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- President Obama opened negotiations with Republicans over the so called “fiscal cliff” by asking for $1.6 trillion in new revenue over ten years. [Washington Post]
- Workers in Spain, Portugal, Greece and Italy are striking against austerity today. [New York Times]
- Toyota recalled 2.7 million cars worldwide today, its second recall in the last two months. [CNN Money]
- The UK’s central bank warned that the British economy may contract again over the last three months of 2012. [Associated Press]
- California is set to spend billions of dollars on clean energy investments over the next few years. [Reuters]
- Eurozone factory output fell by the most in nearly four years. [CNBC]
- China plans to spend $32 billion on its railroads by Christmas. [Quartz]
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