  | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Year's Eve bells will ring in more than confetti showers and new diets. For consumers, January 1 will usher in fresh laws, regulations and trends that will immediately affect their spending and saving power, regardless of "fiscal cliff" decisions. | | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Consumer confidence fell to a four-month low in December as a looming budget crisis sapped what had been a growing sense of optimism about the economy, a private sector report released on Thursday showed. | | | |  | | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer confidence fell more than expected in December, hitting a four-month low as a looming fiscal crisis sapped what had been a growing sense of optimism about the economy. | | | |  | | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - By now, we thought the path forward would be clear and the usual six-day flurry of tax-focused check writing and income-shifting could commence. | | | |  | | | | (Reuters) - The 2012 holiday season may have been the worst for retailers since the 2008 financial crisis, with sales growth far below expectations, forcing many to offer massive post-Christmas discounts in hopes of shedding excess inventory. | | | | | | (Reuters) - As well as too-big-to-fail it looks as if we must think of our largest banks as too-big-to-punish as well. | | | |  | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. single-family home prices rose in October for nine months in a row, reinforcing the view the domestic real estate market is improving and should bolster the economy in 2013, a closely watched survey showed on Wednesday. | | | |  | | | | CHICAGO (Reuters) - The end of the year is a good time to illuminate your personal financial situation in a different way. Instead of focusing exclusively on financial capital - how much money you have accumulated - look at your human capital. | | |  | | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Had there been a vote on Republican House Speaker John Boehner's "Plan B" to avert the so-called U.S. fiscal cliff on Thursday night, it would not have been close. He was probably 40 to 50 votes short of the number he needed to avoid a humiliating defeat at the hands of his own party, according to rough estimates from Republican members of Congress and staff members. | | | |  | | | | (Reuters) - Going through a divorce during the holidays can be emotionally wrenching, which is why many people don't do it - they put it off until January. | | | | |  |  | | | The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today | | |  | |  | | | A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today | | | | | | » MORE NEWSLETTERS | |
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