After failing his main event fight of UFC 158 at the Bell Center in Montreal, Canada, Nick Diaz expressed his desire of a rematch with Georges St. Pierre.

"To be honest, I'd like a rematch," he said during his interview with Fox Sports. "Georges St. Pierre, if you would give me a rematch, I'd really appreciate it, because I think I can beat you."

He also discussed about retiring from the UFC but before he does, he said that he wants another fight with St. Pierre.

"Like I said, I'm trying to retire and get out of this gig, but I would like a rematch [with St. Pierre]. I think I can beat you, I really do. I think I can stop the takedowns in the first two rounds, and you'd have to fight me the whole fight, and I think I'd beat you. I'm not hurt," Diaz said.

Meanwhile, aside from his probable next fight, it was also found out that Nick Diaz hasn't been paying his taxes. The news came out from Nick himself.

 "You know what? I've never paid taxes in my life. I'm probably going to go to jail," said the 29-year-old. "Nobody wants to hear about that, nobody wants to hear that kind of talk or what's really going on with me. I might as well as be a kid. I've had fight after fight after fight after fight. You don't know what that does to somebody that didn't graduate high school? You don't understand."

But although he failed to win his last fight, UFC President Dana White said that it's not a sad case for Nick if people saw his paycheck.

"Nick Diaz has been in the game a long time. If you saw his pay check tonight, you wouldn't feel too sad for him," White explained. "At the end of the day, Nick has been in the sport forever. He wanted a shot at the title, he got a shot at the title and he got paid a lot of money for it. What's sad is he better go pay those taxes, a soon as he gets that check."

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The 14-year-old daughter of Michael Jackson already has an offer to become a cheerleader for the NFL. Barbara Zaun, has reportedly studied the moves of the teenager and thinks that Paris could definitely make it to professional cheering.

"We think Paris will make a great Eagle cheerleader. We thought that she had a lot of poise, confidence and enthusiasm in her cheer performance," Zaun said.  "Paris has that 'wow factor' that makes a great cheerleader."

But the catch here is, Paris needs to wait four more years before she is age appropriate to join the team. The minimum age to join and NFL cheer squad is 18 years old, but if she can wait long enough, the offer is hers.

Paris Jackson currently cheers for her Buckley school in Los Angeles. Among Michael Jackson's children, Paris seems to be the one who will most likely follow the footsteps of her father.

From her constant tweets and photos on Instagram and on Twitter, she definitely loves the attention. But just as any other public personality, Paris is not spared from criticisms. Lately, she's been judged due to her eccentric behavior.

Some are growing worried of how fast Paris might be experimenting and hurrying in becoming an adult. She recently posted pictures off herself while she shows off her newly chopped hair.  Either it's her way of being naturally artistic like her father or maybe it's a teenager phase that she's going through.

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Home Depot led a rally in stocks tied to consumers' discretionary spending, leading U.S. stock benchmarks higher and fueled optimism about the U.S. housing market.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 42 points, or 0.3%, to 12857 in midday trading. Home Depot climbed 4.1% after raising its 2012 earnings forecast on housing-market improvement, putting the blue-chip retailer on track to close at a 12-year high.

The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index rose six points, or 0.5%, to 1386. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up one point, or 0.1%, at 2906.

On the economic front, the National Federation of Independent Business said its small-business optimism index for October inched up in September, bucking economists' forecasts for a decline.

The federal budget deficit widened to $120 billion in October, the first month of the government's new fiscal year. The deficit compared with a $98.47 billion shortfall last year and was greater than economists' forecasts for $113 billion.

Elsewhere in the corporate arena, Microsoft fell 2.7% after news that Steven Sinofsky, head of the software maker's Windows business, is leaving the company.

Dick's Sporting Goods gained 4.9% after reporting quarterly results that topped its forecast and raising its current-year profit target. Dow Chemical rallied 1% after Goldman Sachs analysts raised their stock-investment rating on the company to "buy" from "neutral."

EUROPEAN STOCK MARKETS

European stock markets shook off worries about Greece to stage a late-session rebound Tuesday, tracking Wall Street higher on the back of signs the U.S. housing market is on the mend.

The Stoxx Europe 600 index rose 0.4% to close at 270.60, breaking a four-session losing streak. The index spent most of the session in negative territory, however, as investors grew impatient with the lack of a solution for Greece's funding needs.

Shares of E.ON AG plunged 12% in Frankfurt. The utility firm swung to a third-quarter loss as it booked impairment charges on thermal power plants across Europe and lowered its 2013 earnings forecast.

Another conspicuous decliner, shares of Vodafone Group PLC slumped 2.5% in London, after results for the six months to Sept. 30 showed it swinging to a loss.

In the opposite direction, shares of Sonova Holding AG jumped 8.5%, as the hearing-aid manufacturer said net income rose 44% in first half of the year.

Investors trained their eyes on Greece, after euro-zone finance ministers delayed releasing the next tranche of the country's bailout money.

In a news conference late Monday, Jean-Claude Juncker, leader of the ministerial group, and International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde disagreed over whether Greece should be given until 2022 to bring its debt level down to 120% of gross domestic product.

On the data front in Europe, Germany's ZEW expectations index unexpectedly fell to minus 15.7 in November from minus 11.5 in October. Shares of risk-sensitive sectors, such as banks rose.

