Tag: U.S. spending cuts

U.S. stocks fall after Speaker Boehner says spending is the issue preventing fiscal cliff deal

Thursday, December 13, 2012 12:45 pm69 Comments

U.S. stocks fell Thursday after House Speaker John Boehner declared spending to be the issue…

U.S. stocks rally on hopes for budget deal

Tuesday, December 11, 2012 2:32 pmTuesday, December 11, 20125 Comments

U.S. stocks rallied on Tuesday, buoyed by optimism that negotiations in Washington…

U.S. stocks edge up on hopes for fiscal-cliff talks

Monday, December 10, 2012 4:27 pm17 Comments

Hope for an agreement to avert automatic tax hikes and spending cuts in the United States…