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Reuters – The U.S. trade deficit shrank 4 percent in December, as the global financial crisis cut U.S. imports and exports for the fifth straight month, while U.S. demand for mortgages tumbled nearly 25 percent last week as potential buyers held out for better terms.
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I was fascinated by how many of you defended the $35 cheeseburger yesterday. Supporters seemed to break up into two camps.
The first were people who simply said, hey, that’s what the market will bear and more power to the burgermeisters. That argument is fine as far as it goes, but actually proves my point. The [...]

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These 5 businesses were hot in 2006 and ‘07. Now? Find out.Read More… [Source: Entrepreneur.com: Starting a Business]

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AP – With thousands of fraud investigations under way, the FBI is considering shifting agents away from counterterrorism work to help sort through the wreckage of the financial meltdown.Read More… [Source: Yahoo! News: Business]

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Reuters – General Motors Corp has been in talks with China’s SAIC Motor Corp (600104.SS) about the possible sale of a share of GM’s stake in their joint venture or other assets as the U.S. automaker races to raise cash, two sources familiar with the discussions said.Read More… [Source: Yahoo! News: Business]

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AFP – London stocks finished slightly higher on Wednesday despite details about a plan to shore up the US banking system remaining scarce.
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Reuters – The U.S. Congress is poised to pass as early as Thursday a $789 billion package of tax cuts and spending programs aimed at reviving the staggering economy, a big, yet bittersweet victory for President Barack Obama.
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Reuters – Chinese state-owned aluminum group Chinalco will invest $19.5 billion in miner Rio Tinto in a deal that will secure resource supplies for China and help cut Rio’s debts.
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I’m lying in a hole in the darkness, ice-cold and soaking wet. There’s barely room for me to turn from my right side to my left, but with a grunt I manage to twist onto one shoulder and angle the blade of a small metal shovel against the wall of snow a few inches from [...]

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AP – Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will cut 700 to 800 jobs at its northwestern Arkansas headquarters as it builds fewer new stores this year and makes other operational changes, the world’s largest retailer announced Tuesday.
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