U.S. consumer sentiment stalled at the end of November as uncertainty grew over federal tax and spending programs next year, a survey released on Wednesday showed. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan's final reading on the overall index on consumer sentiment came in at 82.7, a touch up from 82.6 the month before, but down from a preliminary reading of 84.9 released earlier in the month. It was below the median forecast of 84.5 among economists polled by Reuters. "The late-month retreat was accompanied by more economic uncertainty about future federal taxes and spending programs and the inability of the ... (full story)