Growing fears on recession clouds hovering over United States of America has raised an alarm. Due to the expiration of Bush Tax cuts and spending cuts under Budget Control Act of 2011, alternate minimum tax reversion, and extension on social security payroll tax cut of 2% are the factors contributing to fiscal cliff.
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Interesting Myths And History Of Thanksgiving Day
Let us get down to some interesting facts and myths of Thanksgiving 2012. As per reports obtained from US Agriculture Department, about 254 million turkeys are going to be slaughtered in the US in Thanksgiving 2012. This is 2% more than last year and the total value of birds was five billion dollars.
The San Francisco Law Makers Passed Nudity Ban
As per the voting of the lawmakers of San Francisco nudity in public places has been banned. This voting ended with a dispute with a typical group of nudists, feeling bitter in taste.
Republicans And Democrats Meet To Solve The Fiscal Cliff
In a rare feeling of country comes first and then politics, Republicans and Democrat leaders met together with President Obama and decided and steps must be taken to avoid fiscal cliff as the deadline of December 31st approaches.
Expectations From Obama In The Second Term
Emerging out of a cut throat competition between the two candidates for the last presidential election, Barack Obama has emerged out with a consecutive win thereby ensuring next 4 years in the White House as President of United States of America.
President Obama Creates History In US Polls 2012
History was created in the US election when president Obama got reelected for the second time in the White house by defeating the Republican challenger Mitt Romney.
Devastating Hurricane Sandy Took 13 Lives
As expected by the weather forecast experts about the effects of Hurricane Sandy, this super storm made its presence felt in devastating manner by smashing the northeast American coast, creating a chaos by leaving huge population in power cut situation.
Hurricane Sandy Making Its Presence Felt
The presence of Hurricane Sandy felt close to the land of NYC on Monday, 29th October, 2012. The mild hit of Hurricane Sandy felt especially in the pummeling coastal beach towns. The populations of the East Coast cities are waiting for the winds and rains to come steadily and morph for creating an environment more threatening to life […]
NYC Transit System To Shut From Evening For Hurricane Sandy
After getting the news about the chances of Hurricane Sandy, to hit the eastern third of the U.S. at a speed of 80 mph, the government of New York along with ten million people of the state started preparing for the drenching of the rain as well as of the winds.
Obama Gets Thumping Endorsement From Bill Clinton
In Charlotte, at the Democratic-National Convention, Bill Clinton gave a speech where he endorsed Barrack Obama to opt for a 2nd term. Formerly, Bill Clinton stood up to be one of the bitterest critics of Barrack Obama in the Democratic Party.
Reliance Of U.S. On Saudi Arab Oil Increases
Of late, it has been seen that United States has increased its reliance of Saudi Arab for oil. Although the escalation in the import rate of U.S had been noticed since the former summer, the pronouncement has been observed this year when the growth mark crossed 20%.
Drought Costing US Insurance Companies Hefty Payments
The recent drought in New York is continuing with a steady graph. This means, experts are anticipating this to continue for a long time. Major loss of crop has been registered due to drought in this year.
Clinton Says U.S. To Use All Powers To Prevent Iran On Nuclear Arms
On Monday, the State secretary of United States, Hillary Clinton, mentioned that the Government of United States will enforce all its forces in order to prevent Iran from procuring nuclear arms.
Independence Day Celebrated By The Americans On 4th July
This Wednesday, United States of America celebrated its annual-Independence day, which involved several cookouts as well as patriotic events that eventually led to firework displays at night-time in a number of cities.
Spaceship “Discovery” Completed Its Final Flight
The NASA Spaceship “Discovery” finally completed its destiny after some spins above the skies of Washington DC. Discovery successfully completed the three laps around the Washington monument, the Capitol and above the White House.
US Sanctions On Cuba Calls More Protest
New US sanctions on Cuba calls more and unpredicted protest from Latin countries and China. The new move from US president Barack Obama had been furiously opposed in a summit held in Catagena, Columbia last Sunday.
E-books Is Increasing The Reading Habit Of The Americans
As per a new assessment, every fifth American adult is a reader of one or the other book in its electronic version. It also said that a fuelling trend is seen in which the citizens are having their love for reading renewed.
Credit scores hampered if the medical bills are unpaid within proper time
It had been reported by the Commonwealth-Fund that numerous American citizens are facing immense troubles when they are look out for a refinancing or a loan.
Percentage of Long Distant Relationships Is Increasing In The USA
“Distance doesn’t matter if you really love the person, what matters most is your honesty and trust for that relationship to work out.” – The quote seems to be coming true in the American and European society at large.
Detroit Auto Show Brings Combination Of Style And Luxury
With the expectations that the recovery of the auto industry will continue this year also, the two day Detroit auto show is going to show a big turnaround for the industry. The auto show has raised tremendous enthusiasm among the car manufacturers, car parts suppliers and vendors.