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| | Obama Taps Spending Watchdog, Eyes Social Security
1 hour(s) ago @ abc news
The federal budget deficit will reach $1.2T this year, by far the biggest ever.
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| Obama, predecessors share 'historic moment' (cnn.com)
Barack Obama, President Bush and all of the surviving past presidents got together Wednesday for a historic meeting at the White House. "One message that I have, and I think we all share, is that we want you to succeed," Bush told Obama before lunch with Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton.
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| Obama hails `extraordinary' moment with presidents (yahoo! news)
AP - Confronting a grim economy and a Middle East on fire, Barack Obama turned Wednesday to perhaps the only people on the planet who understand what he's in for: the four living members of the U.S. presidents' club.
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| "Enemy combatant" will be early test for Obama (yahoo! news)
Reuters - The case of Ali al-Marri, accused of being an al Qaeda "sleeper" agent and held for 5-1/2 years at a U.S. military prison in South Carolina, will be an early test for President-elect Barack Obama.
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| Democratic source: Blagojevich 'called our bluff' (cnn.com)
Senate Democrats have no choice but to change their tone about Roland Burris becoming a senator because Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich "called our bluff" in appointing someone over their objections, a senior Democratic source said today. Barack Obama today called it "a Senate matter" and suggested he could work with Burris if he gets seated.
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| Senate Democrats yield to Obama, retreat on Burris (yahoo! news)
AP - Senate Democrats beat a hasty retreat Wednesday from their rejection of Roland Burris as President-elect Barack Obama's successor, yielding to pressure from Obama himself and from senators irked that the standoff was draining attention and putting them in a bad light. Burris said with a smile he expected to join them "very shortly."
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| Cheney says Obama should keep terror polices (yahoo! news)
AP - Vice President Dick Cheney said Wednesday it would be a mistake for President-elect Barack Obama to scrap the Bush administration's terrorist-fighting policies designed to prevent future attacks on the U.S.
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'The city and life I have known no longer exist'
11 hour(s) ago @ msnbc.com
The AP"s chief correspondent in Gaza City for 17 years, has not only covered but lived through Israel"s offensive on Gaza that began Dec. 27. He shares his story in his own words.
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| Obama names watchdog for federal programs (yahoo! news)
AP - President-elect Barack Obama named Nancy Killefer as his administration's chief performance officer, creating a new White House position as part of an effort to eliminate government waste and improve efficiency.
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| Budget deficit seen hitting $1.2 trillion (yahoo! news)
Reuters - The U.S. budget deficit will swell to a record $1.186 trillion in fiscal 2009, congressional forecasters plan to announce on Wednesday, presenting a daunting challenge to President-elect Barack Obama who has said tough choices will be necessary.
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| Israel conditionally welcomes cease-fire proposal (yahoo! news)
AP - Israel ordered a three-hour pause in its Gaza offensive Wednesday to allow food and fuel to reach besieged Palestinians, and said it welcomed a cease-fire proposal as long as Hamas halts rockets and weapons smuggling.
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Israel bombs Gaza into the night
26 minutes ago @ bbc news
Israel makes 60 air strikes on the Gaza Strip in a single night after the first daily truce to allow in humanitarian aid expires.
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| Gaza fighting rages despite word of talks (msnbc.com)
Israel tentatively welcomed a proposal for a Gaza cease-fire and briefly halted its offensive to allow aid to reach civilians, but also gave the military a green light to press ahead with its assault on Hamas.
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| Israel bombards Gaza, U.S. backs ceasefire plan (reuters)
Israeli warplanes bombed the Gaza Strip on Thursday and tanks pounded Palestinian guerrillas on the ground as U.S. backing for a proposed truce raised expectations of an end to the offensive.
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| Zakaria: Israel should end campaign soon (cnn.com)
Israel continued its ground and air assault on Gaza for the twelfth day Wednesday. A three-hour cease-fire meant to allow time for humanitarian aid to be delivered in Gaza crumbled in minutes.
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| Gaza fighting rages despite word of talks (msnbc.com)
Israeli airstrikes and Hamas rocket volleys resume after a brief pause, but diplomatic strides were made with the U.S. throwing its weight behind a deal being brokered by France and Egypt.
