PRECIOUS METALS: Gold At Record As Focus Shifts To Growth Worry
August 2, 2011
NEW YORK (Daily News) – Gold futures pushed to record highs Tuesday as concerns about a slowdown in global growth and Europe’s debt crisis...
Dollar dips with U.S. debt ceiling talks deadlocked
July 25, 2011
(Daily News) – The dollar dipped in Asia on Monday as U.S. lawmakers had yet to reach a deal to raise the country’s debt ceiling with...
WRAPUP 10-New dispute threatens U.S. debt limit negotiations
July 23, 2011
* Congress drafting legislation, wants plan by Monday * Major disagreement threatens effort: Sen. Reid * Treasury out of money on Aug. 2; AAA...
‘Cut cap and balance’ debt measure passes House
July 19, 2011
WASHINGTON — The House has passed legislation conditioning a $2.4 trillion increase in the nation’s borrowing cap on a tea party-backed plan to require...
Obama, lawmakers press ahead for elusive debt deal
July 16, 2011
President Barack Obama and congressional leaders pressed ahead with private talks on deficit reduction on Saturday, seeking an as-yet-elusive way to lift the debt...
Small Gains on Wall St. Cap a Choppy Week
July 15, 2011
Shares rose on Wall Street on Friday, easing the losses sustained over the week, as gains in energy and technology stocks were enough to...
Backup plan to raise debt limit is in the works
July 15, 2011
Senate majority leader Harry Reid, Democrat of Nevada, said Cantor “shouldn’t even be at the table’’ in the White House talks, where Cantor has...
Eric Cantor rises fast as leader but risks overplaying hand
July 14, 2011
As he has surged to the forefront of debt-limit negotiations and faced round-the-clock scrutiny on cable and radio talk shows, a fundamental question about...
As debt-ceiling crisis grows, McConnell warns default could ‘destroy’ GOP
July 13, 2011
As negotiators reconvened at the White House on Wednesday for another round of debt talks, House Republicans appeared to dig in even deeper in...
House GOP not ready to blink on debt negotiations
July 13, 2011
Rep. Michael Grimm stood at a closed-door meeting of House Republicans Tuesday and delivered a vivid account of his view of the debt-limit crisis....