Passage of bill to avoid 'cliff' should bolster Wall Street Jan 2nd, 2013 - 06:30h (CET +01.00) NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks are poised for gains to begin the year after the late passage of a bill to avoid harsh tax hikes that would have hit most Americans and crimped economic growth. However, harsh reality awaits any euphoria that comes fr... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : passage, bill, avoid, 'cliff', should, bolster, wall, street, Top Keywords

Youth support drives passage of California tax-hike measure Nov 8th, 2012 - 05:30h (CET +01.00) SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California's 74-year-old governor, Jerry Brown, engineered a surprise victory for his tax-hike ballot proposition by tapping support at the other end of the age spectrum. Proposition 30, a temporary $6 billion tax hike,... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : youth, support, drives, passage, california, taxhike, measure, street, Top Keywords

Jail for rock throwing: a West Bank rite of passage Aug 13th, 2012 - 14:20h (CET +01.00) Umm Abdullah sits beneath a cross-stitched portrait of a keffiyeh-clad Palestinian youth holding a stone high in the air. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : jail, rock, throwing, west, bank, rite, passage, street, Top Keywords

Refugees demand Indonesian passage to Australia Apr 10th, 2012 - 07:40h (CET +01.00) Around 120 asylum seekers demanded Tuesday that Indonesia provide a vessel to allow them to continue to Australia, refusing to leave a tanker that rescued them at sea, an official said. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : refugees, demand, indonesian, passage, australia, rite, passage, street, Top Keywords

Tourists jump at the beach during the passage of the tropical ... Oct 28th, 2011 - 02:40h (CET +01.00) (AP) - Tourists jump at the beach during the passage of the tropical storm Rina in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Thursday Oct. 27, 2011. Hurricane Rina weakened to a tropical storm Thursday after many tourists had already abandoned Cancun and other Cari... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : tourists, jump, beach, passage, tropical, rite, passage, street, Top Keywords

People wait at the international airport ahead of the passage ... Oct 27th, 2011 - 01:30h (CET +01.00) (AP) - People wait at the international airport ahead of the passage of Hurricane Rina in Cancun, Mexico, Wednesday Oct. 26, 2011. Tourists fleeing Hurricane Rina crowded Cancun's airport Wednesday even as the cyclone lost some of its punch whil... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : people, wait, international, airport, ahead, passage, passage, street, Top Keywords

A resident cycles after the passage of the Tropical Storm Nate ... Sep 11th, 2011 - 22:10h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - A resident cycles after the passage of the Tropical Storm Nate in Gutierrez Zamora in the state of Veracruz September 11, 2011. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso (MEXICO - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : resident, cycles, passage, tropical, storm, nate, passage, street, Top Keywords

A cargo ship is seen in the Arctic Northeast passage in 2010. ... May 29th, 2011 - 19:50h (CET +01.00) (AFP/SCANPIX/File) - A cargo ship is seen in the Arctic Northeast passage in 2010. Global warming will have a devastating effect on roads in the Arctic but open up tantalising routes for shipping, according to a study published on Sunday in the speci... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : cargo, ship, arctic, northeast, passage, 2010, passage, street, Top Keywords

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner reads a passage from ... May 25th, 2011 - 16:40h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner reads a passage from the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution during a breakfast interview at the Newseum in Washington, May 25, 2011. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS B... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : treasury, secretary, timothy, geithner, reads, passage, passage, street, Top Keywords

Women walk near the flooded ferry passage by Vistula River in ... Jan 23rd, 2011 - 19:50h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - Women walk near the flooded ferry passage by Vistula River in Gdansk-Swibno, northern Poland January 23, 2011. REUTERS/Renata Dabrowska/Agencja Gazeta (POLAND - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT) THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : women, walk, flooded, ferry, passage, vistula, river, street, Top Keywords