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| Israel, Hamas plan 'technical' talks (msnbc.com)
Israel tentatively welcomed a proposal for a Gaza cease-fire and briefly halted its offensive to allow aid to reach civilians, but also gave the military a green light to press ahead with its assault on Hamas.
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| Israel bombards Gaza, U.S. backs ceasefire plan (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Israeli warplanes bombed the Gaza Strip on Thursday and tanks pounded Palestinian guerrillas on the ground as U.S. backing for a proposed truce raised expectations of an end to the offensive.
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| Israel bombs Gaza into the night (bbc news)
Israeli warplanes attack targets in the Gaza Strip into the night after the first daily truce to allow in humanitarian aid expires.
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Russia, Ukraine in EU talks as gas crisis engulfs Europe
1 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
AFP - Envoys from Russia and Ukraine go to Brussels on Thursday for emergency EU-brokered talks to resolve a bitter gas fight between the two ex-Soviet giants that has engulfed Europe in a major energ...
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| Russia, Ukraine take gas row case to Europe (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Russia and Ukraine argue their case to Europe on Thursday in a gas price dispute that has choked off energy supplies to EU countries beset by bitter winter weather.
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| Russia, Ukraine take gas row case to Europe (reuters)
Russia and Ukraine argue their case to Europe on Thursday in a gas price dispute that has choked off energy supplies to EU countries beset by bitter winter weather.
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| Kremlin lays down terms as gas crisis engulfs Europe (yahoo! news)
AFP - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday laid down terms for a resumption of Russian gas shipments via Ukraine to Europe as tens of thousands of Europeans suffered heating cuts amid freezing weather.
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| Russian gas flow halted through Ukraine to Europe (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Russia shut down all gas flows to Europe through Ukraine on Wednesday and told Kiev it would restore supplies only after it had signed a new contract at prices comparable to those paid by European countries.
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| Russian gas flow halted through Ukraine to Europe (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Russia shut down all gas flows to Europe through Ukraine on Wednesday, sharpening a dispute that has left industries and homes in southeast Europe without power and disrupted supplies to major economies.
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| Crisis deepens as Russian gas supplies to Europe halted (yahoo! news)
AFP - All deliveries of Russian gas through Ukraine were halted Wednesday, depriving tens of thousands of Europeans of heat in freezing weather and raising the stakes in a bitter dispute between Moscow and Kiev.
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| Russian gas flow halted through Ukraine to Europe (reuters)
Russia shut down all gas flows to Europe through Ukraine on Wednesday, sharpening a dispute that has left industries and homes in southeast Europe without power and disrupted supplies to major economies.
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AG pick to face bruising confirmation fight
2 hour(s) ago @ cnn.com
Barack Obama"s presidential transition, already disrupted by the sudden withdraw of New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, may face another challenge in the confirmation hearings of his pick for attorn...
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| Mumbai-like attack could happen in U.S.: Bush aide (yahoo! news)
U.S. cities are vulnerable to an attack like the gun-and-grenade assault that terrorized Mumbai for three days and killed 179 people, the White House homeland security adviser said on Wednesday.
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| U.S. general: Iraq leaders failed in Anbar (msnbc.com)
The top American commander in the former insurgent stronghold of Anbar said Wednesday the Shiite-led government should have poured reconstruction money into the Sunni region after Sunni fighters joined forces with U.S. troops.
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| U.S. presses to jail Madoff on diamonds, watches mail (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Accused swindler Bernard Madoff should be jailed for violating a court order by mailing $1 million worth of diamonds, watches and other jewelry to friends and family, U.S. prosecutors told a court on Wednesday.
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| U.S. presses to jail Madoff on diamonds, watches mail (reuters)
Accused swindler Bernard Madoff should be jailed for violating a court order by mailing $1 million worth of diamonds, watches and other jewelry to friends and family, U.S. prosecutors told a court on Wednesday.
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| U.S. presses to jail Madoff on diamonds, watches mail (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Accused swindler Bernard Madoff mailed $1 million worth of diamonds, watches and other jewelry violating a court order, U.S. prosecutors said on Wednesday while demanding the disgraced investment adviser be jailed.
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| U.S. presses to jail Madoff on diamonds, watches mail (reuters)
Accused swindler Bernard Madoff mailed $1 million worth of diamonds, watches and other jewelry violating a court order, U.S. prosecutors said on Wednesday while demanding the disgraced investment adviser be jailed.
