reaction from sxerperp exper hold your breath. what story was searched more than any other this year? it was the launch of the iphone 5. we have our priorities straight apparently. that is your morning dish of scrambled politics. here is how wall street will kick off the day. the dow felt 89, s&p because down 7, nasdaq lost 9. taking a look at overseas, markets down also. in tokyo, the nikkei dropped 114, in hong kong the hang seng fell 135. so it was a lack of progress on fiscal cliff talks that stalled stocks tuesday. so today we ll have to see what happens when goldman sachs ceo lloyd blankfein, brian roberts, and marissa mayer jin other corporajoin other corporate execs at a meeting with the president. the beige book survey will be released.
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