Deutsche Bank AG shares added 1.9% in Frankfurt, while those of Commerzbank AG gained 0.7%. Shares of K+S AG slid 4.5% after the salt and fertilizer company narrowed its 2012 outlook to the lower end of its previously forecast range.

Germany's DAX 30 index closed marginally higher at 7,169.12. In France, shares of Electricite de France SA fell 1.3%. However, shares of Credit Agricole SA added 3.1% and BNP Paribas SA shares advanced 2.4%.

The CAC 40 index ended the day 0.6% higher at 3,430.60. In London, shares of ITV PLC jumped 9% after the commercial-television network reported a 4% increase in revenue for the nine months to Sept. 30. Shares of heavyweight bank HSBC Holdings PLC climbed 0.8%, while Barclays PLC shares rose 1%. The U.K.'s FTSE 100 index gained 0.3% to 5,786.25.

ASIA-PACIFIC STOCK MARKETS
 
Asian markets continued to decline Tuesday amid concerns over the U.S. fiscal cliff and Greece's future in the euro zone. Chinese stocks fell sharply, with the Shanghai Composite down 1.5% to 2047.89, close to a seven-week low, after the China's Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development Jiang Weixin said Monday that the there are no plans to loosen property tightening measures.

The announcement pushed down property developers. China Vanke and Gemdale Corp. dropped 2.2% and 3.9%, respectively, in mainland China, while in Hong Kong China Resources Land dropped 1.5% and China Overseas Land & Investment lost 1%.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index, which was down 1.1% at 21188.65, was also weighed down by energy companies, after declines in the price of oil in recent sessions.

China Petroleum and Chemical Corp. fell 3%. The poor performance of the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index, down 2% at 10230.07, put the shares of dual-listed Chinese companies at a premium in China, compared to their Hong Kong listing.

The Hang Seng China AH Premium Index, which started showing mainland stocks at a discount in mid-October, climbed to 100.94, putting Chinese shares back at a 0.9% premium. Japan's Nikkei Stock Average also sank into negative territory, down 0.2% to 8661.05.

Olympus Corp., the Japanese electronics company hit by a $1.5 billion accounting scandal, jumped 5.9% in Tokyo after increasing its net profit forecast for the full year.

Also in Japan, Hitachi Corp. added 0.5% after a Nikkei report said that two of its subsidiaries, Hitachi Metals and Hitachi Cable, plan to merge in April to create a materials producer operating in automotive and electronics parts, as well as fiber optics.

South Korea's Kospi Composite was off 0.6% to 1889.70. Trading in Asia was subdued as markets in India, Singapore and Malaysia were closed for public holidays.

COMMODITIES

Base metals on the London Metal Exchange closed mostly in positive territory after a rise in wider markets and a strengthening euro lifted the complex after a weaker morning.

At the close of open-outcry trading, flagship base metal LME three-month copper was 0.6% higher on the previous session's settlement at $7,680 a metric ton.

Crude-oil futures fell Tuesday following weak economic data in Europe and a report from the International Energy Agency that warned of limited oil demand. Light, sweet crude for December delivery settled 19 cents lower at $85.38 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, after falling as low as $84.58 a barrel earlier in the session.

Gold futures closed lower after a choppy session, with some strength in the dollar pressuring prices as concerns over the U.S. fiscal cliff and the euro-zone debt crisis kept investors on edge. Gold for December delivery fell $6.10, or 0.4%, to settle at $1,724.80 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. Compiled from MORRISON SECURITIES PTY. LTD.

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Australia: Equity markets in the US were initially buoyed after the release of non-farm payroll numbers for last month saw an increase of 171k as compared to predictions of a rise of 125k.

Along with upward revisions of 84k for the last two months, the tone in financial markets was generally positive with European equities modestly up and initially the major US indices rose as well. Nevertheless, as the day wore on nervousness about the upcoming US election tomorrow and fiscal cliff issues dominated investors thinking and the Dow was lower by 1.1% and the S&P500 by 0.9% at the end of the day.

After a strong run by the AUD through 1.0400, our currency has come back to the mid 1.0300's. With a slew of economic data due this week and the US election tomorrow and the RBA cash rate decision tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 pm AEDT, we expect the AUD to trade in a fairly narrow range.

Later today we have ANZ job ads for last month along with Q3 retail sales and the trade balance for September as well as some inflation data from TD Securities. On Thursday we will see the latest employment data for Australia.

Majors: With the best job growth numbers in the US during the last 8 months which President Obama highlighted in his last few days of campaigning, the market generally ignored the better figures to look forward toward the next several months.

With private payrolls expanding by 184k and government jobs declining by 13k, the US unemployment rate rose slightly to 7.9% from 7.8% with the participation rate rising slightly by 0.2%.

The USD was stronger since the prospect of further stimulus from the US Federal Reserve decreased which saw the price of gold fall by over 2% to below US$1,700 an ounce (US$1,678).

Crude oil also fell by similar amount as the US government announced new measures meant to relieve the pressure on the consumer market on the east coast in light of the devastation brought by Hurricane Sandy.

The EUR was weaker after disappointing PMI data from Europe last week and this helped kick up the AUDEUR cross rate. Today is the second day of the G20 meeting in Mexico where we expect to hear of no significant new announcements.

Formal announcement of the new Chinese leadership is expected tomorrow.
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