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| Mississippi has highest teen birth rate, CDC says (yahoo! news)
AP - Mississippi now has the nation's highest teen birth rate, displacing Texas and New Mexico for that lamentable title, a new federal report says. Mississippi's rate was more than 60 percent higher than the national average in 2006, according to new state statistics released Wednesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The teen birth rate for that year in Texas and New Mexico was more than 50 percent higher.
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| Salmonella outbreak sickens 388 across U.S.: CDC (yahoo! news)
Reuters - An outbreak of salmonella food poisoning has made 388 people sick across 42 states, sending 18 percent of them to the hospital, U.S. health officials said on Wednesday.
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Feed24: Entertainment |
| | Sandra Oh
2589 hour(s) ago @ hollywood.com entert...
Sandra Oh. Photos of your favorite actors and actresses.
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Jim Byrnes
2589 hour(s) ago @ hollywood.com entert...
An American-born actor long in Canada, Jim Byrnes is best known for playing "Lifeguard", the communications expert and link to the organization on the CBS series Wiseguy (1987-1990), and...
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Owen Roizman
2589 hour(s) ago @ hollywood.com entert...
Began his career working on TV commercials in New York and shot his first feature, Bill Gunn"s Stop, in 1970. Roizman soon became known for his gritty, documentary-influenced urban compositions...
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Paul Le Mat
2589 hour(s) ago @ hollywood.com entert...
A beefy, laconic leading man of the 1970s, Le Mat is best known for his performances in George Lucas" American Graffiti (1973) and especially as Melvin Dummar, an aimless blue-collar worker who...
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Anna Karina
2589 hour(s) ago @ hollywood.com entert...
Slender, dark-haired actress who appeared in several films of the French New Wave, particularly those directed by first husband Jean-Luc Godard. Karina was outstanding as the lonely, lovelorn prostitu...
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Feed24: Computers & Internet |
| | Cisco offers home hub for media sharing
1 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
Banking on the idea that consumers want new ways to tap their ever-growing collections of music, photos and videos, Cisco Systems Inc. unveiled a media hub Wednesday that lets people access and share ...
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| Yahoo unveils partners for Web TV push (msnbc.com)
Yahoo unveiled on Wednesday a list of partners to aid its push to bring the Internet and television together, hoping their joint effort will finally connect with consumers.
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| Yahoo unveils partners for Web TV push (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Yahoo Inc unveiled on Wednesday a list of partners to aid its push to bring the Internet and television together, hoping their joint effort will finally connect with consumers.
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| Verizon picks Microsoft search over Google (msnbc.com)
Verizon Communications Inc has chosen Microsoft Corp to provide Internet search services for cell phones, in what is seen as a blow to rivals Google Inc and Yahoo Inc.
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Dish Network DVR has Slingbox technology
26 minutes ago @ yahoo! news
Satellite TV provider Dish Network Corp will unveil a new digital video recorder on Thursday that will allow people watch their favorite television shows on any Internet-enabled device.
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Polaroid camera produces prints on the spot
41 minutes ago @ msnbc.com
Polaroid was set to announce Thursday at the International Consumer Electronics Show that it is introducing a digital camera that produces prints right on the spot.
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| Live blog: Ballmer at CES (yahoo! news)
LAS VEGAS--With Bill Gates now a Microsoft part-timer, company CEO Steve Ballmer is filling in at this year's opening keynote for the Consumer Electronics Show.
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| CES preview: Touting tech in a brutal economy (cnn.com)
As 130,000 techies converge on Las Vegas this week for the 42nd annual International Consumer Electronics Show, they're encountering an industry that's anxious about marketing high-tech gadgets in a tightwad economy.
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| What recession? CES has stuff worth seeing (msnbc.com)
The recession figures to tone down the flashiness of this week's International Consumer Electronics Show, but the lineup of innovative products likely will measure up to those of past years.
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| New LG HDTVs Bypass Set-Top Boxes to Stream Netflix Movies (yahoo! news)
LG Electronics this spring will launch a series of broadband-enabled HDTVs that will stream movies, TV shows, and other high-definition content from Netflix, without the need for an external set-top box, the company has announced. LG and Netflix are demonstrating the new products this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
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| LG Announces Broadband HDTV with Netflix Built In (yahoo! news)
As more movies and TV shows become available via the Internet, making the "last connection" between online and high-definition TVs is the key remaining obstacle to transforming the Net into a full entertainment medium. On Monday, LG Electronics moved to bridge that connection with the announcement of HDTV sets that are broadband-enabled and contain Netflix streaming software.
