  | | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will join the battle over the U.S. "fiscal cliff" on Friday for the first time since voters gave him a second term in office, setting the stage for a showdown with congressional Republicans over sharp tax hikes and spending cuts slated to take effect early next year. | | | | | (The author is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own.) | | | |  | | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leave it to a financial adviser like Christopher Clayton of Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, to keep a running tab on how much Superstorm Sandy has cost him out of his own pocket -- money that no insurance company or federal emergency agency is going to cover. | | | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Superstorm Sandy hit the U.S. Northeast just before the first of the month, when rent and mortgage payments typically come due, not to mention cable, phone and utility bills. | | | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - One of Bernard Madoff's longest-serving employees pleaded guilty on Thursday to falsifying records, a conspiracy that a prosecutor said began in the 1970s at the start of the multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme. | | | | | | (Reuters) - Banking shares are down sharply since the election, but the threat of tough regulation now moving markets might hold a kernel of hope for investors. | | | | | | (Reuters) - Businesses in New York and New Jersey that were preparing insurance claims for losses from Superstorm Sandy now have a second headache: how to deal with new losses from an early winter snow storm. | | | | | | CHICAGO (Reuters) - Gay rights took a big stride forward in this week's elections, with voters in four states affirming the right of same-sex couples to marry. But here's an issue in the LGBT community that continues to fly under the radar: what happens to LGBT Americans when they get old? | | |  | | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Allowing income tax rates to rise for wealthy Americans, and maintaining rates for the less affluent, would not hurt U.S. economic growth much in 2013, the Congressional Budget Office said on Thursday, stepping into a dispute between Republicans and Democrats over how to resolve the so-called "fiscal cliff." | | | |  | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell at the open on Friday, putting the S&P on track for a third straight decline and its worst weekly retreat in five months, as the euro zone crisis extended its reach and investors fretted over a looming U.S. "fiscal cliff." | | | | |  |  | | | 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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