Forty-nine percent of business leaders believe business conditions will improve in the next six months while 27 percent of business leaders expect business conditions will worsen.

President Barack Obama says "the hour for immediate action is here" on a deal to avert the fiscal cliff.

The end game at hand, the White House and Senate leaders launched a final attempt at compromise Friday night in hopes of preventing a toxic blend of middle-class tax increases and spending cuts from taking effect at the turn of the new year.

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