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| LG to Offer HDTVs That Download Movies Direct From Netflix (yahoo! news)
LG Electronics announced a range of Internet-enabled televisions on Monday that can stream movies from the Netflix rental service. The companies will show the televisions at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week, a year after they first announced their plans to work together on a set-top box for downloading movies.
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Clearwire Woes Hit Big Backers
1 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
Financial charges taken by both Intel and Time Warner Cable on Wednesday put the spotlight on the tough prospects for Clearwire, the company that aims to build a national mobile broadband network usin...
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Monster U.S. online jobs index stumbles in December
26 minutes ago @ yahoo! news
A monthly gauge of online labor demand in the United States slid in December, suggesting job conditions worsened with the economy stuck in a recession, a private employment group said on Thursday.
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| German and U.S. job woes mount as Intel sales hit (reuters)
Global job woes worsened on Wednesday on bleak employment data from the United States and Germany, while microchip giant Intel Corp warned that slack demand for computers would hurt its revenue.
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| Samsung, Yahoo, Intel Put TV Widget Pieces in Place (yahoo! news)
Samsung Electronics, Intel, and Yahoo put two key pieces of their plan in place to connect TVs to Internet-equipped widgets this year: Samsung agreed to support the technology in certain TVs, and Adobe said it would port its Flash technology to Intel's platform.
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Feed24: Business & Economics |
| | U.S. companies face $409 billion pension deficit: study
4 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
Volatile markets have saddled U.S. companies with a $409 billion deficit on pension plans, reversing a $60 billion surplus a year earlier, and will cut into earnings in 2009, consulting firm Mercer sa...
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| World markets hit by US unemployment fears (yahoo! news)
AP - Most world stock markets fell sharply Wednesday, undercut by fresh worries about the U.S. labor market following a grim jobs survey and aluminum producer Alcoa's announcement that it will slash jobs.
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| Oil drops largest percentage in 7 years on crude build (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Oil prices slid 12 percent on Wednesday, the largest percentage drop in seven years, after a U.S. government report showed crude inventories rose much more than expected in the world's top energy consumer.
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| Oil tumbles 12% on still-growing supply (cnnmoney.com)
Oil prices fell Wednesday in one of the biggest single-day declines in history, after a woeful supply report gave previously bullish investors little reason to believe oil would sustain a rally anytime soon.
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| Oil tumbles 12% on still-growing supply (business and financi...)
Oil prices fell in one of the biggest single-day declines in history Wednesday, after a woeful supply report gave previously bullish investors little reason to believe oil would sustain a rally anytime soon.
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| Oil tumbles 12% on demand woes (latest financial new...)
A selloff in oil prices gained momentum Wednesday afternoon, with crude tumbling over 12% as worries about demand drying up took center stage.
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| Oil tumbles 12% on demand woes (latest financial new...)
Oil shed almost $6 a barrel Wednesday after a government report showed much larger than expected increases in crude and gasoline stockpiles, a sign that demand has fallen significantly.
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| Oil tumbles on inventory surge (cnnmoney.com)
Oil shed more than $3 a barrel Wednesday after a government report showed a much larger than expected increases in crude and gasoline stockpiles, a sign that demand for oil has fallen significantly.
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Breakingviews.com: Buying IndyMac at a Bargain Price
3 hour(s) ago @ nyt > business
The F.D.I.C. may have been too soft on the private equity firms buying IndyMac, the failed California-based bank.
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| Bank of America sells China bank stake (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Bank of America Corp , coping with tough economic conditions, raised $2.83 billion by selling part of its stake in China Construction Bank Corp (601939.SS), and Hong Kong's richest tycoon sold a $500 million stake in rival Bank of China (3988.HK).
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| Bank of America sells shares in Chinese bank (yahoo! news)
AP - Bank of America Corp. raised more money Wednesday to cope with U.S. economic turmoil by selling part of its stake in China Construction Bank Ltd., China's second-biggest commercial lender, for $2.8 billion.
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| HK stocks fall as China Construction Bank dives (yahoo! news)
Hong Kong's main stock index fell more than 3 percent Wednesday, as shares in China Construction Bank plunged after Bank of America sold part of its stake in the mainland's No. 2 lender.
