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• Obama pledges to tackle government spending
"We have an economic situation that is dire, and we're going to have to jump start this economy with my economic recovery plan, creating 3 million jobs," President-elect Barack Obama says. "That's going to cost some money. WASHINGTON - President ...
• Report: Mugabe set to form government
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe's main opposition leader has insisted that he will not become prime minister in a government of national unity until disagreements are settled. There were signs Saturday that President Robert Mugabe would press ahead ...
• No end in sight for job market woes
People look for jobs in front of computer screens at the California Employment Development Department in Sunnyvale, Calif. The country lost nearly 2 million jobs through November and more bad news is expected this week when the government releases ...
• Is this stock market rally for real?
The biggest force propping up stocks now is widespread confidence that the government is moving aggressively to revive the battered economy and credit markets. That confidence rests heavily on reports that the incoming Obama administration is ...
• China finds no bird flu outbreak
Chinese Health Ministry spokesman Mao Qunan was quoted in state media as saying the government would step up monitoring. "This year we must, on the basis of what we have done in the past, increase monitoring for the transmission of the highly ...