Wall Street slips as "fiscal cliff" uncertainty offsets data

A sign for Wall Street is seen with a giant American flag in the background across from the New York Stock Exchange November 5, 2012. REUTERS\/Chip East","date":"Wed, Nov 7, 2012 5:23 AM EST","credit":"Reuters","byline":"CHIP EAST","provider":"Reuters","photo_title":"A sign for Wall Street is seen with a giant American flag in the background across from the New York Stock Exchange","pivot_alias_id":"sign-wall-street-seen-giant-american-flag-background-photo-095402885--finance","plink":"\/photos\/sign-wall-street-seen-giant-american-flag-background-photo-095402885--finance.html","plink_vita":"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/photos\/sign-wall-street-seen-giant-american-flag-background-photo-095402885--finance.html","srchtrm":"A sign for Wall Street is seen with a giant American flag in the background across from the New York Stock Exchange","revsp":"","rev":"31773320-28c5-11e2-9dce-6e964aeb49e3","surl":"http:\/\/l3.yimg.com\/bt\/api\/res\/1.2\/6Lnq51NkWLl1xrAAZuwppA--\/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD01NjtxPTc5O3c9ODM-\/http:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en_us\/News\/Reuters\/2012-11-07T095604Z_9_CBRE8A50ZLO00_RTROPTP_2_MARKETS-STOCKS.JPG","swidth":83,"sheight":56},{"type":"image","url":"http:\/\/l3.yimg.com\/bt\/api\/res\/1.2\/ws0HS1KyQvzAvvpkbyKDfQ--\/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD0zMTE7cT03OTt3PTQ1MA--\/http:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en_us\/News\/Reuters\/2012-11-07T095604Z_1_CBRE8A60RLL00_RTROPTP_2_MARKETS-STOCKS.JPG","width":450,"height":311,"uuid":"a424fb42-1ad3-3cf1-9460-2787a5e12754","caption":"Traders handle last minute trade orders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange just before the closing bell, November 6, 2012. REUTERS\/Chip East","captionBakedHtml":"

