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• U.S. Pension Plan Funding Declines Over 11 Percentage Points in December 2008

• Singer Wynonna Judd signs up as the face of over-the-counter weight loss aid alli

• Japan Set to Move In On U.S. Companies - Political Opinion

• U.S. Mortgage Rates Stay Around 5.00%

• U.S. Navy Federal Credit Union Commits $6 Billion to Mortgages in 2009

• 16-Year-Old High School Student From Sitka Wins ‘Paint the Plane’ Contest

• Count Me In Corporation issues statement regarding ‘missing’ $5 million

• The Parent Company to be Delisted From Nasdaq

• U.S. Treasury Buys $3.4 Billion in Preferred Shares from Fifth Third Bancorp

• U.S. Outsourcing to Increase in 2009 - Political Opinion

• Copa Airlines Places Firm Order for Four Boeing Next-Generation 737 Aircraft

• GMAC Financial Services receives $5.0 billion from the U.S. Department of the Treasury

• ‘USS American Economy’ Sinking Full Steam Ahead - Political Opinion

• Air T To Get $550,000 30 month Settlement

• Wal-Mart Settles Multi Million Dollar Wage Lawsuits

• Severe Winter Weather Forces Alaska Airlines to Cancel 47 Flights in Pacific Northwest

• Polaroid files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

• U.S. Bank Regulators Make Moves to Rein In Unfair Credit Card Lending Practices

• OfficeMax Suspends Common Stock Dividend

• U.S. Treasury Receives Tongue Lashing From Capitol Hill Over TARP

• Air Seychelles to modernize services

• ExxonMobil agree to Pay $6.1m Penalty for Violating Clean Air Agreement

• State of the U.S. Economy December 2008

• Automaker bankruptcies could cost up to 3.3 million U.S. jobs - Political Opinion

• Dell charging for customer service calls answered in North America - Political Opinion

• Latest U.S. poll finds significant slowdown in shopping

• $450m Fine After Siemens AG and Three Subsidiaries Plead Guilty to Violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

• Nearly $2 Trillion in U.S. Home Values Lost in 2008

• CDX Gas, LLC Seeks Restructuring with Voluntary Chapter 11 Petition

• Bank of America Plans to Cut Work Force by at Least 30,000