e New Zealand dollar, which soared along with stocks on Wall Street and in Europe on the US fiscal cliff deal, gave up some of its gains as traders sold the currency as it neared 84 US cents. The kiwi dollar recently traded at 83.16 US cents from 83.73 cents in Asian trading yesterday, having reached as high as 83.92 …

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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 …