President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans have reached a deal to avert the fiscal cliff on the last day of 2012. mobile phone tracking uk The upshot is income-tax rates will rise, unemployment benefits will be maintained and tax breaks for families of modest means. The deal also delays for two months part of the $US110 billion in spending cuts …
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Legendary Julian Robertson joins Twitter? Or is this a fake?
Legendary Tiger Fund founder “Julian Robertson” has apparently joined Twitter and is already making a splash with pungent comments on the US fiscal cliff. Problem us – is this Julian for real or a fake Twitter account? Some on Twitter say they have contacted his office to be told it is a fake. If so, pity because the comments are …
Read More »WSJ: Boehner -Time to move to Plan B on fiscal cliff
House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) addresses the media in a press conference about the ‘fiscal cliff,’ in which he says while he is hopeful for a deal with the White House, he must ‘move to plan B.’ definition essays
Read More »“As transparent a way as possible” – US Head TPP Negotiator
Chief US Negotiator Barbara Weisel confronted charges that the TPP negotiations are not transparent during Wednesday’s TPP press conference. write my paper “We all have done as much as we can to meet with the stakeholders and this includes not just meetings at the round, but regularly in our own capitals to try to ensure that the agreement we have achieved responds …
Read More »Smooth integration for Canada and Mexico into TPP negotiating process – Chief NZ Negotiator
Coming into the 15th negotiating round for TPP, attention was focused squarely on the two newest countries to join the negotiations – Canada & Mexico. Chief negotiator for New Zealand David Walker explained “We had two main objectives coming into this round – the first was to ensure the smooth integration of Canada and Mexico into the negotiation. We achieved …
Read More »ANZ Morning Brief: This morning was all about the US Federal Reserve and it duly delivered.
GLOBAL MARKETS: This morning was all about the US Federal Reserve and it duly delivered. The big change was a shift in the Fed’s communication strategy for it’s zero-interest rate policy, which is now dependent on the US unemployment rate falling below 6.5% (while inflation remains below 2.5%); from the Fed’s earlier mid-2015 forward guidance. The Fed also announced it would …
Read More »Fonterra’s ‘virtual monopoly’ must be diminished – US Teamsters Union
The Teamsters Union’s Mike Nolan has lashed out at Fonterra saying the NZ dairy giant’s “virtual monopoly” must be diminished if the TPP is to go ahead. Nolan – who touched base with the US Dairy Council in Washington DC before coming down to Auckland for the 15th round of TPP negotiations – claimed that there would be $US20 billion …
Read More »Karl Rove benched by Fox News
Celebrity American political consultant Karl Rove has reportedly been benched by Fox News after an abysmal performance at Election time. Rove was consistently wrong throughout the day in his predictions to the point where it may have cost him his job – for now at least.
Read More »TPP anything but plain sailing
The US is in the box seat for the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) negotiations but despite the Americans’ clear negotiating clout – obvious on the outskirts of the TPP talks at SkyCity Convention Centre – things are not plain sailing. The powerful US Chamber of Commerce has made it clear that the TPP deal is important to America’s future …
Read More »Inclusion of Canada & Mexico in TPP negotiations ‘majorly significant’ – Stephen Jacobi
At the 15th round of negotiations for TPP in Auckland, two new negotiating partners – Canada and Mexico have joined the table. International Business Forum executive director Stephen Jacobi spoke to newzealandinc.com on the significance both nations had for New Zealand if they are brought into any future TPP agreement. Jacobi said Canada as an economy that was close to …
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