Traders handle last minute trade orders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange just before the closing bell, November 6, 2012. REUTERS\/Chip East","date":"Wed, Nov 7, 2012 4:58 AM EST","credit":"Reuters","byline":"CHIP EAST","provider":"Reuters","photo_title":"Traders handle last minute trade orders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange just before the closing bell","pivot_alias_id":"traders-handle-last-minute-trade-orders-floor-york-photo-095604505--finance","plink":"\/photos\/traders-handle-last-minute-trade-orders-floor-york-photo-095604505--finance.html","plink_vita":"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/photos\/traders-handle-last-minute-trade-orders-floor-york-photo-095604505--finance.html","srchtrm":"Traders handle last minute trade orders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange just before the closing bell","revsp":"","rev":"a3164100-28c1-11e2-9ef7-5ee57fde36a5","surl":"http:\/\/l1.yimg.com\/bt\/api\/res\/1.2\/Ap2RRSLb9Ucpoht6a0Jg8A--\/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD01NjtxPTc5O3c9ODE-\/http:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en_us\/News\/Reuters\/2012-11-07T095604Z_1_CBRE8A60RLL00_RTROPTP_2_MARKETS-STOCKS.JPG","swidth":81,"sheight":56}]}; Y.Media.boba_lightbox_module_configs['b1ad8e6fbf39528a97ca4dc571887a70'] = {"spaceid":"2022398630","ult_pt":"story-lightbox","darla_id":"","images_total":0,"xhr_url":"\/_xhr\/related-article\/lightbox\/?id=b9c9593e-0057-3922-bca5-c9d3be0a2810","xhr_count":20,"autoplay_if_first_item_is_video":true}; }); Y.later(10, this, function() {new Y.Media.RelatedArticle({count:"2",start:"1", mod_total:"10", total:"7", content_id:"b9c9593e-0057-3922-bca5-c9d3be0a2810", spaceid:"2022398630", related_count:"-1" }); }); Y.later(10, this, function() {(function(d){ d.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(d.createElement('script')).src='http://d.yimg.com/oq/js/csc_news-en-US-core.js'; })(document); }); Y.later(10, this, function() { if(!("Media" in YAHOO)){YAHOO.Media = {};} if(!("ugcrate" in YAHOO.Media)){YAHOO.Media.ugcrate = {};} if(!("Media" in Y)){Y.namespace("Media");} YAHOO.Media.ugcrate.ratings_6f4a2223e4e932e2d23d6c509c5043ad = new Y.Media.UgcRate({"context_id":"1b1f38ea-85f3-4829-9e56-8f8a5d659d43","sCrumb":"","containerId":"yom-sentimentrate-6f4a2223e4e932e2d23d6c509c5043ad","rateDimensions":"d1","appLang":"en-US","sUltSId":"2022398630","sUltProperty":"news-en-US","sUltCampaign":"","sUltPlatform":"ugcwidgets","sUltIntl":"US","sUltLang":"en-US","selfPageUrl":"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/stock-index-futures-signal-higher-wall-street-open-094021735--finance.html?_esi=0","artContentId":"b9c9593e-0057-3922-bca5-c9d3be0a2810","sUltQstnTxt":"Who do you think won the second debate?","artContentTitle":"Wall Street slips as \\\"fiscal cliff\\\" uncertainty offsets data","artContentDesc":"NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks edged lower on Thursday as investors continued to adjust for upcoming negotiations over the \\\"fiscal cliff,\\\" which overshadowed a batch of positive economic data. Investors worry that if no deal is agreed in Congress over some $600 billion in spending cuts and tax increases due to kick in early next year, it could derail the U.S. economic recovery. Data released Thursday showed a better-than-expected drop in initial jobless claims and a rise in exports, news that had earlier been expected to bolster equity markets after steep declines a day earlier. The three major ...","sUltBucketId":"test1","sUltSection":"sentirating","sUltBeaconUrl":"","sUltRecordPageviews":"1","sUltBeaconEnable":"1","serviceUrl":"\/_xhr","publisherContextId":"","propertyId":"2fcd79b5-b3a3-333e-b98e-722536a6698f","configurationId":"435db9ee-c55e-3766-b20d-c8ad3ff889d1","graphId":"","labelLeft":"Barack Obama","labelRight":"Mitt Romney","labelMiddle":"","itemimg":"http:\/\/l.yimg.com\/a\/i\/ww\/met\/yahoo_logo_us_061509.png","selfURI":"","aggregateRatingCount":"765001","aggregateReviewCount":"0","leftBlocksNum":"466072","rightBlocksNum":"298944","leftBlocksPerCent":"61","rightBlocksPerCent":"39","ugcrate_apihost":"api01-us.ugcl.yahoo.com:4080","publisher_id":"news-en-US","yca_cert":"yahoo.ugccloud.app.trusted_proxies","timeout_write":"5000","through_proxy":"false","optionStats":"{\"s1\":402500,\"s2\":14145,\"s3\":14632,\"s4\":20702,\"s5\":14093,\"s6\":298944,\"s7\":0,\"s8\":0,\"s9\":0,\"s10\":0}","l10N":"{\"FIRST_TO_READ\":\"You are first to read this. Share your feelings and start a conversation.\",\"SHARE_YOUR_FEELINGS\":\"You too can share your feelings and start a conversation!\",\"HOW_YOUR_FRIENDS_THINK\":\"Thank you for sharing your feeling on this article!\",\"PRE_SHARE_MSG\":\"Your Facebook friends on Yahoo! can see how you responded. To share your response on Facebook, click on the Facebook share option.\",\"START_THE_CONVERSATION\":\"Start the Conversation\",\"THANKS_FOR_SHARING\":\"Sure, that's how you feel... But what do your friends think?\",\"POLL_HEADER\":\"SOCIAL SENTIMENT\",\"SERVER_ERROR\":\"Oops there seems to be some error, please try again later\",\"LOADING\":\"Loading...\",\"SHARE_AFTER_COMMENT\":\"Your response has been shared on Facebook.\",\"UNDO\":\"Undo\",\"UNIT_PEOPLE\":\"People\",\"NUM_PEOPLE_DISAGREE\":\"disagree with your opinion.\",\"READ_MORE_TEXT\":\"Read what they have to say.\",\"SLIDER_THUMB_WORDING_BEFORE_VOTING\":\"WHAT DO YOU THINK?\",\"SLIDER_THUMB_WORDING_VERB_BEFORE_VOTING\":\"DRAG\",\"SLIDER_THUMB_WORDING_THANKS_VOTING\":\"Thanks for voting\",\"NUM_PEOPLE_ANSWERED\":\" 765,001 people have responded\",\"ONE_PERSON_ANSWERED\":\" 1 person has responded. Your response will be seen by your Facebook friends on Yahoo!\",\"TWO_PEOPLE_ANSWERED\":\" 2 people have responded. Your response will be seen by your Facebook friends on Yahoo!\",\"NUM_PEOPLE_ANSWERED_AND_SHARED\":\" 765,001 people have responded. Your response will be seen by your Facebook friends on Yahoo!\",\"NUM_PEOPLE_RATED__s1\":402500,\"NUM_PEOPLE_RATED__s2\":14145,\"NUM_PEOPLE_RATED__s3\":14632,\"NUM_PEOPLE_RATED__s4\":20702,\"NUM_PEOPLE_RATED__s5\":14093,\"NUM_PEOPLE_RATED__s6\":298944,\"NUM_PEOPLE_RATED__s7\":0,\"NUM_PEOPLE_RATED__s8\":0,\"NUM_PEOPLE_RATED__s9\":0,\"NUM_PEOPLE_RATED__s10\":0}","fbconfig":"{\"message\":\"undefined\",\"name\":\"undefined\",\"link\":\"\",\"source\":\"\",\"picture\":\"http:\\\/\\\/l.yimg.com\\\/a\\\/i\\\/ww\\\/news\\\/2011\\\/09\\\/27\\\/yahoo-tc.jpg\",\"description\":\"\",\"captionLeft\":\"undefined\",\"captionRight\":\"undefined\",\"app_id\":\"196660913708276\",\"redirect_uri\":\"\\\/_xhr\\\/ugcratefbredirect\\\/\"}","template_id":"LONG_SLIDER_SOUTH","obj_id":"ratings_6f4a2223e4e932e2d23d6c509c5043ad","opt_count":"6","opt_color1":"","opt_color2":"","template_html":"

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/stock-index-futures-signal-higher-wall-street-open-094021735--finance.html

downton abbey new york knicks president day lin j.r. smith espn jeremy lin sleigh bells