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2009 International CES Exhibitor Profiles; Worlds Largest Consumer Technology Tradeshow Returns to Las Vegas, January ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) LAS VEGAS----The 2009 International CES takes place January 8 - 11, 2009 at the Las Vegas Convention Center and the Sands Expo and Convention Center/The Venetian in Las Vegas. Recession, recovery, trade war and artificial life - welcome to 2009 (Zawya) T he Financial Times team of crack pundits is back, once again, to risk its professional reputation on bold predictions of some known unknowns. Five things we thought would never happen (Sunday Business Post) It has been the most extraordinary year. Last January, we were facing into what looked like a tricky year, with the property sector slowing rapidly and the credit crunch - which had started the previous August - still rumbling on. Desperate times: how the Fed plans to save the world (Guardian Unlimited) The unusual measures unveiled this week by the Federal reserve chairman, Ben Bernanke, promise to usher in an era of free money unprecedented in the history of financial markets. They include tools designed to lower long-term interest rates and boost growth in the world's biggest economy. Here we look at what the measures are, what they mean for you, and what will happen if they don't work. ... Santa plans final visits (Branson Daily News) Janie Blevins, 4, of Hollister, regards Santa during a Christmas event in Hollister on Sunday. BDN photo by Chad Hunter Santa will be making a few last-minute stops to visit with children in the Tri-Lakes Area this weekend. Ben's helicopter may be the only way out of a tail-spin (The Herald) As official interest rates on both sides of the Atlantic are pushed closer and closer to zero, central bankers are surveying what other weapons they have in their monetary arsenals that are capable of steering their flagging economies away from the twin threats of deflation and protracted depression. Gold Up 8% for US Investors as Auto Bail-Out Fails; "Hard Men" of Central Banking Choose Inflation as Solution, Not ... (GoldSeek.com) THE PRICE OF WHOLESALE GOLD held inside a tight $10 range early in London on Friday, nearing the week-end almost 8% above last week's close for US investors. Russia's Big Chill (Time.com via Yahoo! News) Russia's Big Chill Universal Energy Group Releases Fiscal 2008 Financial Results and Operational Updates (CCNMatthews via Yahoo! Finance) TORONTO, ONTARIO-- - Universal Energy Group Ltd. is pleased to announce the release of its financial results for the year ended September 30, 2008 including financial results of its gas and electricity marketing division, Universal Energy Corporation , its ethanol division, Terra Grain Fuels Inc. and its home services division, National Home Services . Nick Robinson (BBC News) Can Cameron risk opposing Obamanomics?
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