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Whatever happened in the world of financial services last week became immediately irrelevant in the wake of the tragic events of Newtown Connecticut. Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with the families of the victims
Despite the fact that President and the Speaker apparently met yesterday, the week concluded with no apparent progress for a deal on the fiscal cliff, and each passing day only heightens the probability that the country will “go over.”
There must have been something in the turkey, because all of the optimism surrounding a positive resolution to the fiscal cliff seemed to have evaporated this week
Now that the election is behind us the focus in Washington has shifted to the fiscal cliff, with the President and Congressional leaders meeting at the end of the week after both sides publicly floated their opening negotiating positions
With less than two weeks remaining until the November 6th elections, this update offers highlights of what has been going on in the financial services world over the past few weeks
With Congress out of session and official Washington, DC conducting its business in a more relaxed pace, politics, and speculation continues to dominate everything
