Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	15,492.60	+105.05	0.68%
S&P 500	1,677.83	+8.67	0.52%
Nasdaq	3,517.97	+15.85	0.45%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

15,492.60

+105.05

0.68%

S&P 500

1,677.83

+8.67

0.52%

Nasdaq

3,517.97

+15.85

0.45%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,829.43	+7.78	0.28%
FTSE 100	6,831.36	+27.49	0.40%
DAX	8,518.16	+45.96	0.54%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,829.43

+7.78

0.28%

FTSE 100

6,831.36

+27.49

0.40%

DAX

8,518.16

+45.96

0.54%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	15,627.30	+246.24	1.60%
Hang Seng	23,261.10	-105.29	-0.45%
S&P/ASX 200	5,165.37	-14.69	-0.28%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

15,627.30

+246.24

1.60%

Hang Seng

23,261.10

-105.29

-0.45%

S&P/ASX 200

5,165.37

-14.69

-0.28%

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By Rainer Buergin - 2012-04-17T07:00:59Z

Germany’s Free Democratic Party, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition ally, may give up its goal to cut income tax by 6 billion euros ($8 billion) from 2013, Bild Zeitung reported, citing FDP party leaders it didn’t identify.

Should the opposition Social Democrats and Greens block the government’s planned tax cut bill in the upper house of parliament, the FDP will seek to use the revenue to achieve a balanced federal budget in 2014, Bild said.

To contact the reporter on this story: Rainer Buergin in Berlin at rbuergin1@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: James Hertling at jhertling@bloomberg.net

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