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Last ditch effort to avoid fiscal cliff under way

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 28th

By DAVID ESPO and JIM KUHNHENNAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The end game at hand, the White House and Senate leaders made a final stab at compromise Friday night to prevent middle-class tax increases from taking effect at the turn of the new year and possibly block sweeping spending cuts as

Last ditch effort to avoid fiscal cliff under way

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 28th

Mich. governor signs new emergency manager law

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 27th

By ED WHITEAssociated Press DETROIT (AP) - Gov. Rick Snyder put a new emergency manager law on the books in Michigan on Thursday, weeks after voters repealed a version that gave sweeping powers to a single person to overhaul financially distressed communities. The new law, passed by a Republican-

Business Highlights

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 26th

By The Associated Press ___ Stores look to week after Christmas for sales Bargain-hungry Americans will need to go on a post-Christmas spending binge to salvage this holiday shopping season. Despite the huge discounts and other incentives that stores offered leading up to Christmas, U.S. holiday

Cliff looms: Kicking the Can, Washington-style

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 26th

By DAVID ESPOAP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - When it comes to the nation's budget challenges, congressional leaders are fond of saying dismissively they don't want to kick the can down the road. But now, a deadline hard ahead, even derided half-measures are uncertain as President

Cliff looms: Kicking the Can, Washington-style

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 26th

Stores look to week after Christmas for sales

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 26th

By MAE ANDERSON and CANDICE CHOIAP Retail Writers Bargain-hungry Americans will need to go on a post-Christmas spending binge to salvage this holiday shopping season. Despite the huge discounts and other incentives that stores offered leading up to Christmas, U.S. holiday sales so far this year

Russian parliament endorses anti-US adoption bill

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 26th

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA and MANSUR MIROVALEVAssociated Press MOSCOW (AP) - Defying a storm of domestic and international criticism, Russia moved toward finalizing a ban on Americans adopting Russian children, as Parliament's upper house voted unanimously in favor of a measure that President

US holiday retail sales growth weakest since 2008

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 25th

By DANIEL WAGNERAP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. holiday retail sales this year were the weakest since 2008, when the nation was in a deep recession. In 2012, the shopping season was disrupted by bad weather and consumers' rising uncertainty about the economy. A report that tracks

UN to hold arms trade treaty conference in March

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 25th

By EDITH M. LEDERERAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly late Monday to hold a conference in March to try to reach agreement on a U.N. treaty to regulate the multibillion-dollar global arms trade. A resolution approved by a vote of 133-0 with 17