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NEW YORK, Jan 3- U.S. private-sector employers added more new jobs than expected last month even as a possible budget crisis loomed, helping the job market end 2012 on a high note, a report by a payrolls processor showed on Thursday.
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NEW YORK/ LONDON, Jan 3- Raw sugar futures on ICE Futures U.S. fell more than 3 percent on Thursday, while arabica coffee turned lower after hitting a seven-week high, as commodities came under pressure with the dollar rising on concerns about looming U.S. political battles over the budget.
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*Deal opens 40 mln U.S. households to Qatar- based channel. *Time Warner drops carriage deal. LOS ANGELES/ NEW YORK, Jan 2- Al Jazeera said on Wednesday it will buy Current TV, the struggling cable channel founded by Al Gore and partners, in a move that will boost the Qatar- based broadcaster's footprint in the United States.
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*Low water may halt St. Louis- to- Cairo, Illinois traffic. *River-bottom rock at Thebes, Grand Tower a threat to boats. Jan 2- The drought-drained Mississippi River will rise slightly later this week between St. Louis and Cairo, Illinois, but later continue its decline toward historic lows, according to a National Weather Service forecast.
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A new Reuters/ Ipsos poll shows nearly three-quarters of Americans said the debate around the fiscal cliff had no impact on their holiday spending. The fiscal cliff was a nearly constant topic in the news, as the country waited to see if politicians in Washington would reach a deal to avoid $600 billion in automatic spending cuts and tax increases.
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A new Reuters/ Ipsos poll shows nearly three-quarters of Americans said the debate around the fiscal cliff had no impact on their holiday spending. The fiscal cliff was a nearly constant topic in the news, as the country waited to see if politicians in Washington would reach a deal to avoid $600 billion in automatic spending cuts and tax increases.
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*Zipcar jumps on news of Avis Budget acquisition. *Dow up 1.7 pct, S&P 500 up 1.7 pct, Nasdaq up 2.2 pct. All 10 S&P 500 industry sector indexes rose at least 1 percent, led by the S&P information technology index, up 2.2 percent.
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WASHINGTON- The "fiscal cliff" resolution remains a job half done as a bill passed by the Senate with tax increases on the wealthy and postponed spending cuts moves to the U.S. House of Representatives, where both its timing and fate are uncertain ( USA- FISCAL/, moving shortly, by Thomas Ferraro, 450 words).
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Americans have not been very optimistic since the Great Recession of 2008-2009, but the gloom had begun to lift this year until the blast of bad news as 2012 ended, IPSOS pollster Cliff Young said on Monday. IPSOS polling showed that some angst set in as the year ended.
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NEW YORK, Dec 31- Wheat and soybeans posted the highest gains and coffee the biggest loss while gold's rally stretched to a 12th year as commodities ended 2012 focused on the U.S. fiscal crisis after riding through a blistering drought and Europe's debt debacle.
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NEW YORK, Dec 31- Brent crude rose on Monday, closing 2012 up for the fourth straight year after geopolitical threats to production offset worries about flagging oil demand.
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NEW YORK, Dec 31- U.S. Things look a lot closer to something getting done than we previously thought, so the back end of our market is trading a little heavy, "said Rick Klingman, managing director in Treasuries trading at BNP Paribas in New York.
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Tribune's controlling owners, which include hedge funds Oaktree Capital and Angelo, Gordon& Co, and JPMorgan Chase& Co intend to sell most, if not all, of its newspapers and already have expressions of interest for The Los Angeles Times, The Orlando Sentinel and others, Reuters has reported.
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*Brent crude oil heads for record annual average over $111/ bbl. Prices found support throughout the year from unrest in the Middle East that threatened supplies, including Western efforts to halt Iran's nuclear ambitions through sanctions against the OPEC nation.
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Dec 31- U.S. media giant Tribune Co, owner of the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune, emerged from bankruptcy on Monday, ending four years of Chapter 11 reorganization.
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Dec 29- A divided federal appeals court has temporarily barred the U.S. government from requiring an Illinois company to obtain insurance coverage for contraceptives, as required under the 2010 healthcare overhaul, after the owners objected on religious grounds.
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CHARLESTON, S.C., Dec 28- Boeing Co has signed a deal allowing it to buy nearly 1,100 acres of land at the site of its 787 jet factory in South Carolina, a deal that gives it room to expand production.
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Dec 28- Investors fearing a stock market plunge- if the United States tumbles off the "fiscal cliff" next week- may want to relax. But they should be scared if a few weeks later, Washington fails to reach a deal to increase the nation's debt ceiling because that raises the threat of a default, another credit downgrade and a panic in the financial markets.
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Dec 28- The Tribune Co, owner of the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune, will emerge from bankruptcy on Dec. 31, sources said on Friday, ending four years of Chapter 11 protection and setting the stage for the new company to sell off its newspapers to focus on the WGN cable channel and other TV assets.
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But they should be scared if a few weeks later Washington fails to reach a deal to raise the nation's debt ceiling as that threatens a default, another credit downgrade and a financial markets panic. In some ways, that has let Washington off the hook.