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Obama Pitches Stimulus Package to House Republicans

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President-elect Barack Obama arrived on Capitol Hill yesterday and immediately set to work reassuring skeptical Republicans about his massive economic stimulus package -- part of a campaign that earned him praise for seeking their input but questions from those averse to hundreds of billions of dollars in new spending.

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Market Risky But Full Of Rewards

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Last fall momentum was going the wrong way but now it's a good thing for stocks. How high will we bounce?

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U.S., Germany mull tax cuts (Reuters)

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The prospect of new tax cuts in the United States and Germany injected a measure of New Year cheer on Monday, even as automakers wrapped up 2008 as their worst in more than 15 years with yet another month of slumping U.S. sales.

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Clever Madoffs Mailed $1 Million Of Jewels To Family, Friends

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Now we know why the prosecutors freaked out over revelations that the Madoffs sent some family jewels off to friends. These weren't a few cheap baubles that they wanted to preserve for memory's sake. They sent $1 million worth of jewelry... through the US mail.
Who sends $1 million in jewelry in the mail, except for someone covertly trying to move and protect assets they know they shouldn't be touching?

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Why Are Chrysler Employees Feeling Helpless? Try 53% Sales Decline

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Today CNBC discovered Glassdoor.com, a site for employees to bitch about their CEOs and company culture. They ran a special segment on Chrysler, and the sense of hopelessness among employees, as evidenced by comments like these:

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Continuum Worldwide Acquires Assets of Focus Solutions, Bolstering Operational Risk Management Services (Business Wire)

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OMAHA, Neb.----Continuum Worldwide, a subsidiary of Mutual of Omaha and a leading provider of operational risk management services, has acquired assets of Focus Solutions, an Omaha-based provider of eDiscovery and support services to the legal and corporate community.

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Economists seek solutions, signs of life in housing

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Top economists at the Allied Social Sciences Association's annual meeting have been searching -- in some cases, in vain -- for signs of life in the U.S. housing market, a key element for busting the country out of a deep economic downturn.

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