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President-elect Barack Obama (R) meets with Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) at her office in the Capitol Building in Washington, January 5, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES)

Congress to convene with economy in focus 3:22am ET

The new Congress is set to convene under pressure to deal with an economic stimulus package that Barack Obama could sign into law soon after being sworn in as president.  Full Article | Video 

Factbox: Facing a battered economy
Factbox: Obama's goals in Congress
Factbox: Dems need Republican help
President-elect Barack Obama (R) meets with Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) at her office in the Capitol Building in Washington, January 5, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES)

Congress to convene with economy in focus 3:22am ET

The new Congress is set to convene under pressure to deal with an economic stimulus package that Barack Obama could sign into law soon after being sworn in as president.  Full Article | Video 

Factbox: Facing a battered economy
Factbox: Obama's goals in Congress
Factbox: Dems need Republican help
Israeli soldiers drive a mobile artillery unit as the sun sets over the central Gaza Strip January 5, 2009. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen

Israeli troops deepen push into Gaza 3:31am ET

Israeli forces press closer into cities in the Gaza Strip despite new international calls for a ceasefire in an 11-day-old conflict in which hundreds of Palestinians have been killed.  Full Article | Video 

Israel sets key condition for ceasefire
Tears, despair as Gaza "bleeds rivers"
Q&A: Tactics of Israel and Hamas
Factbox: Developments in Gaza

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A newly built home sits vacant with a "for sale" sign in front, in the Courtland Ridge development in Alpine, Utah, March 26, 2008. REUTERS/George Frey
Home and Fed decision clues

Pending home sales data and the FOMC minutes will be picked over for signs of economic health.  Factbox 

Full Coverage: Economy
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New risks in 2009
Preston Keat

Political risks have historically mattered much more in emerging markets, but political risk in the developed, industrial democracies is rising more quickly than anyone would have predicted a year ago.  Commentary 

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Commodities

Commodity Last Pct Chg Trade Date/Time
Oil 51.92 -0.92% 06 Jan 2009 03:36 EST
Gold 840.5 -2.08% 06 Jan 2009 03:46 EST
Blogs: Environment
Topics: AIDS, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Blogs: Soccer
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Year in Business

A look back at the memorable moments from 2008 in the world of finance.  Slideshow 

Signs marking the entrance to Wall Street are seen in New York October 6, 2008.
Crisis in Credit

Follow the financial crisis using our interactive video timeline. Track the global impact on our interactive map.  Full Coverage 

A combination of sale signs displayed in shop windows on the last weekend before Christmas on London's Oxford Street
Signs of the Times

The global recession manifests itself in big and small ways, most gloomy, some quirky and often reflecting the inventive human spirit.   Factbox 

Send us your signs of the times

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Reacting to Gaza raids
Monday, 5 Jan 2009 02:35pm EST 
Protests are taking place around the world, in reaction to the Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip.
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Obama stays silent on Mideast

Jan 5 - As the conflict between Israel and Hamas escalates, President-elect Obama has largely kept silent, allowing the outgoing Bush White House to take the lead.  Play Video

 
Obama pushes stimulus plan
Sarkozy's new role?
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