 26, 2011
Peru’s biggest mining investment is under threat and government social welfare programs with it as highlands peasants step up protests against a gold-and-copper mine they […]
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November 11, 2011
Italy’s Senate prepared Friday to vote on economic reform measures demanded by the European Union that should pave the way for Premier Silvio Berlusconi to […]
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October 26, 2011
The 17-nation eurozone is set to shore up its bailout fund to contain the debt turmoil that threatens to engulf more countries across Europe, and […]
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September 30, 2011
The University of New Hampshire’s short-lived decision to ban sales of nonalcoholic energy drinks on campus has created more buzz than the caffeinated beverages themselves.
UNH […]
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September 17, 2011
Major stock indexes edged higher Friday, putting the market on track for a fifth day of gains. The increases were limited by more indecision in […]
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