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guardian.co.uk, 01.12.08 21:00 UTC

Leading firms announce more than 2,000 job cuts

. Shares in London suffered another torrid day as leading companies announced more than 2,000 job cuts and figures showed that the country's manufacturing output and orders had fallen to a record ...

Times Online, 01.12.08 20:32 UTC

Barack Obama's team of rivals will be responsible for keeping promise of change

Barack Obama insisted that “the buck will stop with me” as he dismissed doubts over how a heavyweight “team of rivals” that includes Hillary Clinton and a Republican Defence ...

Telegraph, 01.12.08 20:31 UTC

Christel Goltz

German soprano whose 'sensual' performances as Salome enthralled critics and audiences for a quarter of a century.

Houston Chronicle - World, 01.12.08 20:30 UTC

Strong dollar means Mexico migrants send more home

MEXICO CITY Victoria Servin shows off her new pair of black leather boots, a splurge for the 21-year-old student who lives alone in an aging, one-room apartment. Servin survives on the $1,000 a month ...

WashingtonPost Business, 01.12.08 20:00 UTC

Fed Prepared to Lower Interest Rates, Bernanke Says

The Federal Reserve stands ready to cut interest rates further and to expand its novel efforts to inject cash into various corners of the financial markets, Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said today as he ...

Seattle Times, 01.12.08 20:00 UTC

More high-school students admit they lie, cheat and steal

NEW YORK In the past year, 30 percent of U.S. high-school students have stolen from a store and 64 percent have cheated on a test, according to a new, large-scale survey suggesting Americans are too ...

NPR, 01.12.08 19:35 UTC

Economists Say U.S. Is In Year-Old Recession

NPR.org, December 1, 2008 ยท Months of speculation and qualification are over: the U.S. is officially in recession, the National Bureau of Economic Research said Monday. The classic definition of a ...

Los Angeles Daily News, 01.12.08 19:35 UTC

Bush apologizes for economic woes

President George W. Bush expressed remorse that the global financial crisis has cost jobs and harmed retirement accounts and said he'll back more government intervention if needed to ease the ...