The Malaysian Insider :: Breaking Views
The Malaysian Insider :: Breaking Views |
| Juve’s Barzagli cannot wait for Conte return next month Posted: 30 Nov 2012 08:00 AM PST  AC Milan's Stephan El Shaarawy (R) and Juventus' Andrea Barzagli fight for the ball during their Serie A soccer match at the San Siro stadium in Milan November 25, 2012. — Reuters pic Conte has been suspended from matchday duties so far this season for his part in a match-fixing scandal at former club Siena and defender Andrea Barzagli says his return on December 9 will help them turn their recent shaky form around. "It is not easy to play so many matches without a coach of his temperament, someone who knows how to drag us along," Barzagli told Italy's Corriere dello Sport newspaper today. "(Assistant managers) Massimo Carrera and Angelo Alessio are good, but having the coach there is something completely different." The league leaders and defending Serie A champions will miss injured attacking midfielder Arturo Vidal, who is set to be replaced by Paul Pogba, but otherwise are at full strength for the home game with Torino. — Reuters |
| Obama takes ‘fiscal cliff’ on the road; Republicans stew Posted: 30 Nov 2012 07:53 AM PST  US President Barack Obama walks out from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington before his departure to Hatfield, Pennsylvania, November 30, 2012. — Reuters pic The president's road trip, visiting a factory that makes Tinkertoys, is infuriating Republicans, with House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner calling it a "victory lap" Thursday as he rejected Obama's proposals to avoid the cliff, which is a combination of tax increases and spending cuts set to start taking effect in January. But Boehner confronts challenges not only from Democrats but increasingly from other Republicans, some of whom have advocated greater flexibility than their leadership on Obama's demand that Congress approve tax increases for the wealthy as well as extend tax cuts for the middle class as part of a deal to avoid the cliff. Most Republicans oppose raising any tax rates. While Republicans are unhappy with the Obama's opening bid of deficit reduction measures, drawn mostly from previous presidential budget proposals, they are nervously eyeing the markets as well as polls indicating that the public is likely to blame Republicans if there is no deal at year's end to avoid the tax increases and severe spending cuts that economists say could tip the economy into a recession. What the president is doing, Republican Representative Lee Terry of Nebraska told MSNBC yesterday, "is setting us up to be the fall people for going over the fiscal cliff. And, frankly, going over the fiscal cliff is a win for the president. So either way, we're going to get it." Obama will visit a manufacturing facility in Hatfield, Pennsylvania, operated by The Rodon Group, a plastic-injection molding company that supplies, among other things, Tinkertoys and Angry Birds building sets for children. "As we move into holiday season, Democrats and Republicans should come together to renew middle class tax cuts so families have more certainty at this critical time for our economy," the White House said in announcing today's trip. — Reuters |
| You are subscribed to email updates from The Malaysian Insider :: ALL To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
| Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610 | |
0 ulasan:
Catat Ulasan