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| Bank of America sells China bank stake (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Top U.S. lender Bank of America raised $2.83 billion from selling part of its holding in China Construction Bank (0939.HK) and Hong Kong's richest tycoon followed by selling a $500 million stake in rival Bank of China (3988.HK).
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World markets hit by US unemployment fears
10 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
AP - U.S. and European stock markets fell sharply Wednesday amid fresh worries about the U.S. labor market following a grim jobs survey and the announcement aluminum producer Alcoa will slash jobs.
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| $1.2T deficit looms (business and financi...)
The U.S. budget deficit in 2009 is projected to spike to a record $1.2 trillion, or 8.3% of gross domestic product, the Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday.
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| CBO projects $1.2T deficit for 2009 (yahoo! news)
AP - The federal budget deficit will hit an unprecedented $1.2 trillion for the 2009 budget year, according to grim new Congressional Budget Office figures.
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| $1.2 trillion deficit looms (latest financial new...)
The U.S. budget deficit in 2009 is projected to spike to a record $1.2 trillion, or 8.3% of gross domestic product, the Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday.
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| CBO projects $1.2T deficit for 2009 (yahoo! news)
AP - The federal budget deficit will hit an unparalleled $1.2 trillion for the 2009 budget year, according to grim new Congressional Budget Office figures.
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| U.S. projects record $1.2 trillion deficit (latest financial new...)
The U.S. budget deficit in 2009 is projected to spike to a record $1.2 trillion, or 8.3% of gross domestic product, the Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday.
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| U.S. budget deficit seen topping $1 trillion in 2009 (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Politicians want American consumers to resume spending to pull the economy out of its tailspin, and the U.S. government is leading by example with a potential $1 trillion deficit in 2009 -- even before a massive stimulus plan.
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Chavez in low-income heating about-face
6 hour(s) ago @ latest financial new...
Venezuela"s Citgo Petroleum said Tuesday that it has reinstated a program that provides discounted home heating oil to lower-income residents in U.S. communities, one day after it was suspended.
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| Wall Street drops on jobs gloom and Intel warning (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Stocks fell on Wednesday as signs of more labor market deterioration and a disappointing revenue outlook from technology bellwether Intel Corp heightened concerns about the severity of the recession.
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| Wall Street stumbles on Intel warning and jobs data (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Stocks fell at the open on Wednesday as technology bellwether Intel Corp warned about its outlook, adding to the gloomy mood following a report showed 693,000 private-sector U.S. jobs were lost in December.
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| U.S. 2008 planned layoffs most in 5 years: Challenger (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Planned layoffs at U.S. firms eased in December from the previous month's seven-year high but they were up an astounding 275 percent annually as the year-old recession cut a huge swathe of destruction through job market.
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| Japan stocks up for 7th day on hopes for US plan (yahoo! news)
AP - Japanese stocks rose for a seventh straight trading day on Wednesday on optimism over a U.S. economic stimulus plan. Exporters like Panasonic and Honda also gained as the yen weakened, inflating their overseas income.
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| Japan's top CEOs say crisis shows US shortcomings (yahoo! news)
Japan's business leaders said Tuesday the U.S. financial crisis has shown the shortcomings of America's freewheeling approach to business, but defended the end of this nation's tradition of lifetime employment as needed to keep up with global changes.
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| Japan stocks up for 7th day on hopes for US plan (yahoo! news)
AP - Japanese stocks rose for a seventh straight trading day on Wednesday, lifted by optimism over a U.S. economic stimulus plan and a surge in exporters on the back of a weakening yen.
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Stocks tumble as companies warn of weak results
6 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
AP - A warning from tech giant Intel about poor business conditions and more evidence of rising unemployment left stocks with their biggest losses in a month Wednesday.
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| Stocks knocked by recession fears (business and financi...)
Stocks slumped Wednesday after weak labor market reports and dour forecasts from Alcoa and Intel gave investors reasons to retreat after the recent rally.
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| Profit warnings, poor job outlook weigh on stocks (yahoo! news)
AP - Bleak outlooks from Time Warner, Intel and Alcoa combined with more evidence of rising unemployment sent stocks sharply lower Wednesday, sending major indexes down more than 2 percent including the Dow Jones industrials, which lost more than 225 points.
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