"The Times wrote a story, an editorial, that I should be up there screaming about the M.T.A.," Bloomberg said, referring to the state-run transit agency's latest fare-hike threats.
"Congress must take action to eliminate both the threat to our economy posed by the looming small-business tax hike and the threat to our security posed by the defense sequester," House Speaker John A. Boehner of Ohio and the three other top Republican leaders wrote.
But between the price hikes and the threats of rare earths shortages, mining operations in the United States and other countries could soon be on the rise.
The move, or lack thereof, came on the back of 10 months of threats to hike the cost of borrowing.
In this alternative game (Project Housing Crisis?) wealthy property magnates would be able to vicariously experience the life of an impoverished renter, attempting to dodge rent hikes and the threat of eviction while saving up for a deposit.
"The solution is to take economic threats — like tax hikes and card check — off the table and make the laws governing our workplaces more understandable, workable and effective for workers and employers".
For years, the Venezuelan president railed against the evils of global capitalism; for foreign oil companies operating in Venezuela this has meant 16-fold tax hikes and, in some cases, threats of nationalization for refineries and oil fields.
Big firms stand to gain from the ACE but that would be much less immediate than the threat of a tax hike.
Glittering earnings simply don't mean much with the threat of another rate hike on the horizon.
Still, few analysts expect the yield to slip under the 6% level again as long as the threat of a Fed hike remains intact.
The threat of a rate hike from the Federal Reserve loomed over the market in the wake of several reports that showed remarkable resilience in the economy and signs of burgeoning wage inflation.
