After months of budget brinkmanship, Americans are digesting news that the country has been pulled back from the edge of a so-called "fiscal cliff."<br /><br />In what is seen as a clear victory for president Barack Obama, painful tax hikes for almost all US households have been averted. <br /><br />Obama cut short a Christmas holiday to help finalise the deal. <br /><br />...<br />http://www.euronews.net/