- 17 May 2013 00:00 - AGENT PROVOCATEUR Lynley Donnelly
- Economists say that if the wage bill doesn't drop, SA could find itself hurtling towards a fiscal cliff.
- 04 Jan 2013 11:56
- Matrics get their results, the world rages over the Delhi gang-rape victim, America avoids the fiscal cliff and SA's road death toll rises.
- 04 Jan 2013 00:00 - Chantelle Benjamin, Lisa Steyn,
- A higher gold price is unlikely to offset the effects of cautious American consumers and a weaker rand.
- 04 Jan 2013 00:00 - Nils Pratley
- Fans of cliff-top dramas should settle back and prepare for another episode as the March deadline approaches.
- 02 Jan 2013 07:34 - Reuters
- US stocks are poised to begin the year with gains after the late passage of a Bill to avoid harsh tax hikes and crimped economic growth.
- 01 Jan 2013 09:31 - Richard Cowan, David Lawder,
- The US Senate overwhelmingly approved legislation to avert the "fiscal cliff" by stopping most of the tax hikes and across-the-board spending cuts.
- 31 Dec 2012 13:39 - Sapa-AP
- Markets have appeared to be taking in stride the prospect that US politicians will fail to agree a budget deal in time.
- 31 Dec 2012 11:53 - Sapa-AP
- With just hours left before the US hits the "fiscal cliff", investors on the other side of the world sold off stocks to lock in profits.
- 31 Dec 2012 07:01 - Matt Quigley
- America's "fiscal cliff", the name given to the hundreds of billions of dollars in tax rises and spending cuts, will dominate the economic week.
- 30 Dec 2012 08:13 - Reuters
- Congressional negotiators burrowed into their offices on Saturday to see if they could stop the US economy from falling off of a "fiscal cliff".
- 29 Dec 2012 08:10 - Sapa-AP
- President Barack Obama, pushing for a deal to avoid the looming tax hikes and spending cuts entered last-minute talks with Senate leaders on Friday.
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- 24 Dec 2012 07:35 - Matt Quigley
- In the last week of 2012, investors will be waiting for word from the United States on its tax rises and spending cuts due to begin next year.
- 17 Nov 2012 00:00 - Lynley Donnelly
- With the United States election now over, the world waits with bated breath to see how the country will address its looming "fiscal cliff".
